There are thousands of guys out there who follow a proven workout and muscle building diet. Look at their training and nutrition plan, and you’d think they were all jacked out of their minds. Yet so many stay skinny and weak, with tube steak arms, hideous belly fat, and droopy man boobs. The reason? They’re missing a critical piece of the performance puzzle. Hormone Optimization. Hormones are the signaling molecules that let you see the results of your work. Check out the 5 most important ones. And learn how… continue reading.

We just wrapped up the most recent 90 day transformation contest in the Renegade Strength Club. Both of these guys followed Renegade Workouts like Renegade Strong and dialed in their nutrition with the Renegade Diet.  There were quite a few impressive submissions, but these two guys separated themselves from the rest of the group with their insane results. Now it’s up to you vote for the grand prize winner. You get to pick who gets an ALL EXPENSES PAID beach vacation to Santa Monica, California where the winner will hang and train with me for the weekend. So… continue reading.

I just received some great feedback I needed to share with you. It’s from a professional wrestler I know who has trained Renegade style for years now. He hasn’t made it up to the main WWE roster yet, but he’s still putting in that hard work, chasing his dream, 24/7. Anyway, here’s his email: “My man. I’ve been getting your emails about Brad Pilon’s How Much Protein, and since changing my diet my protein count is down to 95 grams per day. Amazing… continue reading.

Having spent almost two decades growing an online fitness business, young trainers always ask me how to “make it on the internet.” Few of them ever succeed, but the ones who do are the ones who work on the essential items I lay out. The ones I wish I had known 20 years ago. Today, Jon Goodman, from the industry leading Personal Trainer Development Center, joins me to discuss those items. If you are a trainer looking to branch out into the world of online fitness business, this is a must listen episode. Tune in to stop spinning your wheels and start making… continue reading.

A lot of you ask how to get jacked, despite a crazy schedule. You feel you don’t have time to go train, and I understand why. Most workouts are an hour long. Add in a warm-up before, a shower after, and you’re looking at two and a half hours! That’s an insane amount of time. Especially for the high-powered guy who has to take care of his job, be there for his family, and enjoy life.  But training doesn’t have to be this unrealistic, overwhelming commitment. In fact, its counter productive… continue reading.

True or false: the harder you train the better your results? If you just arrived here from another planet you might assume that’s true. It makes sense on the surface. But it never seems to pan out that way for most of us. You can only put the pedal to the medal for so long. When you do it constantly your progress slows down. Sometimes it comes to a halt. Worse yet, you might start to regress. Sadly, it’s always the skinny-fat, high stress, hardgainer types who want to test this theory. They’re the last people who should be doing this. continue reading.

Like most small business owners and entrepreneurs, I often made the mistake of trying to do everything myself. I was the trainer, the receptionist, the front desk person, the janitor, cleaning person, marketing guy, and everything in between. Eventually, I smartened up and learned how to run a training company more efficiently. That simply meant hiring help. When I started the online component of my fitness business I repeated the same mistakes and had to learn the hard way. I made changes and improvements on a yearly basis. But they came at a snails pace. I was still my own… continue reading.

Most people have a hard time feeling their lats. Thus, they have a hard time developing those muscles and building an impressive back. If that describes you here are 7 tips to help you out: 1) Lighten The Weight Most people go to heavy on all of their back exercises. 2) Slow Down Your Reps Focus on feeling the lats contract every inch of the way up and down. Don’t let momentum take over. 3) Hold Each Rep For 3 Seconds in the Contracted Position Squeeze and really focus on feeling every muscle. 4) Do Front Lever… continue reading.

Guest Post by By Yuri Elkaim, BPHE, RHN Did you know that the food industry has been feeding you “addictive” lies for years? I bet you do. And I’m not talking about the ones where they chemically engineer food with sugar, fat, and salt so that your brain is flooded with “pleasure” signals upon eating them, making them more addictive than you’re aware of. You know as well as I do that these processed and packaged foods are metabolism death foods. But have you ever considered why real foods like vegetables and fruit never have any of those “health check” symbols… continue reading.

Don’t call it a comeback. Ladies and gentleman, the Jay Ferruggia Show is back. Coming at you with a new strategy to build your body, strengthen your mind, and optimize your life. Many of you have asked where I’ve been the past two months and why I haven’t been recording shows. The reason all comes back to the need to focus. To have your One Thing that you put all of your effort into. Over the past 8 weeks, there have been a ton of… 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.

I like to keep things simple. Why? Because it’s the only way to get things done and accomplish goals. There are four things you need to do to build lean muscle, get stronger, boost your endurance, and shred bodyfat. 1) Use Some Type of Progressive Overload Over the course of time you have to add weight, do more reps, decrease rest periods or increase volume. Your body will only adapt when forced. That means pushing yourself beyond what you are currently capable of doing. You can’t get comfortable. Always strive for some type of small improvement. 2) Use Bodyweight Exercises… continue reading.

By Jack Penner, one of the coaches in the Renegade Strength Club Two types of people walk through the world. Spectators and Players. Which kind are you? Do you let others fly by, achieving the goals you dream about? Sit there on Facebook, seething at photos of those living a better life than you? You don’t wake up as the person you’re proud of by watching things happen. You don’t leave a legacy by cheering from a position of comfort. The Signs of a Spectator 1. continue reading.

Why do you do what you do? Can you answer that question in a simple, concise, concrete sentence? Most will say, “No” because you use the same faulty approach many other entrepreneurs and business owners use. You care more about what you do, instead of why do you do it. At first glance, no one really cares what you do. It’s not special. Thousands of other people probably do it too. Whether you run a gym, work in sales and marketing, or have a restaurant, you can go anywhere in the world and find people doing the exact same thing. continue reading.

Inside of you, there is a man, a leader, dying to get out. But he’s trapped. Trapped by your insecurities, social anxiety, and low self-esteem Trapped by your unwillingness to work through the difficult questions, to find your purpose, to take control of your life. It’s time to free yourself from these shackles holding you back. I know, it sounds impossible. It’s not. I’ve been there. Six figures in debt, twice. Depressed and unhappy with zero close friends or social skills. Like you, I wanted so desperately to become a man that inspires others and makes people better. That commands… continue reading.