Vegan and Vegetarian Overload!
If you subscribe to other fitness and muscle building groups, you are no doubt being inundated with talk about vegan and vegetarian diets.
I’m getting several emails every day from colleagues I otherwise respect highly for their fitness advice. And they are all asking me to (more…)
Ten to twenty years ago, wrist straps were common in the weight room. Now I hardly ever see them. What’s changed?
I think lifting straps have been unfairly maligned by “strength coaches” as being too “bodybuilder-centric”. While I’m more into body building than “bodybuilding”, I think wrist straps do have (more…)
I know many of you hate me when I say not to do biceps curls. You almost scream (though I might call it a whine) “I have to do biceps curls and who is this Darrin guy to contradict what I’ve been taught my whole life? Big biceps = (more…)
Continue reading about How To Build Big Guns (Biceps), Without Curls, In 8.5 Simple Steps
We all want nice abs.
But let me tell you, if your belly sticks out farther than your chest, then you are wasting your time with abs exercises.
As a guy, if you are 15% bodyfat or more, you aren’t going to see your abs even if you spend (more…)
Continue reading about Belly Protrude Farther Than Chest? Don’t Do Abs Exercises!
This is a short article to set in stone the 7 most important weight lifting/weight training exercises. I’ve mentioned them several times in various posts, and also in several of my ebooks, but let’s get this defined once and for all.
Note – these are not necessarily in order. (more…)
Continue reading about The Big 7 – The Seven Most Important Weight Training Exercises
Count me among those who poo-poo biceps curls.
But not because they are useless.
No, I totally disagree with the Strength Training gurus out there who dismiss curls because they are “not functional”. That’s a silly argument.
They are indeed functional. In fact, even though I favor chin-ups over (more…)
We went over the 8.5 Types Of Thinkers While Weightlifting last week. What you think about while lifting is critical for your progress.
This week, let’s talk about what you should be thinking about!
What Type of Thinker SHOULD You Be?
So now you probably have a little more insight (more…)
Continue reading about What Do You Think About When You Lift? Part 2 of 2
Editor’s note – There is so much monthly science news when it comes to muscle fitness, that it’s probably hard for you to keep up. In these occasional posts, I’ll summarize various items of research in the past 90 days or so. I’ll cite the official reports so that the (more…)
Continue reading about Science News For Building Lean Muscle – July 1 2009
