I’m not one for motivational quotes and platitudes – those daily doses of inspiration that saturated my daily newsfeed when I used Facebook were about as motivating as a turd on a stick. There is one quote that’s always stuck with me over the years from none other than Arnold S; and it’s this one.…
I used to take a lot of supplements. Well, not quite as many as Google executive and author of The Singularity, Ray Kurzweil takes, but enough to do damage to my budget, possibly some vital organs and fill a large kitchen cupboard or two. Moving to Thailand and adopting a life of minimalism has considerably curtailed…
(Contains some spoilers – hit the link to watch the film here) Soldiers fight off hordes of people clamouring to get inside to watch a local bodybuilding show….Sounds of nearby explosions and gunfire accompany the clanging of weights during workouts…..Amateur competitors are revered as national heroes, interviewed and mentioned in propaganda broadcasts….. Protein supplements and…
Gyms in Pattaya Mention that you live in Pattaya and it conjures up all kinds of debaucherous stereotypes and imagery in people’s minds. Anything you want can be had for a price, which inevitably attracts a slew of shady characters, but also makes for a life of practically zero stress and 365 days of sunshine. Because…
“The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance” – Josh Waitzkin. Child chess prodigy, Waitzkin, first shot to prominence as the subject matter for the 90’s film, “Searching for Bobby Fischer”. After achieving world class status as a chess player, Waitzkin went on to become international champion many times over in the competitive martial…
Watched an interesting interview with coach, Christian Thibaudeau the other day who spoke on a range of topics including high performance training and its components why bodybuilding methods suck for the majority progression and improvement overtraining fatigue management program design weakness correction relationship between strength and bodybuilding hard gainers (some very interesting points here) digestive issues Ben…
Velocity Atrocity Back in the early 2000’s when it came to the topic of gaining muscle mass, the most common refrain among bodybuilding forum participants and article writers was “just fuckin’ eat!!” While there’s some merit to maintaining a caloric surplus for a short period of time, eating for the simple sake of filling your pie-hole without…
Love to Lift – Love to Read The best thing to happen to books was the introduction of the e-reader and I never go anywhere without my Kindle. I’m not restricted to how many books I can carry and I can annotate, note take and export/share my quotes with other readers. I cycle through anywhere…
A Retrospective Competing in a natural show was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Even though it was three years ago, the experience still sticks firmly in my mind and has been enough to dissuade a repeat return to the stage. A recent journal article submitted by Eric Helms, Alan Aragon and Peter…
Candito 6 Week Program Review My training has concentrated primarily on hypertrophy methods for an extended period of time and as a result it’s been difficult to make substantial progress in any of the compound lifts. I’ve been researching a number of strength training and powerlifting programs, and I plan to give three of the most…
