by darinstarr | Jun 9, 2026 | Bodybuilding, Contest Prep, Nutrition
Macro Setup for Bikini Prep This post is part of The Ultimate Bikini Prep Guide – check out the full guide for more! Ok folks, this is where it gets real. And by “real”, I mean “real disappointing” for some of you. I do NOT have formulas or numbers for you that are... 
by darinstarr | Jun 9, 2026 | Bodybuilding, Contest Prep, Nutrition
Calorie Deficits for Bikini Prep This post is part of The Ultimate Bikini Prep Guide – check out the full guide for more! Ok, pre-contest cutting time – here we go. If you’ve skipped everything before this and are getting started here, well – bad bodybuilder. Very... 
by darinstarr | May 19, 2026 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Contest Prep, Nutrition
Nutrition for Muscle Gain Without Turning It Into a Free-For-All This post is part of The Ultimate Bikini Prep Guide – check out the full guide for more! Yeah, the tagline of the article title is really the trick here. “Eating to grow” isn’t difficult – just eat. ... 
by darinstarr | Aug 9, 2024 | Nutrition, Podcast - The Drop Set
Maintaining your diet on the road can be, to put it mildly, a pain. BUT it’s worth noting that it is, in all situations and with a bit of advance planning, doable. It requires more work but then again so does pretty much everything in bodybuilding when... by darinstarr | Jun 27, 2024 | Nutrition, Product Reviews
Protein bars: good, bad, or ugly? How about all 3? My wife – a teacher – is off for the summer so I kidnapped her, dragged her into my studio and forcefed her some protein bars to test out with me with the promise of wine as a palette cleanser between... 
by darinstarr | Oct 1, 2021 | Bodybuilding, Contest Prep, Nutrition
Doing a show is hard. Heck, just following any kind of structured, calorically-restricted diet for long enough to see real results is hard. Whether the goal is to get on stage and compete or just look your best off stage, it’s going to take equal parts planning,... 
