"Whatever, Brad's muscles are 80% Genetics" It was a comment that stung a bit. I took it to suggest that the way I look was more 'genetics' then it was hard work and and Eat Stop Eat. Funny thing --> It was RIGHT. Since the conversation in question was actually about my arms, I will use then as our example: My Arms are roughly 16 inches in circumference. That … [Read more...] about Genetics and Muscle Building
Muscle Building
My Approach to Building Muscle
I'm always amazed at the 'carpet bomb' way of thinking that most people use to approach building muscle. "Eat 10,000 calories a day, train hard with lots of rest, don't do any cardio and sleep 12 hours a night and you will build muscle" Which to me is very similar to telling people the secret to getting rich is: "Work 5 full times jobs, live in a shack for 8 years, … [Read more...] about My Approach to Building Muscle
Muscle Building And Lay Offs
One last muscle building post for this week. Obvious fact...unplanned breaks from working out suck. (Mostly because they typically happen as a result of an injury). But here's the truth about lay offs - They can actually help you build muscle. Now, I know that mentally time off from training can be really, really tough, but physically they may hold a lot of … [Read more...] about Muscle Building And Lay Offs
Muscle Building Wave Theory
I'd like to expand on my "What we can learn from Ryan Reynolds" muscle building blog post and really explore the idea of "Wave Theory Muscle Building". Basically, the idea is as follows: Very few of us can go all out all the time. Real life tends to get in the way of our workouts and muscle building. Things like job stress, money stress, lack of sleep, colds, flu's, car … [Read more...] about Muscle Building Wave Theory
Steroids – With and Without
(Clipped from: johnbarban.com (share this clip) via clp.ly ) When it comes to Muscle Building it's very had to separate fact from fiction, science from marketing and natural from drug induced. In fact, The only real way to know what is possible in the realm of muscle growth WITHOUT the confounding variable of Steroid use, it to look back to BEFORE steroid use was even … [Read more...] about Steroids – With and Without