Many athletes act like running and bodybuilding are mutually exclusive. Do one, and not only is it unlikely that you do the other, but it may be downright impossible. “You’ll run away your gains,” one side will tell you. The other side will swear that a muscular man on the road is like a …
My grandfather, Albert Fagan, passed away in April of 2020, at 93 years old, amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Up until his condition worsened for various reasons, he had been pain-free, mobile, and an extremely strong and independent individual for years. And when I say “strong,” I don’t just mean strong for a man his …
The road to swole is never easy. Just ask Brian DeCosta. His sheer determination was the key to his remarkable transformation, which took him from college student to busy working professional to successful fitness coach, teaching other professionals how to get in shape. Growing up outside Boston, Massachusetts, DeCosta was a skinny, 149-pound soccer …
Your version of “intense” is likely laughable when compared to the training style of Johnnie O. Jackson. He’s that guy who gives himself pep talks, grunts with every rep, and finishes a chest workout with a confident toss of the dumbbells. When you’re using 160 pounds in each hand for a dumbbell bench press …
During his late teen years, Joar Fällmar fell out of love with sitting around playing video games, and in love with moving the heaviest iron possible. But when a back injury put the sport of powerlifting out of reach, he switched gears and became a heavy-and-hard bodybuilder in the mold of his heroes Branch Warren […]
We all have a vision in our heads of what we would ultimately like to look like. Maybe you want to have an athletic, streamlined look with nice abs and just enough muscle to turn heads at a Vegas pool party. Or…maybe you aspire to be massive, with slabs of thick, dense muscle. You want […]
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]