Why Food is Failing Your Muscle Gains

When it comes to your nutritional intake are you eating to actually gain muscle? If you are skinny and want to have muscle or definition, you’ve got to be eating for it. When weight loss is not the primary objective it’s easy to think that all we have to do is just go lift weightsContinue reading “Why Food is Failing Your Muscle Gains”

What Your Fitness Needs to Improve

So we’ve been talking about mental strength this week, and you’ve got to have one key thing that will push you to better yourself, and will help get you in the game mentally. Someone you look up to. While none of them even know I exist, I have several people that I watch and followContinue reading “What Your Fitness Needs to Improve”

What Dreams and Muscles Are Made Of

It’s 6:19 am EST as I am starting to write this.  I just got showered and am downing a smoothie that let’s be honest doesn’t taste the greatest.  I’d much rather be sipping on some steaming coffee than chugging this thick concoction.   I am also a little tired. Working all weekend, then to hear theContinue reading “What Dreams and Muscles Are Made Of”

How To Eat For Muscle Growth or Definition

When it comes to developing muscles, whether you are trying to look like the hulk or just shooting for some definition, your diet is the biggest factor in that.  If you just workout and lift, you are not going to change much.  You will get stronger and you might see some very slight definition butContinue reading “How To Eat For Muscle Growth or Definition”

Don’t Wait

There are times when know we need to do something different.  Fitness is no different.  It’s one of those things that we know deep down inside we need to change.  How often do you hear someone say “I need to get in shape”, or “I need to eat better”.  It’s something we all know deepContinue reading “Don’t Wait”

Ways to Add Muscle

So you are working out and your muscles just seem to not be growing.  You want to go from being skinny to buff and are seeing small results.  Well today we are going to talk about stretching them beyond your capacity.  Now food plays a huge role in being able to develop muscle and ifContinue reading “Ways to Add Muscle”

Time to Change

There’s 24 hours in a day.  No more, no less.  We all have the same amount of time.  This is both exciting and kind of daunting when you consider people who have done so many incredible things, because there are times when I ask myself what I’m missing.  But that’s okay.  Because it’s in thoseContinue reading “Time to Change”

When You Want to Quit

Regardless of what your goals are in life, in the gym, you will hit walls.  Those walls will hurt.  Things will be going along smooth as can be and then out of a clear blue sky that wall can smash you in the face and leave you breathless on the ground. It’s in that placeContinue reading “When You Want to Quit”

How To Succeed

So I get asked a lot how to get in shape, stay in shape etc.  While there are a lot of aspects to it, there are only two primary things that must be done when all is said and done. Be consistent.  Be consistent in your workouts, be consistent in your diet.  Simply showing upContinue reading “How To Succeed”

It Won’t Work

They say insanity is doing the same thing time and time again and expecting a different result.  It just won’t happen.  You want to gain muscle, you want to lose those fat areas, but you still hit up fast food five times a week, and order pizza every other night. If you truly want changeContinue reading “It Won’t Work”