by darinstarr | Apr 30, 2026 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding Workouts, Contest Prep
Training Volume and Progression for Aesthetics This post is part of The Ultimate Bikini Prep Guide – check out the full guide for more! Your goal and training style should have a MAJOR influence on the parameters of how you approach your time in the gym. On this...
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 | Nov 20, 2025 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding Workouts
The Anatomy of the Perfect Set If you want more muscle on your frame, stop chasing speed and start chasing tension. A “perfect” set isn’t about theatrics; it’s about extracting as much high-quality mechanical tension as possible from every rep – with focused...
by darinstarr | Sep 1, 2021 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding Workouts
We’ve all been there before – you get a new set of workouts from your coach or start going through a workout program you picked up online, and half the exercises are for movements that your gym doesn’t have the equipment for. Some of this is...
by darinstarr | Jul 19, 2019 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding Workouts
If you haven’t been ignoring me since I started writing these posts or doing my podcast (and really…who could blame you if you have been?) then you know all about my mildly inappropriate infatuation with progressive overload. At it’s core, it is the...
