The Secret to Gaining Muscle

You will read countless muscle magazines, books, internet articles, and online message boards searching for the secret to gaining impressive muscle size. They will say things like: “protein powder 6 times a day”, “load up on creatine for 6 days”, “take this amazing N.O. pre-workout supplement”, “be sure and eat within 45 minutes of your [...]

The Benefits of Doing Farmers Walks

We all know some cornfed country boys who grew up on farms, baled hay, carried heavy stuff, ate eggs, drank milk and turned out to be strong S.O.B.’s. Likewise we all know some old-timers who grew up on farms and maybe worked farms all their life. Those old-timers have old man strength. Old man farm [...]

Get Your Game Face On, This is War

There is one hard and steady rule to see if someone is working at full capacity: The goofiness of the face they make. If the face isn’t goofy, they aren’t trying too hard. Simple as that. For some reason some guys are just shy or scared of looking silly. Other guys don’t care how stupid [...]

The Real Benefits of Weight Training

The real benefits of weight training have nothing to do with reducing bodyfat or a having nice build. The real benefits have everything to do with relieving stress, getting out aggression, building confidence, giving you a positive mental attitude, giving you pride, developing discipline, and giving you a rush like narcotics would do. In an [...]

How Prisoners Get So Muscular

Authors Note: Having never been to prison, the following article is pure speculation. Enjoy. We’ve all seen pictures or videos of prisoners and marveled at their excellent physical development. While no one is jealous of their predicament, many of them have bodies that make most regular men envious. One question often posed is “How do [...]

Top 3 Rules for Getting into Shape

1) Lifting is King Lifting weights is King when it comes to getting in shape. If you doubt this, walk into any local gym and check what the most fit people in the gym are doing. They aren’t walking on a treadmill staring at a TV, they are in the weight room lifting away. Lifting [...]

Finding the Time to Work Out

“I would work out but I just can’t seem to find the time.” Sound familiar? What is really meant is “I would work out but I’m just not motivated enough.” The time can always be found. It’s as simple as turning off the TV, getting off the computer, turning off the video games, cancelling the [...]

‘The Iron’ by Henry Rollins

I believe that the definition of definition is reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. Completely. When I was young I had no sense of myself. All I was, was a product of all the fear and humiliation I suffered. Fear of my parents. The humiliation [...]

Form is Not Everything

All the biggest, strongest guys use loose form, half reps, body english, and sloppy style to lift the most weight. A guy who never uses loose form to push more weight is a guy who has been lifting the exact same weight for a long time. If your form is always flawless it means you [...]

Train Like an Animal

Train like an animal because if you don’t you are just wasting your time. You are the Lion of the gym. Act like it. The Sheep and Cows can sit on a machine and watch TV but you’re there for a purpose. You’re there to strengthen your body and mind. The only way to do [...]