December 21, End or Beginning? Is today the end of the world or the beginning? Although some predict the end of the world, I am rejoicing today. The winter solstice is today and its the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere where… Read More »December 21, End or Beginning?
Cardio Options During Winter Its easy to get cardio during the summer but what can you do in the winter when your outdoor options are limited? Most people gain 10-15 pounds of fat during the winter because they eat the same amount of food as… Read More »Cardio Options During Winter
Live Bodybuilding and Fitness Q&A Today Please join me today at 4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern for a live Q&A session! At the beginning of my office hours I talk about how to choose good cardio equipment. Ask your questions in this post, on YouTube, on… Read More »Live Bodybuilding and Fitness Q&A Today
Upper Pec Mass Builder In my opinion, incline dumbbell flys are the #1 best exercise for building pec mass. For upper pec mass, the incline dumbbell fly and for lower pecs the flat dumbbell fly. The incline dumbbell fly is an exercise you can do at… Read More »Upper Pec Mass Builder
Build Your Own Incline Bench If you want to build upper pec mass then you must have an incline bench. You can build an incline bench in 5 minutes with what you have around the house. Best yet, it disassembles in 10 seconds and doesn’t… Read More »Build Your Own Incline Bench
Mark Rippetoe has been inducted into my Fitness Hall of Shame because of his deceptive and cruel marketing promises of “31 pounds of LBM gain in 11 weeks” used to sell his book “Starting Strength“. It’s a shame that an otherwise good book has been… Read More »Mark Rippetoe Inducted Into Fitness Hall of Shame
Intermediate Push Workout This is a complete intermediate bodybuilding workout for gaining muscle and getting stronger. All you need is a used set of dumbbells and your carpeted floor. This is the push workout day of my intermediate home workout plan. My intermediate home workout… Read More »Intermediate Push Workout
Coping with Winter Funk It goes by a lot of names but the clinical one is S.A.D. (Seasonal Affect Disorder), I like to call it the “Winter Funk”. Some people love seasons, the winter, the cold weather, and snow, but not me. From my Facebook… Read More »Coping With Winter Funk
Thanksgiving Fitness Tips You can enjoy Thanksgiving without going overboard, here’s how! With the bad weather of fall, many people are exercising less because they cant get outside and they eat more because of the holidays. This bad combination of events leaves many 10-20 pounds… Read More »Thanksgiving Fitness Tips
I have finally earned my rite of passage as an offroad cyclist, scorched brake rotors! My relatively high weight and the mountains of Patagonia were too much for these wimpy 160mm rotors. You can see how they are burnt on the spokes of the rotor… Read More »Scorched Rotor Club
