Years ago I used to think the true definition of a hardgainer was a skinny dude who had trouble gaining muscle. But after nearly two decades of working with skinny dudes I no longer think that’s true.
A true hardgainer is the skinny fat guy. A guy with very little muscle and high body fat at the same time. They’re everywhere these days. For some odd reason it seems like not as many of these guys existed years ago. The majority of skinny guys were leaner. Or maybe I was just [...]
Yesterday morning I woke up with the intention of going to Six Man in Manhattan Beach. It’s an annual volleyball tournament that attracts around nineteen hundred billion people and is known as the beach party of the summer. However, I had stayed out late the night before with some friends and really wasn’t feeling it. I didn’t have a sip of alcohol but I felt like I drank a dozen vodkas. That’s the funny thing about staying up late. I end up feeling exactly the same whether I drink or [...]
Anyone who reads this site regularly knows how much I hate 99% of all public gyms. It’s just not really my scene. Plus they never have the stuff I want and always have too much of the stuff I don’t want.
I found this piece by Stuart McRobert which echoes my sentiments (and probably yours) and thought it was awesome so I’m sharing it here:
“This gym is all appearance and no substance. It is only because we have a lot of fancy-looking equipment that we impress everyone who knows little or [...]
We have been having a lot of great discussions in the Renegade Inner Circle lately. Along with all of the action in the forum I also announced the Renegade Training Workshop coming up the last weekend in August. Inner Circle members always get first dibs on events like that along with product discount links and advanced copies of my stuff.
Don’t worry if you missed out on this one because there will be more training workshops coming up soon.
Phase 3 of 666 Strength & Mass is also up along with Phase [...]
I have a great article for you today by my colleague, Brad Pilon. Brad is a super smart dude who knows more about nutrition than most people have forgotten. He’s also one of the few guys I rely on for dietary advice. Check it out…
The guy who invented the 4,4,9 calorie counts for Pro, Fats and Carbs
How Much Protein Should You Eat Per Day?
By Brad Pilon
You’d think by now we’d have a clear-cut answer to this question, but to tell you the truth, ‘how much protein’ is a question [...]
Bodyweight exercises are awesome for building muscle and strength. Unlike a lot of barbell and dumbbell moves, bodyweight exercises are very natural and can usually be done pain free by most people… as long as you take the time to strengthen your connective tissue and work through the progressions properly.
If you have never done pistol squats before and attempt full reps today without preparing your knees for them over the course of several weeks you will end up hurting yourself. Then you will say that pistols suck and cause knee [...]
Die Hard Pearl Jam Fans- As I’ve mentioned numerous times before I’m a huge Pearl Jam fan. So naturally I went to see Eddie Vedder a few times on his recent tour. One thing that always irks me is when the hardcore fans who are standing during Rival sit down during Porch. They sit because they’re cooler than everyone else who only know the words to the radio hits. I get it. But the fact is that those are the songs that got you into the band in the first [...]
People often ask me, “Are trap bar deadlifts safer than straight bar deadlifts?” In the past I might have been inclined to say yes. But that was before I witnessed a lot of average guys sustain some really odd injuries while trap bar deadlifting over the last three years.
You see, when you get used to working with a higher level, more athletic clientele it can skew your viewpoint on things a bit. I’ve found that to be the case with a few concepts that I once believed to be true. [...]
Arthur Saxon was a big influence on me, as obvious by the Renegade logo at the top of this site. I’m obsessed with old time strongmen and old school methods of training. One of the things I like about the early days of Physical Culture is that everyone did everything.
Meaning that bodybuilders lifted heavy weights and competed in contests where they had to do more than pose. Lifters possessed impressive physiques and usually didn’t gain unnecessary fat to simply improve their leverages on an exercise and lift more weight.
Olympic lifts [...]
Today I have a recent interview I did about how to build muscle and gain weight. Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.
Question: Someone walks into your gym with a fairly modest lifting past (a recreational lifter or a little above) and says “I want to start getting bigger, what are three things I should know or do?” You say…
To build muscle and gain weight you have to use big, compound exercises like squats, deadlifts, military presses, dips, chin ups, pushups and rows.
You have to [...]
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