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The Top 10 Posts of 2024!



Now that 2024 is behind us, I thought I would do a "Top 10" post for the start of 2025.  Many of you may be knee-deep at the moment in trying to achieve some of your New Year's resolutions - assuming you haven't quit already😏.  Well, if getting big and/or strong is at the top of your list of resolutions, perhaps some of the following essays and articles from last year might help.


The following were the top 10 most read posts from 2024:

The Look of Power

Size AND Strength: The Best Way to Train for Both

Easy Muscle

Classic Bodybuilding: How to Gain 50 Pounds of Muscle, Part One (and if you find Part One interesting, make sure you check out Parts Two and Three)

Long, Hard, or Frequent Training

The High-Frequency Training Manifesto

Old-School, Full-Body Mass Building

Power Bodybuilding

The Full-Body Big Barbell 5 Program

And the #1 most read post...

Marvin Eder's Mass-Building Methods

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM




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