What does $50 mean to you? If you lived here in Indianapolis, Indiana, that's what you would have to hand over every hour that you worked with me. Would you listen, and at least try everything I told you to? Would you be patient? I'm sure you would. So, please make sure you listen to… Continue reading John Christy, ‘Learning to be Patient,’ Hardgainer Magazine, 58 (1999)
Take it from the pros, splitting is the way go. Full-body training, provided that the intensity is high and the routine is good, can produce some amazing results, but splitting lets you get more from less: more results from a shorter period of time spent in the gym. If you had to train all your… Continue reading ‘Basic Split Training’, Animal Owner’s Manual (New Jersey, 2010), 14
Have you ever tried the professional bodybuilder one-day arm blasting programs? I hope maybe some of you have heard of these and tried them. Primarily because I'd hate to think that I am the only goof who can spend an entire day training my arms! Now, some of these are downright nutty programs. Most of… Continue reading George A. Baselice, ‘GIGANTIC ARMS! The One Arm Per Day Blast For Bigger Arms’, Planet Muscle (Volume 5, Number 1, 2002)
Take it from the pros, splitting is the way go. Full-body training, provided that the intensity is high and the routine is good, can produce some amazing results, but splitting lets you get more from less: more results from a shorter period of time spent in the gym. If you had to train all your… Continue reading ‘Basic Split Training’, Animal Owner’s Manual (New Jersey, 2010), 14
Have you ever tried the professional bodybuilder one-day arm blasting programs? I hope maybe some of you have heard of these and tried them. Primarily because I'd hate to think that I am the only goof who can spend an entire day training my arms! Now, some of these are downright nutty programs. Most of… Continue reading George A. Baselice, ‘GIGANTIC ARMS! The One Arm Per Day Blast For Bigger Arms’, Planet Muscle (Volume 5, Number 1, 2002)
Carbohydrates... those omnipresent fruits, yams, grains and vegetables, are older than mankind. In recorded history, it appears that the Egyptian culture was the first to 'mill' their high-energy grain, removing fiber, as well as much of the nutrition. Bingo—mankind had its first refined carbohydrates. Sugar was first introduced into Europe around 700 AD when Arabian… Continue reading Jay Jacobsen, ‘Carbohydrates Are Not The Devil! All Aboard The Carbohydrate-Glycemic Train’, Planet Muscle (March – April 2003)
By the time you receive this issue of HARDGAINER we will be about half way through the year. So it's a good idea to take stock as to how your training is going so far, so that you make the rest of the year as productive as possible. Question #1 Are you stronger now than you… Continue reading John Christy, ‘Mid-Year Checkup’, Hardgainer Magazine, July/August (1999)
Question:Â You seem to write a great deal about exercise techniques, yet I have noticed that much of it is in fact conflicting advice. I have been bodybuilding for ten years now, before that I did six years of weightlifting. I still do not know what is the best system to use. Vince, how do… Continue reading Vince Gironda, ‘Workouts And Body Rhythm’, IronMan Magazine, (November 1983)
By the time you receive this issue of HARDGAINER we will be about half way through the year. So it's a good idea to take stock as to how your training is going so far, so that you make the rest of the year as productive as possible. Question #1 Are you stronger now than you… Continue reading John Christy, ‘Mid-Year Checkup’, Hardgainer Magazine, July/August (1999)
Three in the afternoon ...fading fast. Workout's at five. Gotta get psyched. Maybe take a walk or something. Coffee? That's the ticket. I'm dead! If science has shown us anything about the mid afternoon slump in energy, it's that you shouldn't fight it. It's a universal characteristic, it's normal, it's good, and it certainly isn't… Continue reading Frederick C. Hatfield, ‘Get Lazy for Best Muscle Gains’ (1991)
