Just about everyone loves a good cheeseburger. Unfortunately, cheeseburgers have gotten a bad reputation and are generally shunned by the fitness community. I’m here to tell you that cheeseburgers are not bad and can be a central part of your regular diet if you apply a little common sense. In...
How to Build Your Physique with Bodyweight Training
A common question around the gym is whether you can build a great physique using bodyweight exercises only, and the short answer is “Yes, absolutely!”. Whether it’s the best approach is a more complicated question and depends on what type of physique you want, your genetics, and what type of...
Top 5 Reasons You’re Not Making Gains
As a gym owner I see hundreds of people walk into the gym each day with intentions of changing their bodies. Some of them improve so quickly they’re barely recognizable after 6 months. Others look the same year after year. What makes the difference? Why do some successfully race towards...
Why Reverse Hyper Extensions are Awesome
The reverse hyper extension is the best lower body exercise that most people have never heard of. If you want to build up your glutes and hamstrings or rehabilitate your lower back, you owe it to yourself to give reverse hypers a try. In this post I’ll explain the benefits...
How to Build Muscle without Heavy Weights
Large muscles and strength tend to go hand in hand, but it may surprise some readers to know that not all bodybuilders train with heavy weights. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s former training partner Ric Drasin, for example, said he never saw Arnold curl more than a 50 pound dumbbell. This was when...