by darinstarr | Apr 22, 2026 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding Workouts, Contest Prep
Upper Body Balance for Bikini This post is part of The Ultimate Bikini Prep Guide – check out the full guide for more! Bikini. Wellness. What do you think of? Glutes. And legs for sure. Upper body? Meh. Not so much. But it’s not trivial. Development priorities...
by darinstarr | Apr 21, 2026 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding Workouts, Contest Prep
Glute Development Priorities This post is part of The Ultimate Bikini Prep Guide – check out the full guide for more! In most women’s categories, there’s a high emphasis placed on glutes. Even in Figure and Women’s Physique – where the emphasis is more on total body...
by darinstarr | Apr 16, 2026 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Contest Prep
What Training for Bikini Really Means This post is part of The Ultimate Bikini Prep Guide – check out the full guide for more! At last we’re here to talk about some fun stuff – actually lifting and doing the things that people think of when the word ‘bodybuilding’...
by darinstarr | Apr 15, 2026 | Podcast - The Drop Set
Yep you read that right – prep is underway for me yet again for 2 shows this year. Let me bring you up to speed on what I’m doing, how I’m doing it, and…who I’m doing it with? Also, clickbait. Ragebait? Just plain stupid content? ...
by darinstarr | Apr 14, 2026 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Contest Prep
When to Push — and When to Pull Back During Prep This post is part of The Ultimate Bikini Prep Guide – check out the full guide for more! THIS is where prep start to feel a bit like magic and alchemy and less like science, but the more you understand how the body...