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This week we have another quarantine Q&A solo episode. Hopefully this will provide you with some entertainment, quality info and the knowledge you need to keep getting jacked, strong and lean during these challenging times. Listen as I answer your questions on training, nutrition, books, mentorship and more. Scroll down for Show Notes: Click here to subscribe via iTunesClick here to listen on SoundCloudClick here to subscribe via Stitcher… continue reading.

Avoid these four common mistakes and watch the fat melt away (WITHOUT sacrificing your gains or energy levels).  continue reading.

You don't need to spend 3 hours a day in the gym to have a great physique. In fact, you just need 30 mins. I've got you covered on how in today's Q&A. continue reading.

Your goals must align with your actions and your actions must align with your words. If not, you're wasting your time and I'm here to help you change that. continue reading.

On this week’s Q&A episode we cover training around injuries, building muscle, nutrition, music, grooming and more.  I also give a brief explanation of how and why I ended up moving out of LA and down to Austin. And then out of Austin to our new temporary home.  Grab your headphones (preferably with a wire to avoid EMF’s!), take the dogs for a walk (or go adopt one) and enjoy.  Scroll Down for Show Notes: Click here to subscribe via iTunes… continue reading.

We’ve got another great Q&A episode of Renegade Radio today, featuring all the questions you guys sent in. In this episode you’ll learn the benefits of lower rep training, how to build jacked & strong legs, the most important thing to focus on doing your workouts, what you HAVE to do before you leave the gym, and a lot more. If you wanna take your training to the next level and build the badass body you deserve, you can’t afford to miss this one! Scroll down for show notes:… continue reading.

Yo. We’ve got so much dopeness on this week’s listener Q&A that you will literally lose your mind. Literally. Because no one knows the definition of that word anymore. So I’m just saying it the way everyone does. I can’t even. But seriously. I’m dropping science, like Marley Marl, on all kinds of topics that will make your training and your life better. We’re talking everything from joint health to Game of Thrones. If you just listen to the first five minutes you’ll be able to build rapport instantly with anyone at anytime. That’s priceless. Plus I share… continue reading.

Some people have it all wrong. They go the gym 3-4 times a week and lift the heaviest weights possible and ignore bodyweight workouts and movements. More pounds on the bar, more weight on the scale. But, above all else, you’ve gotta be able to move your body. Freely and without pain or restriction. If you can’t do that, you have no business putting another plate on the bar. If you can’t do a perfect bodyweight squat, it makes zero sense to load the exercise. I’ve spent about eleventeen million hours in gyms throughout my life. I can probably count… continue reading.

You wanna build muscle? You wanna get strong? You wanna get ripped? You wanna do it with short muscle building workouts you can do at home? In a sweet, minimalist garage or basement gym? Where you can avoid the expensive public gym memberships and the nonsense that goes along with those hell holes? I feel you. I hate most public chain gyms. Walking into that type of place usually sickens me and makes me question humanity as a whole. The sight of guys loading on weight plates and doing a two inch range of motion. The smell of fake tanner… continue reading.

1. Think safety first. If you are always getting hurt no progress can be made. 2. Identify the exercises that hurt you and stop doing them. Just because lots of people tell you an exercise is great that doesn’t mean it’s for you. If it hurts stop. 3. Have a clearly defined goal. You can’t increase your 40 time, lose 20 pounds of fat and gain 20 pounds of muscle at the same time. 4. Train like an athlete. Blend dumbbells, kettlebells, bodyweight exercises and various forms of movement. 5. Train for strength gains. continue reading.

Guest Post by Logan Christoper I was incredibly weak when I was growing up. My brother, who was a star football player in high school, got me to sign up to play freshman year. The summer before that started he began training me. It’s sad to say but on that first day I couldn’t even do a regular pushup. While within a few days I was able to achieve that goal I was still far from strong. When I started benching I struggled for a long time before I could handle even a real plate on each side of the… continue reading.

Sometimes it’s easy to get confused and lose sight of what’s most important. Especially when it comes to building muscle.  You read about all these different, fancy, confusing concepts and, of course, start trying them all. You make so many changes that you can’t really tell what’s doing what. And your training gets really, really complicated. When something is ultra complicated it’s never that fun. That’s why I believe in simplicity. Training should be fun and it should produce results you can track on a regular basis. If you can’t look at your training… continue reading.

You often hear that skinny guys, aka “hardgainers,” should do nothing but the big power lifts. That’s sh*t advice. Most “hardgainers” have pencil necks, pipe cleaner forearms, string bean calves and tiny joints. They’re also tight and immobile. All this is what makes you a “hardgainer.” If being skinny was your only issue but you had big joints and the right structure for big lifts getting jacked would be easy. You could do any of those typical programs and you’d feel great and get huge. But you don’t, so you… continue reading.

The simple answer is yes, of course you can. Resistance is resistance. I don’t think you will get huge without a barbell, though. No, check that. I know you won’t. Squats, deadlifts and presses are hard to beat when it comes to packing on size. If you just did those and the rest of your exercises with dumbbells, bodyweight and kettlebells you’d be fine. But if using a bar of any sort isn’t an option for you lets look at what you CAN do, which is build some serious size and strength. We’ll start from the top. continue reading.

In this post we’re gonna talk about how to build big shoulders. I’ll give you a quick bit of anatomy on the shoulders and then we’ll get into the best shoulder exercises and the ultimate shoulder workout. Here’s a question a reader emailed me recently… Question: Jason, I have a question about shoulder training. First, of all should I even train shoulders directly? Some people say they get enough work from other upper body exercises. And secondly, if you recommend training them, what are the best exercises? Answer: First of… continue reading.