by darinstarr | Aug 22, 2014 | Bodybuilding
There’s a lot of debate going on in the fitness/health industry about dieting styles. I figured it’s worth a couple minutes to cut through the garbage and propaganda and have a reasonably intelligent conversation about the options. At the extreme ends of...
by darinstarr | Jul 10, 2014 | Bodybuilding
If you’ve contact me through this website recently and I haven’t responded, it’s due to an overly-aggressive spam filter setting that I just discovered. Changes have been made, the responsible parties have been sacked, and I’m working on...
by darinstarr | May 23, 2014 | Bodybuilding
Welcome to installment #1 of what will be an ongoing blog series: the Keys of Success! It should be noted that whenever anyone asks me what the key is to success, I always tell them that there isn’t one. This is a much easier answer, since the person asking...
by darinstarr | May 13, 2014 | Bodybuilding
I recently saw on Pinterest (yes, guys…it’s ok to be on Pinterest. You’re girlfriend might even respect you more for it) this graphic titled “The Skinny Rules, by Bob Harper”. Regardless of your opinion of The Biggest Loser, it is very...
by darinstarr | May 7, 2014 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Contest Prep
Ok, listen up – I’m giving everyone reading this permission. Permission to be completely self-centered, absorbed, and borderline narcissistic. You are the center of the universe. Block everyone else out. Picture yourself, alone, on top of a mountain...
by darinstarr | May 5, 2014 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding
People often ask me where I stand on certain topics. What I think about this training style, that diet, some product, whichever method of cardio, you name it. I live and exist in this industry, so it’s good to have opinions on things and be able to explain and...