By Jennifer Petrosino The same scene plays out in my local Gold’s Gym every single day and night. First, I’ll see dozens of “fluffy” women—you know the type—pumping and grinding their lives away on elliptical machines. Next, I’ll see a handful of extremely lean ladies poised like a pride of lions, … [Read more...]
The Ultimate Guide To Creatine Supplementation Part 3
February 19, 2013 By 42 Comments
You’ve been asking for this one for a while, so here it is: Part 3—and the conclusion—of DH’s Ultimate Guide To Creatine Supplementation. At this point, assuming you’ve read the first two installments of this series—and if you haven’t, you should go back and read them now—you know more about … [Read more...]
Bookworm to Bikini-Ready: 13 Weeks to the Figure Stage (Week 1)
February 18, 2013 By 11 Comments
By Caroline Gick Hi Everyone. I’m finishing up my first week of contest prep, and I’m feeling it everywhere. My body is screaming at me, but in the best possible way. Ironically enough, I didn’t change my training much from the previous few weeks, because I had a good plan going already. I’d been … [Read more...]
DH Contest: Win a Free iPad!
February 15, 2013 By 2 Comments
We’re giving away two iPads. Want one? To celebrate the release of the incredible GAIN Fitness Shockwave Protocol iPhone app, we’re having a contest that doesn’t require you to do much of anything to enter. The Grand Prize? One of two fully-loaded iPads we’ve sprung for. You’ve got fourteen days … [Read more...]
How To Squat
February 14, 2013 By 8 Comments
By Brian Carroll "We can learn a shitload from powerlifters. Trouble is, many major publications and websites shy away from using the best powerlifters in the world for material. When asked why, their rationale goes something like this: “Our readers don’t want to look like these guys, and our … [Read more...]
The Secret Weapon: An Interview With Monte Spicer
February 13, 2013 By 3 Comments
“When you’re talking about the training of athletes, the fitness industry can be a very strange place. On one side, you have a lot of people making a lot of noise about how athletes should be trained and treated—and as it turns out, most of these people don’t actually train any athletes, and they … [Read more...]
The DH Guide to Gym Etiquette
February 12, 2013 By 13 Comments
We’d all love to live in a perfect world. Aside from everything else that’d be perfect, we’d all be able to train in private gyms, free of the ubiquitous bullshit that’s unavoidable in your typical commercial facility. You know exactly what I’m referring to when I talk about “private gyms”: those … [Read more...]
13 Weeks to the Stage: Caroline Gick Intro
February 11, 2013 By 4 Comments
By Caroline Gick My name is Caroline, and I have a problem. I’m an athlete, a librarian, and an entrepreneur—and apparently, I can’t stop competing. Honestly, I thought I was done. My last figure competition was in 2011, at the NPC Nationals in Miami. After that show, I hung up my 5” stripper heels … [Read more...]
The Cute Girl Guide to Carb Back-Loading
February 7, 2013 By 20 Comments
I was raised in the 1980’s, where most people’s idea of exercise was Jane Fonda attempting to give us aerobics instruction on VHS with Michael Jackson’s “Can You Feel It?” playing in the background. Back then, I watched my mother go on just about every diet there was. The entire decade was a sad … [Read more...]
How to be Awesome
February 6, 2013 By 6 Comments
By Jesse Burdick Every second of every day gives you a new chance to start shit over. Even if you don’t think it’s possible at this point, you can get moving on something good right now if you want to. That’s the best thing about training: it’s always there. Tomorrow morning, you can resolve to get … [Read more...]
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