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,...
by darinstarr | Sep 29, 2021 | Bodybuilding, Macros/Flexible Dieting, Nutrition
There are multiple ways to track macros, and if you have a coach the method you use will depend on what they want to do and how they present their program. Comprehensive macros are where you track everything, and it’s highly precise. Segemented (or partitioned)...
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 | Apr 5, 2021 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Macros/Flexible Dieting, Nutrition
If you’re familiar with the words “flexible dieting, “macros”, “IIFYM”, or a few other terms but don’t really know what it means, this is what you’ve been looking for. If you know the basics but get lost in the details...
by darinstarr | Mar 16, 2020 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding
Coronavirus/COVID-19 Update – Five Starr Physique Update, 3/17/2020 – gym closures are being mandated across numerous states and I anticipate everything being shut down by week’s end. Based on the government’s recommendation to limit gatherings...
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...
