For years, milk has been touted as one of the healthiest foods you can eat.It’s packed full of protein, calcium, and other nutrients, and it’s delicious to boot.It’s also hugely popular among bodybuilders and people just generally interested in improving" their body composition>.If you go...

 I get asked three things all the time about bodyweight exercises:“Are they as effective as weightlifting?”“How much muscle and strength can you gain with them?”“What are the best ones?”Poke around on the Internet and you’ll find all kinds of opinions.One “guru”...

One of the first pieces of bodybuilding advice I was given was on pre-workout nutrition.If I didn’t eat protein and carbs immediately before training, I was told, I’d miss an opportunity to accelerate muscle growth, if not directly hinder it.And so I did, before every workout, without...

One of the first pieces of bodybuilding advice I was given was on post-workout nutrition.If I didn’t eat protein and carbs immediately after training, I was told, I’d miss an opportunity to accelerate muscle growth, if not directly hinder it.And so I did, after every workout, without...

 Sir Mix-a-Lot spoke the truth. Great butts should be celebrated.In fact, let’s kick off this article in the right frame of mind:And now that we’re all on the same page, it’s time to talk about building an awesome butt.Let’s start with some common mistakes and misconceptions…You won’t...

 I think you’ll agree with me when I say:Building a great back is freaking hard.Not so long ago, I struggled to gain the size, thickness, and width I really wanted.I tried many things, too.High reps. Low reps. These exercises. Those exercises. One session per week. Three sessions per week.But...

Have you ever stopped losing weight despite “doing everything right” with your diet?Have you ever struggled to gain weight no matter what you ate?Have you ever wondered why some people can stay lean eating sugar and junk food regularly?Well, the principles of energy balance answer these...

Some people say you absolutely need to eat protein before your workouts to maximize" muscle and strength gains>.Others say eating before you train doesn’t matter, but eating after is vital.Others still say neither of these “feeding windows” matter, and that you just need to make sure you’re...

 You want to build muscle.You want to get strong.And you want to do these things as quickly and effectively as possible.What exercises should you do and why?Ask different people and you’ll get different answers.Some will say that compound exercises are all you need. They train every muscle in...

 You’ve probably heard many things about muscle hypertrophy (growth).Things you’ve picked up in bodybuilding" magazines>, gym" locker rooms>, and supplement" stores>.Things like…Muscles responds differently to different types of training (size vs. strength).Muscles don’t know...

Bulking is a controversial topic.Some say it’s the only way to gain muscle effectively, and others say it’s a relic of the Dark Ages of bodybuilding.“You gotta eat big to get big,” the former say.“No,” the latter reply, “you just have to eat right.”That is, traditional bulking...