Apocalypse Training, Part #1- Training for the Slow Apocalypse and Zombie Armageddon
One question often asked of strength coaches, and answered in some of the most bizarre ways, is that in which one seeks to know how best to train for a given sport. My answer is invariably that I have never done so, and barely even bother to train with much specificity for powerlifting.
6 Suggestions, but This Ain’t no Listicle
Figure 1: Satan Warming-Up in Watercolor, by William BlakeThis has been said before, but I’ll say it again. For the people in the back and the ones panhandling out front: If we had half the paper for training articles we’d have twice the elite lifters. Hypocritical to the max, right, seeing as I’m
TRAINING TIPS: 3 POSTERIER CHAIN EXERCISES FOR MASSIVE LEGS
Your shirts have steadily become tighter as your upper body has grown. However, your pants feel the same as the day you walked into the gym. You have been putting in the work, but your quad sweep isn’t getting any bigger. It doesn’t make sense. You have been consistently choosing the best lower body mass
Baddest Mofos Ever- Chuck Chuck “Wrath Of The Natty Axe Giant” Sipes
[This is a complete rewrite of my ancient Chuck Sipes article- the guy was such a goddamned beast he deserves afittingly brutal treatment, and given my penchant for writing about the lifters of the 1950s and 1960s of late, it seemed fitting to just blow away the old article and erect a massive monument to
Zabo Koszewski- Most Interesting Man In The World (And Best Abs Ever. And Hardest Partier In Muscle Beach)
I am often asked why I don't write about so-and-so bodybuilder / strongman / powerlifter, and why I seem to ignore anyone who competed after 2000. The reason for this is simple- lifters in the modern era are so goddamned boring that I have to pop ephedrine and slam a handful of Cannibal Inferno just
Baddest Mofos Ever- “The Italian Stallion” Bruno Sammartino
Rest in Brutality, Bruno Sammartino 10/6/1935-4/8/2018 Back in the day, if a guy was a wrestler, he was a bona-fide badass. The sport, which grew out of what were essentially MMA fights with less striking and more wrestling (catch style), was filled with bad mofos who ate big, lifted big, and lived big. They were
Baddest Mofos Ever- Harry Houdini
Pretty dapper for a badass. There have been a great many badass, blow-up-your-sorry-ass-with-a-fireball wizards throughout the ages, from the limp-wristed, Harry Potter-esque Merlin to psychotic Russian demagogue Rasputin to the Antichrist Aleister Crowley. None of them, however, possessed a combination of characteristics so diverse that they were essentially a combination of Bruce Lee, David Blaine,
Nothing Is True; Everything Is Permitted- The Evolution Of Chaos And Pain
"We don't want to be popular. We want to be infamous. I wake up in the morning and say, "How could I be more despicable?" -Jon Basso Having received a crapload of requests to detail my current training routine and the evolution of my methodology, I thought it was high time to drop an update on what I'm doing
Do It. Don’t Talk About It.
Rocky Marciano once said (and I think this is an old Italian adage), "Do it. Don't talk about it." Not only was Marciano undersized (he'd be considered a small cruiserweight today at between 179 and 188 lbs), but he was a man of indomitable will who went on to become the only heavyweight
Throwback Thursday! There Is Nothing New Under The Sun, Part 2
Before I get cracking on the next installment of what I should hope is proving to be a thoroughly elucidative series on the cyclical nature of training fads, there is an issue with the previous installment's accuracy. While I am well-known for possessing Shakyamuni Buddha-esqe omniscience, I do occasionally fall prey to the myriad