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How to be Awesome: Build Your Mindset

May 28, 2013 By Jesse Burdick 7 Comments

By Jesse Burdick I want to tell you some things about where motivation comes from. Six years ago, my life changed dramatically with the birth of my baby girls, Kaycie and Sophia. When these two came on the scene, I wasn’t able to do all the things I’d been doing on a daily basis for years until … [Read more...]

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How To Be Awesome: The Pendlay Row

April 4, 2013 By Jesse Burdick 11 Comments

By Jesse Burdick “THE 10 BEST EXERCISES YOU’RE NOT DOING!” Fitness magazines publish this bullshit piece all the time—accompanied by a similar cover-line to get your attention while you’re walking through the airport—and I always take issue with it, because the people writing the pieces generally … [Read more...]

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The X-Frame Protocols: Ice Cube Abs

April 3, 2013 By Monte Spicer 22 Comments

By Monte Spicer When your ab training goes wrong, or you’re not getting any results, it’s not because you’re doing the wrong exercises. It’s not about volume, intensity, or rest periods, either. The reason your abs aren’t coming in the way they should—other than your shitty diet, of course—has … [Read more...]

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How to Train: Female Edition

March 25, 2013 By Jim Laird 34 Comments

By Jim Laird Women hire trainers far more often than men do. It’s a proven fact. Women are more likely to ask for help, and they’re more likely to trust that what they’re being told about fitness is the truth. Trouble is, most of the information available for women, both online and otherwise, is … [Read more...]

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Gold’s Gym Manifesto: What I Learned in Venice

February 27, 2013 By DH Kiefer 7 Comments

By Monte Spicer Bodybuilding is dead. The sport is still around, and people still compete, but the atmosphere around the game isn't even close to what it used to be—and it never will be again. When I talk about training atmosphere, my frame of reference from my bodybuilding career is the time I … [Read more...]

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Workout (07/06/09)

July 7, 2009 By DH Kiefer 7 Comments

Monday was my first day back to the gym in a week and I wanted to blow out my legs. Really, that's my main goal for the next 12 weeks: grow huge quads. Not that my wheels are embarrassing by any means, but they lack the fullness I'm looking for. There are two ways to get big, full quads: 1) Squats … [Read more...]

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