So I recently took a much needed trip to the mountains with my wife. I knew the weather would be cold the first half of our trip but I really wanted to go hiking. The cabin we rented had the best view out of ... [Read more...]
Look, I've been there too; depression, it gets all of us at some point or another. This depression can come from feeling like you aren't living up to a certain standard you have for yourself. For starters, the standards you have set for yourself ... [Read more...]
Self-help bullshit is in every place I look now. Everyone I listen to or see is fucking weak, and I don't mean gym weak here; I mean just weak all around! I have never once called myself a “LIFE COACH.” I cannot stand that ... [Read more...]
The push-up was the first formal exercise that I ever remember doing. I'm not sure how old I was when I did my first push-up, but it was somewhere in gym class in elementary school (probably 1st grade?) I can remember looking around me ... [Read more...]
The mind is everything when it comes to bodybuilding. The mind is what makes the choices of what and when to eat, when to lift weights, and often when to stop. Pain is a good teacher. Sometimes we can let our minds convince us ... [Read more...]
Women are desperate for men to start acting like men again. This whole generation of little boys trying to cater to her every waking need is NOT ATTRACTIVE TO WOMEN! Any woman who prefers one of these softly spoken men who is passive and ... [Read more...]
What do you get when you forget the so called “rules of bodybuilding”, dig deep to bring back more enthusiasm than you had in the beginning, and go through physical and mental warfare to turn something average into something incredible in 12 weeks? You ... [Read more...]
This article is for someone who responded to my last podcast with a message about how to deal with loneliness and thoughts of suicide. I had a response that basically went like so: “I'm lonely, people look at me like dog shit, I cannot ... [Read more...]
When I first got into bodybuilding I trained in the basement of an old YMCA. There was nothing fancy about it but it was perfect for me. Hell, back then I didn't know the difference between a good and bad gym because that old ... [Read more...]