Classic Bodybuilding Articles and Essays

The Mass & Power Resurrection!

Build Massive Muscles and Monstrous Strength with Heavy, Old-School Dumbbell Training I don’t know when it happened, or how it happened, but when it comes to strength and power training, we think of barbells and little else. I’m guilty of this myself. I’ve written before about using the “ two barbell workout .” It’s a sound theory, don’t get me wrong. Basically, if you start your workout session, any workout session, with 2 big, compound barbell lifts—say, front squats and power cleans—you can then do whatever else you want for the rest of the workout and you will get great results. Or, heck, you can just do 2 compound barbell lifts and nothing else at each workout. But there was a time not that long ago, when the largest, most massive, muscular, and strongest lifters on the planet—the so-called “Bronze era” of the late 19th century, early 20th century—when strongmen did most of their training with dumbbells and not b...

Tailoring Your Workout Program - Part One

Tips and Advice for Tailoring Your Training Routine Part 1: Workload Basics “In order to create a successful strength program, you must design it to fit your individual needs. You must consider your weaker bodyparts, and build it around such factors as time limitations, old injuries, and your ability to recover from the workload. A program that brings results for your training mates of the same age and bodyweight may not be right for you. Some people thrive on lots and lots of work in the gym, whereas others become chronically fatigued and eventually injured if they attempt to carry a heavy workload for any period of time.” ~Bill Starr I open with that quote from Bill Starr since those are the very things that I want to cover in this series of essays. Lately, I have received the most questions from readers on this very subject. With all of the programs that I write for the blog, I give workout “ex...

The Strongest Shall Always Survive - NOW Available in Paperback and E-Book Versions!

For fans of Bill Starr - or if you've never heard of him but are interested in one of the greatest strength training systems ever created - my new book "The Strongest Shall Always Survive: Lifting Lessons from an Iron Legend" is now available! You can purchase a copy from Amazon today. Here is the link: The Strongest Shall Always Survive It is available in both a "trade" paperback or a Kindle e-book version. If you want to know more about ALL of my books available for purchase, then go to the My Books page of the blog.

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