by darinstarr | Mar 24, 2017 | Podcast - The Drop Set
Prep is long and hard, whether for a show or some other goal – finding and developing your strategy for maintaining focus is absolutely key to your success. Also, how to use the scale to track daily weigh-ins without driving yourself...
by darinstarr | Mar 4, 2017 | Podcast - The Drop Set
How do you assess your progress? Should you rely more/less on numbers, or is there more to it than just that? Also, a very candid talk about supplementation, covering ALL types – what’s good, what’s not, and what should really be...
by darinstarr | Sep 11, 2015 | Bodybuilding
Here we go – a couple of good questions this week that come up all the time. I feel like I’m making good progress, but then I look at my photos and I’m like *gag* – what am I doing wrong? Honestly – as I tell my clients, the problem is...
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 | Jul 3, 2013 | Beginning Bodybuilding, Bodybuilding, Contest Prep
When you go through the certification process to be a personal trainer, you learn about various ways of assessing the body to determine progress. We’re taught to take measurements with a tape (waist, hips, etc), get a scale reading, and how to determine someone’s...