Fitness

Today I have a short interview with my buddy, Tyler English, who is a champion professional natural bodybuilder, strength coach, gym owner and author. Jay: Give me your top three best training tips for guys looking to get jacked. Tyler: Focus on the Big Movements This isn’t something new to your followers, but all too often bodybuilders are given the stereotype of training simply for the pump. In the natural bodybuilding world we use those compound movements as the staple of all our strength training programs. Training for the pump is still something I love, but only after… continue reading.

What’s up Renegades? Jay here doing the intro to this guest post by my brother, Nate Miyaki. Nate always drops pure unadulterated dopeness, but this may be his greatest post ever. Enter Nate… *Warning – It is highly recommended that you listen to “Regulators” by Warren G and Nate Dogg before reading this article. 1. Because its a bad ass song. 2. So you understand all of the references. Nate Dogg, where you been? I’ve been chasing skirts out in the 4-1-5. Fool, you know how we do it. Actually, I’ve just been busy as sh*t Hustlemania-style. But… continue reading.

When it comes to strength training most people love to mentally masturbate about meaningless minutia all day long. They get all stressed out about one concept followed by the next. Because so and so said this or they heard XYZ from this other guy. They can’t commit to any program because they second-guess the shit out of it. Then, if they actually do start a program they’re constantly worried about doing everything perfectly right. Or thinking there might be a better way. So they obsess over: •    How many days a week should I train? •    Should I do… continue reading.

“Ricky! What’s up, buddy? Long time, no see. Looks like you’ve been training pretty hard. Your entire torso is much thicker than the last time I saw you.” “Thanks for noticing, Jay. I’m trying, man. Been following the programs you laid out for me and it’s really working.” “That’s great to hear. Hey, I’m actually heading to the gym in a couple hours. Did you train yet today?” “No.” “You wanna jump in for a session with me?” “Seriously? You think I’m ready for that?” “Dude, you’re the size of Arnold. You’re jacked. You’ve been doing what… continue reading.

Guest Post by Renegade Inner Circle Coach, Keith Scott Most of the shoulder injuries that I have seen and treated in my career from weight training come from pressing or pushing exercises. While shoulder problems can occur from pulling types of movements, in general, the shoulder is much safer and we see fewer injuries from most pulling types of motions. Many pressing movements can place the shoulder joint in a much more dangerous position. It is essential that people learn to do things to properly safeguard their shoulders as much as possible during pushing or pressing days. Whether you… continue reading.

If you’re picking teams for any type of sport choose the guy with the big hamstrings and J-Lo ass. You know he’ll be powerful. If you wake up one day in some Game of Thrones type world and have to fight a guy to the death in order to have your life spared choose someone with no hamstrings and a pancake ass. If his feet are pointing out to the side like Donald Duck, instead of straight ahead, that’s a pretty good sign that he’ll be easy to bring down. Hamstrings and glutes are the power muscles. They improve your… continue reading.

Guest Post by Greg Hudson. I’ve been following The Renegade Diet for 6 weeks now. I’ve been training for around 8 years and the gains have been steady and minimal. My diet has obviously been the limiting factor. I lost 6kg of fat in 6 weeks (I’m sure body fat % has dropped and lean muscle mass increased but I wasn’t measuring it), but have had some great muscle/strength gains it would seem as well as fat loss. I’ve gone from 76.5kg to 70.5kg in 6 weeks. I went from doing 20kg weighted dips and chin-ups to doing… continue reading.

An RSC Exclusive Report – Sign up HERE to become a member today. Dealing With Pain – By Keith Scott I spend and have spent many years “fixing” people and helping them return to the field or the weight room, or just daily life. I work my “magic” to make sure people live “pain free” and without physical issues. I tell people how to rid themselves of pain and dysfunction all of the time. However, the truth is…you are going to have to learn to live and to deal with pain. The longer you train, the more “pain” you… continue reading.

Guest Post by the creator of the Fix My Knee Pain system, Rick Kaselj Knee pain sucks. Most of the time, it comes out of nowhere and starts bugging you. It leads to you avoiding squats and lunges. Plus it follows you around during the day. Let me highlight a few things that you are doing right now that are leading to your knee pain. #1 – To Much Back Squat and Not Enough Front Squat It is a natural feeling to step into the rack and move into a back squat. It is one of those… continue reading.

No, it’s not. Overtraining is real and does exist. It’s what holds back the majority of people who can’t get results. But to really reach a true, deep state of it is way harder than most people think. We, in the fitness industry, use the term because it’s easy to understand and it helps us guide you in the right direction. Skinny hardgainers actually do need to “fear” overtraining when they’re starting out because it gets them on the right path. We don’t want those guys doing three hundred sets a week and training for two hours… continue reading.

Let me start out by saying that this post is not for beginners. If you’ve been training for less than two years most of what’s written below will not apply. As a newbie you need to learn proper technique and stick to the basics. Once you’ve built your foundation and packed on your first 15-20 pounds a plateau is sure to rear it’s ugly head at some point. So if that’s where you’re at right now and are wondering why you’re not gaining any muscle read on and hopefully you’ll find some useful info to get you growing again. You’re… continue reading.

Guest post by Renegade Inner Circle Member, Addison Marshall When I was playing Spring football my freshmen year I started having very bad rib pain. After a few tests, I learned that my ribs had cracked from a spleen that had been enflamed with Leukemia cells. Finding out I had cancer was the worst news of my life. The first 6 months were hell and my body was showing it.  I had lost about 30 pounds and most of my muscle.  I just ate shit all day and was always to tired to workout.  I eventually gained weight… continue reading.

Guest Post by Renegade Inner Circle Coach, Keith Scott If you are not doing a good, quality warm up before your training session you are missing a HUGE and extremely important component of training. By “missing” this, your performance will suffer and you will get injured at some point. I don’t care how young you are, how “tough” you think you are, or how much smarter you think you are, you will suffer in both areas. That’s just the way it is…

Over the years I have found that there are a few different kinds of people when… continue reading.

My recovery is usually pretty on point and I don’t too many inflammatory foods so I don’t get sore that often. I mean, I get sore, or course, but it’s usually just light soreness from time to time and never anything too deep or crippling. Today, though, I’m definitely feeling it more than usual and need a massage. That’s because in addition to my regular training I threw in a couple finishers from my buddy Craig Ballantyne’s Home Workout Revolution Below is the one that I hit yesterday: Workout 1: Bodyweight Cardio Do 40 reps per exercise. continue reading.

Guest Post from Renegade Inner Circle Member, Chad Proud Ah, where to start? I first started training, err, caring about my physical appearance back in 2008. I was 20, and a sophomore in college at the time. I had always been the scrawny kid growing up, and used to be teased incessantly for it (even by my own family). So much so in fact that I actually felt proud when I weighed 206 lb. Now, mind you this 206 lb. came from a consistent diet of popcorn chicken dipped in applesauce, Cheetos, cookies and pop (dorm cafeteria favorite). continue reading.