by darinstarr | Aug 26, 2015 | Bodybuilding
So here we go! This is the start of what I anticipate being a recurring series of posts, addressing the topics that clients, prospective clients, and random people ask that I feel are worth sharing with a general audience. Without further ado, let’s dive in:...
by darinstarr | Dec 29, 2014 | Bodybuilding
Most of us remember what it was like the first time we started ‘attempting’ to workout. I look back on my early trips to the gym and I just laugh. Absolutely no clue what I was doing, but yet thinking I was doing productive stuff anyway (hint: I...
by darinstarr | Sep 25, 2014 | Bodybuilding
It’s fairly well-known and accepted, and knowable by anyone who does a basic search, that stress and it’s associated hormone in the body – cortisol – are not super productive things when it comes to building muscle and losing weight. At a very...
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 | 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...
