March 7, 2011 By 32 Comments

The Secret to Gaining Slabs of Muscle Without the Fat

Twitter is funny.

A few weeks back, I got a sweetest little tweet from a nice lady named Suzanne that read something like “how do I add muscle without adding the extra fat?”

This is probably one of the most sought after goals in the entire history of physique development – particularly those who were either fat at one time and harbor a great fear of returning to their former state, or they’re of the female population.

I don’t mean that in any way that is degrading – it’s simply that most females are much more concerned about their outward appearance than males are.

For the general population, most guys do not care if their gut hangs over their belt buckle a bit (or a lot, for some). Most aren’t concerned with having six-pack abs, nor do they worry about taking their shirt off during the summer months. [Read more...]

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April 26, 2010 By 92 Comments

GOMAD – Gallon of Milk A Day: Is It For Everyone?

Due to the recent (okay, not so recent) phenomenon that is the internet, it seems we’ve a plethora of good, bad and downright terrible information at our disposal.  With relative ease, I can search for just about anything I’m looking for in google, and in most cases, I’ll get the answers I need.  Hell, we can normally find most of the secrets we’re after as well.

Today, I want to take a quick look at one of the top muscle-building, weight-gaining secrets from the Black-Ops strength and bodybuilding underground, and shed some light on some of the good, the bad and the ugly.

Yes, GOMAD does indeed stand for the notorious diet that consists of a gallon of milk a day.  No shit – that’s a ton of milk. [Read more...]

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April 5, 2010 By 66 Comments

Build Muscle and Lose Fat: The Recomp Effect Part II

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Build muscle, lose fat, add 13 inches to your vertical jump, run a 4.25 forty, find the love of your life and learn how to get paid for waking up.  If you do everything in this article, all of these things and more will happen to you overnight.

Okay, I kid, but as I alluded to in Part I, today I’m going to share with you an approach to setting up a recomp protocol.  Remember, this is best suited for those concerned with remaining lean(er) throughout the year and willing to allow for a bit slower gains than the alternate approaches like GFH (get effing huge), GOMAD (gallon of milk per day) and the standard bodybuilding bulk/cut cycles. [Read more...]

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March 29, 2010 By 15 Comments

Build Muscle and Lose Fat: The Recomp Effect Part I

Photo Credit: Helgasms! ……… [Picture goes well with the tagline...]

After many emails, and a few phone calls about this topic, I’ve finally decided to write an article about how to build muscle and lose body fat at the same time.  This is sometimes known as the recomp effect (body recomposition) but most people, other than the fitness-obsessed, have never heard the term.

In short, it means to recompose your body; you’re improving your percentage of lean body mass whilst reducing your fat mass.

If you’re new here and tired of reading the same old crap, only to be disappointed by getting to the end of an article to see a useless product being pimped to the max, please keep reading because that won’t happen here. [Read more...]

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