Here are my personal recommendations for various products and equipment you might find useful for your strength training and bodybuilding needs. This page is not meant to review large pieces of gym equipment like squat racks or barbells but various accessories and supplements that I personally use and find essential. Preworkout Powder | Carbohydrates | […]
Anecdotal Evidence and Lack of Representativeness – BS Vaccine For Fitness
Previous: What Can the Wolverine Tell Us About Strength Training? | Table Of Contents In the last section, I talked about how fitness pros use celebrity training routines as evidence of effective ways to train. I specifically described the craze over Hugh Jackman’s training to prepare for his roles as The Wolverine. In this section, I’ll dive a […]
What Can the Wolverine Tell Us About Strength Training? The BS Vaccine
Previous: The Time to Think About Evidence is Now | Table Of Contents Since I have begun to talk about evidence, I feel it is best to start with the type of evidence we see most often in the fitness and nutrition industries: anecdotal evidence. Although what I will present hear is a bit old […]
Are Cleansing and Detox Diets Just Fancy Anorexia?
Originally published on July 25 2016 I’ve seen a quote about cleanse diets and detoxing being shared on Facebook quite a lot lately. Each time it shows up, it gets hundreds to thousands of likes and hundreds of shares. Amazing the power of a superficially logical statement that is actually based on a fallacy. This […]
Why Use Citrulline Malate as a Pre-Workout Ingredient?
Citrulline malate is one of the most popular pre-workout ingredients sold today and has become a staple in pre-workout supplement formulations. Does it work? If so, what does it actually do? Why is citrulline malate used in bodybuilding and strength training formulas? The malic acid salt of citrulline, citrulline malate is a naturally occurring amino […]
Unilateral Lat Pulldowns to Isolate the Lats
The hardest part of training the lats for size is learning to feel them contracting. We are not used to, in our everyday lives, feeling this muscle being isolated or working on its own. And, since the biceps are involved in the lat pulldown, they can be used to do much of the work to […]
If you Don’t Train to Failure, You’ll Never Need a Spotter
If you don’t train the failure then you have no need for a spotter. Oh my, so very, very, wrong. And yet it is a commonly stated idea. If you never need a spotter then it is fair to say you never truly train for strength. Strength training involves lifting very heavy weights and sometimes […]