Don’t compromise your physique or risk injury by following empty training advice. Find out the 6 worst mistakes your trainer may be telling you! 1. Stand On One Leg Probably one of the more common mistakes your trainer is teaching you is the notion that in order to really train your core muscles, it’s important that you balance yourself on an unstable surface. Let’s see a show of hands for the number of times this we [...]
12 nutritional absolute must-haves if you’re serious about your fitness. Increasingly in the U.S., the refrigerator has become a nutritional wasteland. Greasy takeout containers jostle with cola bottles for shelf supremacy, while fruits and vegetables languish in back corners. Listen, sometimes we can fall into bad habits. Maybe we’re putting in late nights at the office and coming home drag-ass tired. Maybe you’ve got insomnia and lac [...]
Avoiding these common shoulder training mistakes will keep you injury free and on the road to building cannonball-sized delts! 1: Straightening Your Arm on Lateral Raises Lateral raises targeting the middle delt are done with a slight bend in the elbow. The problem arises when the elbow isn’t locked throughout the movement. Too often you see guys with a 90-degree bend at the bottom, but their arm straightens to 180 degrees at the to [...]
Make any of these five common biceps training blunders and you can expect to look like a joke rather than “The Oak”! 1. Not Locking Your Elbows By Your Sides Even a lot of experienced bodybuilders get this one wrong because they’re trying to go heavy and increase the range of motion. Curls are a single-joint move, but when you pull your elbows away from your sides in an effort to go higher as you raise the weight, they become a mul [...]
Want to hear a secret? Can you be trusted? No seriously, can you keep a secret? Ok, here goes. Grocery stores are a rip-off! Let me restate that. Grocery stores are a HUGE friggin’ rip-off. Well maybe this isn’t a surprise to you but it certainly was to me after doing a little comparison shopping between my local grocer, a big box warehouse club and a foodservice store. I did my comparison shopping because I was spending money h [...]
Try this delicious banana bread protein shake recipe – loaded with complex carbs makes this a great post workout shake… A tasty protein shake with a combination of both complex and simple carbohydrates with the benefit of extra fiber intake which makes this protein shake one of the best in my book. This recipe was created by Dave Ruel, author of the Anabolic Cooking ebook. What You Need 2 scoops Vanilla Whey Pro [...]
“It is not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, who’s face is marred with sweat, dust and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy caus [...]
Having trouble getting your motor running? Give these natural aphrodisiacs try! Oysters People have been eating oysters as an aphrodisiac since the days of the ancients who likened the look of these erotic mollusks to female genitalia. Since then, oysters have been proven to contain dopamine, a neurotransmitter that controls the brain’s pleasure sensors and influences sexual desires. Oysters are also absolutely packed with zi [...]
