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January, 2012

  • 12 Reasons You’re Not Losing Fat
  • New Renegade Nation T-Shirts Available Now
  • Coconut Berry Protein Pudding
  • Bulking & Cutting Revisited
  • More on My Favorite Omega 3′s
  • The Best Omega 3 Fish Oils on the Market
  • Bodyweight Exercises- Front Lever Variations
  • Renegade Strength & Conditioning Workshop Review
  • Renegade Strength & Conditioning Workshop- February 2012
  • My Personal Journey to Hell and Back
  • December, 2011

  • Sitting is Killing You
  • 172 Rock Songs to Train To
  • A Simple Way to Feel & Perform a Whole Lot Better
  • 4 Lessons From Tim Tebow
  • New Look, New Goals, New Questions
  • November, 2011

  • Rotating Exercises, Squats & Deads in the Same Week
  • 14 Important Programming Notes
  • Introducing Rampage 2.0
  • My #1 Most Bestest, Baddest Training Secret Ever!?
  • Renegade for Bodybuilders?
  • Renegade Attittude
  • October, 2011

  • Why You Should Take Systemic Enzymes
  • One Simple Way to Keep Clients
  • Training Update- 10/11
  • 4 Gironda Muscle Building Laws
  • 23 Random Muscle & Strength Building Tips
  • September, 2011

  • A Better Way to do Chin Ups
  • 7 Muscle Building Tips From the Iron Guru
  • Renegade Meets Gironda
  • A Day in the Life
  • Big Blue Sale
  • Strength Training After 40
  • Volume vs. Strength Gains For Hypertrophy
  • August, 2011

  • How to Box Squat Properly
  • The Hidden Benefit of Barbell Training
  • Dress For Success
  • How to Run a Successful Training Facility
  • Essential Equipment for a New Gym
  • My Three Years as a Vegetarian
  • The War on Raw Milk
  • The #1 Tip for the Hormonally F*cked Hardgainer
  • July, 2011

  • Lean Gaining- Keep it in Perspective
  • The Modern “Gym”
  • Renegade Inner Circle Updates- 7/11
  • How Much Protein Should You Eat Per Day?
  • Top 20 Bodyweight Exercises for Building Muscle & Strength
  • Random Thoughts: July 2011
  • Are Trap Bar Deadlifts Safer Than Straight Bar Deadlifts?
  • Arthur Saxon on Conditioning
  • June, 2011

  • How to Build Muscle & Gain Weight
  • Should You Always Use a Full Range of Motion: Part 2
  • Should You Always Use a Full Range of Motion?
  • Merrell Trail Glove Review
  • Is Bodyweight Training Effective for Building Muscle?
  • Bodyweight Training Tips from Sin City
  • How to Become More Explosive
  • Pumpkin & Chicken Curry Recipe
  • May, 2011

  • How to Build Bigger Forearms
  • Renegade Football Strength is Back
  • Inner Circle Updates- 5/15/10
  • Functional Hypertrophy- Fact vs. Fiction
  • Fast Fat Loss Workouts
  • April, 2011

  • The Fungus Link
  • Do the Evolution
  • The Power of the Snatch
  • Follow the Leader
  • Help James Coury
  • Keep it Real(istic)
  • Deep Knee Bends
  • Salmon Hash
  • Slow Your Roll (Members Only)
  • Cut the Sugar
  • March, 2011

  • 27 Tips for Healthier Shoulders- Part 3
  • 27 Tips For Healthier Shoulders- Part 2
  • Training & Diet Update- 3/22/11
  • 27 Tips for Healthier Shoulders- Part 1
  • 666 Strength & Mass Phase 1 is Here
  • 7 Quick & Easy Cooking Tricks to Burn Fat Faster
  • Four of My Favorite Biceps Building Secrets
  • How to Build Bigger Biceps
  • My Take on Direct Arm Work
  • Don’t Hate, Just Hustle
  • How to Gain Weight
  • 28 Things I’ve Learned That Bear Repeating
  • Simple Speed Solution
  • February, 2011

  • No Excuses, No Limits
  • Shelby Starnes on Carb Cycling
  • Carb Cycling Made Easy- Part 2
  • Carb Cycling Made Easy- Part 1
  • Drop the Deadlift?
  • 5 Training Partners, 5 Lessons
  • Californication
  • January, 2011

  • My Trip to Renegade Gym by Grant Douglas
  • The Transformation of Kyle Matthews
  • Chicken and Egg Salad with Almond Satay Sauce
  • Top 15 Posts of 2010
  • 8 Ways I Plan to Help You in 2011
  • Conditioning Confusion- Part 2
  • Conditioning Confusion- Part 1
  • December, 2010

  • It Aint Strength Training Unless You’re Gettin’ Strong
  • 39 Ways to Not be Like Everyone Else
  • Thank You and Merry Christmas
  • Raw Chocolate Pudding
  • Can We Forgive Michael Vick?
  • Plant Based Recipe Guide is FINALLY Here
  • Sean Hyson Interview- Part 3
  • Sean Hyson Interview- Part 2
  • Sean Hyson Interview- Part 1
  • 13 Badass Holiday Fitness Gifts
  • Buckwheat Blueberry Pancakes
  • Training to Failure: Part 4- Beginners, Athletes & the Training Environment
  • Training To Failure: Part 3- The Answers Become Clear
  • Training to Failure: Part 2- Lessons From The Old School
  • November, 2010

  • Training to Failure: Part 1
  • 12 Ways to be a Better Trainer or Strength Coach
  • Do Work (Up), Son!
  • New Minimalist Training Ebook
  • Jen’s New Chin Up PR (And How We Did It)
  • Minimalism Part 6: Support Gear
  • Minimalism Part 5: Meal Frequency
  • Minimalism Part 4: Supplements
  • Minimalism Part 3: Nutrition
  • Minimalism Part 2: Exercise Selection
  • Minimalism: Part 1
  • October, 2010

  • Best Cheesecake Ever?
  • Deadly Combination For Size & Strength
  • Assistance Lifts to Build the Big 3
  • The Best Way to Gain Muscle is to Lose Fat?
  • Paleo Recipes: Broccoli, Bacon & Cashew Salad
  • Kelly Bagget on Quickness & Becoming a Better Athlete
  • Injury Update, New Goals & Why You Must Always Resist Average
  • Getting Ripped at 48
  • September, 2010

  • Eliminating Cardio Confusion
  • Bigger, Stronger, Leaner, Healthier- At The Same Time?
  • Fat Loss for Advanced Lifters
  • High Protein Pancakes
  • Gaining Muscle & Losing Fat at the Same Time: Is it Possible
  • Accumulation and Intensification: How Build Muscle Like Clockwork with CONTROLLED Overtraining
  • Beginner Gains- Consistency is Key
  • Random Thoughts 2
  • August, 2010

  • Front Squats ‘n Stuff
  • Muscle Building Workouts- 44 Ways to Get Big & Strong
  • Natural Testosterone Boosters
  • California Love
  • July, 2010

  • Never Thought I’d See The Day
  • How to Deload Properly… And Why It’s So Important
  • Build Muscle to Burn Fat
  • Hill Sprints For Fat Loss
  • Top 5 Fat Loss Myths- By Chad Waterbury
  • Fat Burning Nutrition- Chad Waterbury Interview Pt. 2
  • Fat Burning Tips- An Interview with Chad Waterbury
  • Do These Exercises to Get Jacked
  • Dave Ruel’s Anabolic Blueberry Oatmeal
  • 53 Ways to Build Muscle, Gain Strength & Be F*ckin Awesome
  • June, 2010

  • My Trip to Renegade Gym (Guest Post)
  • How to End Anabolic Slow Down
  • Why Grip Strength Is So Important
  • “When Was The Last Time I Overdid Anything?”
  • Lift Heavy, Meditate & Get Outside More Often
  • Optimal Program Design For Muscle, Strength & Power
  • Athletic Fat Loss & Three Days vs. Four
  • “I Don’t Do Dat, Baby”
  • Less Dairy, More Fruit & Vegetables
  • High Intensity Conditioning Methods
  • How We Do It At Renegade Gym
  • May, 2010

  • 5 Ways to be a Bigger, Better Athlete
  • How to Stay Hydrated
  • Summer Football Training
  • RIP Charlie Francis
  • Big Calves & Athletic Ability
  • Rosemary Marinated Salmon
  • Why Some Skinny Guys Will Always Stay Skinny
  • Transformations, PR’s and 12 Bananas!
  • April, 2010

  • Muscle Building Smoothie Recipes
  • 7 Ways to Fix Your Shoulders
  • How to Build a Bigger Back
  • 3 Muscle Building Tips From South Beach
  • Regrets…
  • March, 2010

  • 3 Ways to Build Muscle Fast
  • How I Gained 34 Pounds in 9 Weeks
  • Triple Threat Muscle
  • 1 Key to Fast Muscle Growth
  • Fat Loss for Weaklings
  • 5 Big Reasons Why Everyone Should Train Like Athletes
  • Training Songs
  • February, 2010

  • 3 Keys to Losing Fat & Maintaining Muscle at the Same Time
  • Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Pull Ups
  • IYCA Summit
  • Simplify Your Program, Amplify Your Results
  • Super Bowl, UFC & More Cheat Meals
  • Sunday Cheat Meals
  • How to Build a Bigger Chest
  • January, 2010

  • You Must Have the Wrong Guy
  • UFC Fighter Mac Danzig’s Vegan Diet
  • Kickboxing
  • How To Get More Done
  • 7 Ways Fasting Can Rev Up Your Fat Burning Furnace
  • December, 2009

  • You Already Knew That
  • How to Avoid Elbow Pain… And Keep Your Wrists & Shoulders Happy Too
  • 20 Holiday Gifts That Don’t Suck
  • High Protein Fudge Bars
  • 5 Killer Conditioning Drills
  • 3 Great Reasons Why Intermittent Fasting is a Good Idea
  • How to Run Faster and Jump Higher
  • Linear Progress?
  • How to Improve Your Chin Ups
  • November, 2009

  • Reps: How to do Them Properly
  • Paleo Recipes: Broccoli & Pine Nut Soup
  • The Main Ingredient
  • The Unmaking of an Athlete: Part 2
  • The Death of Intervals
  • The Unmaking of an Athlete
  • Tap or Nap
  • Do You Have to be Fat to be Strong?
  • October, 2009

  • Death of the Back Squat?!
  • How to Build Muscle on a Tight Schedule
  • Baked Crispy Chicken Nuggets
  • September, 2009

  • How to Build Muscle Mass
  • August, 2009

  • Goodbye, My Friend
  • The Best Gains of My Life- by John Alvino
  • 3 Lifting Mistakes You MUST Not Make
  • 9 Quick Tips For Bigger Arms
  • Q & A with Dave Tate
  • July, 2009

  • My 3 Favorite Meat & Dairy Free Recipes
  • Training: Renegade Style
  • Life Wasted
  • What it Takes to Train at Renegade Gym
  • Burning Fat While Gaining Strength
  • Power Wheel Pushup
  • Yams, Squats, Sleep & Freebies
  • Warp Speed Fat Loss
  • June, 2009

  • Eliminate The Useless Crap
  • Top 5 Muscle Building & Fat Loss Tips
  • How to Build Muscle with High Rep Leg Training
  • Men’s Fitness Interview Part 2
  • Mens Fitness Interview Part 1
  • 5 Ways to Burn Fat Fast
  • How to Lower Estrogen Levels in Men
  • Your Muscle Building and Fat Loss Questions Answered
  • Vegan Muscle Building: Is it Possible?
  • May, 2009

  • 30 Questions
  • How to Build Muscle & Lose Fat for the Summer
  • The Poor Man’s Evel Knievel
  • Tell Me What YOU Want
  • 12 Simple Muscle Building Tips
  • When to do Conditioning For Fast Fat Loss
  • How to Gain Muscle Fast with the Proper Rest Intervals
  • I Recommend You Do WHAT?!
  • Olive Oil, Supplements & Heavy Arm Work
  • Roasted Chicken Breast with Spinach & Walnut Stuffing
  • Email of the Week
  • Get Jacked & Ripped Like Wolverine
  • Stretching, Volume or Intensity Exercises, & Chocolate Milk
  • TRX Exercises
  • April, 2009

  • Wednesday’s Workout & Playlist
  • The Business Implications of the “Fun Factor”
  • Training Related Stupidity
  • Bear Crawls
  • Apple & Cinnamon High Protein Muffins
  • Last Night’s Training Mix
  • Top 3 Exercises Per Implement
  • You Either “Get It,” or You Don’t
  • How to Build Bigger Arms
  • The Most Important Thing You Can Bring to the Gym
  • Muscle Building Nutrition Tips
  • Foods That Give Us Energy
  • How to Improve on Chin Ups
  • Muscle Building Cardio?
  • Battling Ropes of Death
  • March, 2009

  • Renegade Gym- Watchung, New Jersey
  • Obliterate Stress
  • Schedules, Off Weeks, Overrated Exercises & Exercise Order
  • Prowler Rows
  • How to Build a Massive Back
  • Conditioning Guidelines
  • Renegade Gym
  • How to Build Muscle at a Mind Blowing Rate
  • 3 Foods to Eliminate From Your Plant Based Fat Loss Diet
  • 2 Foods You Should Stop Eating Immediately
  • February, 2009

  • Iron and the Soul
  • My Thoughts on A-Rod and Bonds
  • You Have Got to be Kidding Me…
  • Can You Lose Fat & Gain Muscle Simultaneously?
  • What Makes an Athlete Great?
  • How to Build Big Traps
  • The Raison d’etre
  • How to Build Big Calves
  • 9 Exercises for Abs of Steel & Zero Back Pain
  • January, 2009

  • Pre Training Nutrition
  • More Benefits of Meditation
  • Conditioning for Football
  • Walk This Way
  • The Rise of Sandbag Training
  • Citrus Baked Tilapia
  • Bands and Chains
  • My Diet
  • How to Get Faster: Interview with Speed Coach, Patrick Beith
  • To Fail or Not to Fail; That is the Question
  • Meatballs with Crunchy Sweet Potato Chips
  • December, 2008

  • The Muscle Building Mindset
  • Quick Guidelines for Plyo, Speed and Agility Work
  • The Incredible Power of Meditation
  • You Don’t Have to Be Young to be an Athlete
  • Make the Time
  • November, 2008

  • How to Naturally Flood Your Body With Fat Burning Hormones
  • Stop the Insanity
  • Just Another Victim
  • Get Stronger, Get Better
  • Swimming For Mass
  • Spin the Black Circle
  • Defiantly
  • The Secret to Fast Muscle Gain or a Road to Nowhere?
  • Some Questions, Some Answers
  • October, 2008

  • My Favorite Excuses
  • High Powered Fat Loss
  • Choosing the Right Exercises for Fast Muscle Gain
  • A Muscle Building System For Huge Arms
  • Finally, a Great Protein Powder
  • Killer Ab Workouts You Can Do At Home
  • How to Gain Muscle: 5 Quick Tips
  • Tempo Prescriptions For Fast Muscle Gain
  • New DVD Makes Muscle Building Too Easy
  • Ab Training For Hardgainers
  • September, 2008

  • What’s the ONLY Way to Get Faster?
  • The Importance of Record Keeping
  • “I feel like I’m losing an old friend”
  • 5 Muscle Building Tips
  • How to Gain Muscle
  • Stone Cold Steve Austin Wokout Routine
  • What is True Physical Fitness?
  • How to Gain Weight with Just One Exercise
  • August, 2008

  • How to Build Muscle Olympic Style: Part 2
  • No Excuses
  • 10 Reasons Why I Don’t Do Aerobics
  • Muscle Building Q & A
  • The Next Level of Core Training- Dynamic Planks
  • A Muscle Building Program For Huge Legs
  • Natures Perfect Sports Drink
  • How to Gain Weight Fast- 5 Powerful Tips
  • How to Build Muscle- Olympic Style
  • Another Reason Your Muscle Building Program Sucks
  • And The Winner Is…
  • July, 2008

  • Eat More Sodium
  • June, 2008

  • The Best Fat Loss Exercise?
  • New Muscle Building Interview
  • The Power Look
  • May, 2008

  • Time Efficient Training in Texas
  • Questions and (no) Answers
  • Training and eating on the road
  • Is a Pump Needed to Build Muscle?
  • Strength Training For Combat Sports
  • How to Build Big Shoulders
  • Leading By Example
  • His Physique Nauseated 2000 People Simultaneously
  • April, 2008

  • How to Build Muscle with High Reps
  • How to Get Flat Lower Abs
  • Paleo Recipes: Roast Pumpkin & Red Onion with Rosemary
  • Fit To Fight Review
  • Combat Q&A
  • You… The Next Ultimate Fighting Champion?
  • Hardcore Conditioning
  • Another Muscle Building Success Story
  • Back to Basics For Advanced Ab Development
  • MLK
  • Bison Burgers
  • March, 2008

  • 12 Week Transformation Contest
  • Dining With Danzig
  • February, 2008

  • How to Build a Barn Door Sized Back
  • January, 2008

  • How to Overcome Weight Training Plateaus
  • How to Build Muscle Fast
  • The Single Most Important Factor
  • Train Smarter
  • The Smart Thing To Do
  • Genetics and Muscle Building
  • December, 2007

  • Muscle Building Misconceptions
  • Happy Holidays
  • Quick Tip of the Day
  • A Supplement That Actually Does Something
  • Questions & Answers
  • Rear Delt Training?
  • Quick Tips to Build Muscle & Burn Fat
  • November, 2007

  • “I Don’t Have Time to Train”
  • Another Muscle Gaining Success
  • Let The Mass Building Season Begin
  • The Big Seminar Recap
  • More For Your Eardrums
  • Top Ten Albums To Train To
  • Death to Pop Music
  • Yet Another Muscle Building Success Story
  • Cuz Stone Cold Said So
  • October, 2007

  • How Bad Do You Want It?
  • More Funny Stuff From Boston
  • Rhodestown
  • Feedback on Interval Training
  • The Truth About Intervals- Pt. 2
  • The Truth About Intervals
  • Re-Examining the Conjugate Method
  • Starvation Mode Doesn’t Exist
  • A Pathetic Excuse
  • A Great Back Exercise You May Have Never Tried
  • The Right Way To Do Rows
  • September, 2007

  • Strength Training For Hockey
  • Two Cases Where Continually Lifting Heavier Weights Doesn’t Work
  • Some Stuff…
  • Random Thoughts
  • How to Get a Body Like Jessica Biel
  • Sick of Your Gym?
  • The Top 10 Speed Training Myths
  • Forgot About Dre
  • Body Language Basics For Seducing Women
  • The Way it Should Be Done
  • August, 2007

  • No Surrender
  • Creating the Optimal Training Environment
  • Who Comes Up With This Stuff?
  • Weekend Observations
  • Sled Dragging For All Your Fitness Needs
  • Nutrition Rules
  • Watch the Teeth
  • Muscle Gaining Secrets- An Unbiased Review
  • July, 2007

  • Less Time Equals Better Results?
  • Lemon Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes
  • Q&A Time
  • The Hard Way
  • Top 10 Mass Building Tips
  • Pre Workout Energy Boosters
  • Home Gym Setup
  • Some Training Info
  • The Way it Should b Done
  • The Company You Keep
  • Chest Training Alternatives
  • You Can’t Handle The Truth
  • Cardio While Bulking- Part 3
  • Cardio While Bulking- Part 2
  • Cardio While Bulking?
  • State Radio
  • CNS Intensive?
  • June, 2007

  • Hardcore Hip Hop For Hardcore Training
  • The More Muscle Interview
  • The Failure Mindset
  • Questions & Answers
  • The Kids Are Alright
  • The Road to Recovery
  • Mass Confusion
  • Surviving Max Effort Day
  • May, 2007

  • Skippy vs. Natural Peanut Butter
  • Natural Protein Powders
  • Great Rules That Suck
  • April, 2007

  • Speaking Out
  • The Supplement Scam
  • Dont Believe Everything You Read
  • The Fitness World: Insane in the Membrane!!
  • Lift Strong
  • March, 2007

  • “Once Again, Back Is The Incredible!”
  • Difference Makers
  • "Can’t Truss It"
  • The Business
  • Age is No Excuse
  • "Not Bad For An Old Man"
  • February, 2007

  • Interview with Jim Wendler Part 2
  • Underground Training Interview with Zach Even-Esh
  • The Low Body Fat Secret Of Bodybuilders & Fitness Models
  • "When You’re Ten Years In, Holla Back Then"
  • In Season Training For Combat Athletes
  • Interview with Jim Wendler Part 1
  • Paleo Recipes: Lemon Meringue Pie
  • I Will Not Be as “Others”
  • January, 2007

  • How to Get More Calories In
  • Why You May Need To Eat More Protein
  • Assuaging Your Low Volume Fears
  • Interview with Alwyn Cosgrove
  • Interview with CJ Murphy
  • The Things People Do
  • Hopes & Wishes
  • “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”
  • Eat Big, Get Big
  • December, 2006

  • Questions & Answers
  • How to Squat Properly
  • Music Please
  • New Interview
  • Keep It Simple, Stupid
  • How to Fast Track Your Career In the Fitness Industry
  • Determining Optimal Training Frequency
  • November, 2006

  • How to Lose 20 Pounds Really, Really Fast
  • Performing Like Georges St. Pierre
  • Full Body Workouts Vs. Bodybuilding Splits
  • Atlas Shrugged (But "How" Is The Question)
  • The Fastest Growing Sport in the Country
  • The Best Fitness Expert You Never Heard Of