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Newbies

Naivety, Scams, and Newbies Who Know It All

January 18, 2010

Photo By: Polina Sergeeva
Over the last few years I’ve had the great pleasure in helping many reach their fitness goals whether it be via email, message boards, training with them or through my various articles here and elsewhere. I wish I kept tabs on everyone but there are just too many; I’ve lost count.
I might [...]

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Get Jacked – The Muscle Building Guide for Skinny Guys Part II

November 9, 2009

Image Credit: d_vdm
Last week I discussed the way you need to eat in order to turn yourself into the un-skinny guy. Now knowing how to eat is all fine and dandy but without some sort of training involved, the extra kcals are not going to be partitioned in your favor; that is unless you want [...]

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Eat More Sammiches – The Muscle Building Guide for Skinny Guys Part I

November 2, 2009

Image Credit: garritron
Alright, I did some searching online, trying to find a really good guide for the skinny guys interested in building muscle. While I found some decent stuff, most of it was pseudo-intellectual bullshit, making things more complicated than they needed to be. I even found a few articles on getting abs for a [...]

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On Minimalism

August 31, 2009

Image Credit: ne6ea

A minimalist according to dictionary.com is:

a person who favors a moderate approach to the achievement of a set of goals or who holds minimal expectations for the success of a program.

As I write this, I am sitting in an empty bedroom. My bed, dresser and accessories are still in the living area [...]

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Spinning Your Wheels? How I Went From Newbie To Intermediate Trainee

June 22, 2009

Image Credit: irene nobrega – This lil’ guy’s still a newbie

This is a detailed personal experience on how I went from newbie to intermediate trainee and sort of an expansion to my coaching article. While this piece and the coaching article are similar, I feel it’s necessary to touch on the endless [...]

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The Value of a Coach

May 11, 2009

Lawrence Hosannah – One of my former coaches.

In all my experience regarding strength and conditioning(almost 9 years), my coaches have impacted me most of all. All of them differed in one way or another but every good coach I’ve ever worked with all shared one common trait: objectivity. The advice and influence of [...]

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Am I There Yet?

April 16, 2009

photo credit: Usodesita

So this is part three of my series on building a firm foundation. Have you figured it out yet? Here is part one and two.
You may be asking yourself “Am I There Yet?” Are you at least on the right track? My final thoughts regarding getting a solid start on the [...]

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