How much does food quality really matter when it comes to your diet in bodybuilding? There’s “healthy”, but then what about just dropping body fat or building muscle? And can you be “healthy” even if you eat some junk food? And how do...
There’s been a myth circulating for a long time that after your contest prep phase for a bodybuilding show, or after a hard fat loss phase in general, THAT is when you’re most primed to experience your highest rate of building muscle. And logically, it...
Being in Oregon to visit family, it seemed like a great opportunity to get some fresh faces on here as I shamelessly exploit my family’s lack of bodybuilding knowledge for podcast material. And as one might expect, that ‘lack of knowledge’ can cut...
Well, at long last here we are – 22 weeks of prep, 110 training sessions, mountains of cardio, 17 near flawless weeks followed by 5 that border on “train wreck”, and tomorrow is show day. I’m not kidding when I say “it’s about...
Bodybuilding is a funny thing…of this 22 week contest prep phase, the first 17 weeks were pretty quiet…and since then it’s been an epic mess. Right now I find myself approaching peak week and a bit behind the 8 ball and not quite ready, so let me...
Body dysmorphia, or body dysmorphic disorder, is yet another serious issue (like binge eating that we talked about last week) that disproportionately plagues bodybuilders. In today’s episode I break down (again) MY experience with dealing with this firsthand,...
