While many people choose the new year to start making bold fitness resolutions, actually spring is a much better time to build a better you. The dark days of winter are quickly becoming a thing of the past and you can look outside to see the sun peeking out from the gloom. As well as… Continue reading Ways to Kickstart Your Spring Fitness Regime
Image credit Binyamin Mellish So you are working hard, eating well and you have your mental health in check.  However there are some days when you look at social media, see your mates eating the best burger you have ever seen and you reminice.  Clean eating, it’s the only way to maintain your bodyweight, right?… Continue reading The Greatest Fitness Myths Of All Time
The following post comes from the talented Dan Chabert who is writing about barefoot running, a topic of interest to runners and bodybuilders alike. Whether you're interested in taking up barefoot running or simply improving your form, this article will no doubt be of value. Enjoy! Bring up Barefoot Running in a group of runners and the… Continue reading Guest Post: The Basics of Barefoot Running
Having previously discussed the history of the squat exercise, today's post examines the creation of the Rader Chest Pull, an exercise that Peary Rader, one of the Irongame's biggest names in the twentieth-century, often used in conjunction with the squat. Typically Rader would inform trainees to perform this exercise directly after a set of twenty… Continue reading Forgotten Exercises: The Rader Chest Pull
The following article comes from the good folks at Pacific Medicalacls and is all about cholesterol, that tricky steroid long demonised by the media. So check it out, you'll learn the differences between 'good' and 'bad' cholesterol and more importantly, how this relates to your health. Enjoy! A waxy steroid of fat, cholesterol is made in the intestines or in the liver. Cholesterol… Continue reading An ACLS Guide to Answering Your Cholesterol Questions
When everything goes to plan, you head to the gym and complete your session without any fuss. It is an amazing feeling, and it is an amazing feeling because it doesn’t happen often. During your life, you will probably only every workout without an injury a handful of times. You will almost certainly never workout… Continue reading Training with Injury: Is it Possible?
Can every muscle fanatic become the next Mr. Olympia? Is the 220lbs. ripped physique attainable for those who want it bad enough? How far can one push past their genetic limits? For George Walsh (seen above), the focus of today's article, genetics had a huge role in determining who would be the next Mr. Olympia and… Continue reading The Lost Art of Type Training
The following infographic comes from the vigoroom.com, a holistic wellness company whose purpose is to help people shift unwanted pounds and rediscover life once more. Today's post covers some of the unsuspected causes of weight gain. Give it a read, chances are the post will help you or someone you know improve their health!
It's funny given the current obsessions with macro counting that few bodybuilders produce cookbooks for the general iron populace. This is in stark contrast to the early foundations of the sport, which saw dozens of cookbook and health works printed by enthusiastic physical culturists. Today's brief article focuses on Bernarr McFadden's 1901 'Physical Culture Cookbook'… Continue reading Bernarr McFadden’s Physical Culture Cookbook
Having discussed Bob Hoffman's (failed) attempts to create a protein powder that was both tasty and efficient, the time seems right to examine Rheo H. Blair's famous protein powder from the mid-twentieth century. Iron game historians will long be aware that Blair's protein powder was the go to supplement for bodybuilders, average trainees and even… Continue reading The Secret of Rheo H. Blair’s Protein Powder
