The Muscle Building Uniform

The Muscle Building Uniform

Put some damn clothes on! (At least if you’re trying to build muscle.)   People (especially guys) trying to gain muscle need to embrace “sweater weather.” In other words, use the cold weather as incentive to add a little bulk to their frame,...
Get Lean over the Holidays?

Get Lean over the Holidays?

  The Holiday season is in full swing, when many juggle office parties, meet-ups over drinks, even quick trips out of town to drink beer and play really bad hockey. Ho ho ho.   Despite the festive vibe, a few clients have reached out to say they feel a little down....
Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations

Talk is cheap. “Don’t tell me, show me” is something I write (or at least think) every day, especially as social media swells with lots of passionate posturing, but not a whole lot of real-world doing. But talk is also incredibly powerful. A simple...
9/11 vs. Charlie

9/11 vs. Charlie

I’m a big fan of martial arts. It’s a fantastic complement to weight training. It teaches you to channel the strength and power you’ve developed in the gym while moving freely through space. And if you’re sparring, the fight or flight stress...
Old Bodybuilding Tips that Still Work Today

Old Bodybuilding Tips that Still Work Today

If character development is more your thing than non-stop explosions then you probably prefer television to what’s currently offered in theaters. And since the late 90s there has been some EXCELLENT stuff on TV. Picking an all-time favorite TV series is never easy,...
The Gayest Sport Of Them All

The Gayest Sport Of Them All

Happy Pride! Well look at that. A seemingly straight fitness guy pandering to the LGBTQ community for likes or shares or some other meaningless online currency. How novel. But that’s not my angle. I’m a bodybuilder so I come by it honestly, as the bodybuilding and gay...