bodybuilding motivation articles

I can’t feel my chest when training – do this

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
“When I train my chest, I always feel it more in my shoulders than my pecs.”
“No matter what I do I can’t make my chest sore… or even feel it!”
Guys, most of us love training our chest. But its a real kick in the proverbial balls when we put all that effort in and feel nothing for it.
Of the hundreds of guys I’ve coached over the years there is always a common thread for anyone who can’t feel their chest when training, or stimulate growth from it…
MUSCLE ENGAGEMENT
If you can’t engage, contract and feel a muscle squeezing … Read more

10 tips if arms won’t grow

Guys, who doesn’t want bigger arms? If you’re reading this article I guess you want to know a few tips or secrets that will accelerate your growth.
We all know that frustration of really focusing on our arm training; adding more sets & exercises, or reducing volume as a means of getting them to grow but still not seeing the gains we deserve.
If you’re training hard and eating enough and still struggling to add inches to your gunz read on and I will share some great information.
DON’T TRAIN BACK WITH BICEPS OR CHEST WITH TRICEPS
The more weight you can lift (with … Read more

How often should you weigh yourself?

FRUSTRATION!
So you’re doing everything you can to change your weight..
Eating clean, training hard, avoiding the peer pressure nights out and bingey weekends and weighing in 1, 2, or even 5 times per week and….
Frustration: the little needle goes up, down or stays still every time!
Its enough to make anyone either run to the fridge, throw in the towel and eat everything in sight or drastically crash diet to get things moving more quickly.
BUT before you do anything drastic, let me tell you a few things..
Weight fluctuations
Daily and even hourly weight fluctuations are common and completely normal because your weight is … Read more

Perfect Preacher Curls

Motivation is BS 3. What’s your why?

Be brave enough to write down every goal you have, no matter how weird or outrageous other people may find them, write them down and look at them frequently. This in itself is a powerful tool to keep you on the right track. But is it powerful enough? Will these goals simply become a list on a scrap of paper under some other pieces of paper on a desk or in a drawer somewhere? Why keep looking at them at all? How important are they to you?
What is your ‘why?’
If I asked you where the richest place on the planet … Read more

Motivation is BS 2. Who do you want to be?

External motivation is bu****it I’ve got the real secret to success with your physique. The secret to getting you into fantastic shape quickly, the secret to getting you results that people won’t believe, the secret why my clients consistently achieve better results than a lot of the other trainers in the industry.
THE SECRET IS….
There is no secret. Except perhaps one, the complete and absolute dedication and relentlessness to get a grip of your life, your training and eating habits and force your body to change. The one paramount key to getting a physique transformation or even dropping a few pounds … Read more

External motivation is BS

My free weight challenge to you

So you think you’re training pretty hard, your diet is on point and you are utilising supplements that you know will help improve your physique but you’re stuck. Sometimes you need to introduce new methods in order to break through a plateau or even better, avoid one. There are hundreds of training techniques you can utilise in order to more effectively target and overload your muscle fibres leading to increased strength and hypertrophy (size) and some of them are so basic that they have been forgotten for more ‘fancy techniques’.
Free weights
Some people avoid free weights all together but most people … Read more

10 Tips to start gaining muscle

So you want to build some real lean muscle..
You may have just started or very early on in your muscle building journey. Or you may have been training for some time and hit a plateau.
Whichever your situation, these 10 tips (as unusual or even boring you may find them), will absolutely help you add pounds of muscle to your frame.
Eat enough protein
You can’t build muscle without putting in the building blocks. You absolutely need dietary protein to build muscle & the best sources come from animals (poultry, fish, beef, dairy). Animal proteins will always contain a better more complete range … Read more