I could probably write page after page on this one, but for the time being, I'll keep it brief. 1. Here's something someone said in the context of figure competitors: NO squats. NONE. Figure girls have no business squatting for the most point- so says Charles Glass who is notorious for his knowledge of training. I do sumo squats or plie squats to tighten my inner glute...but NO squats. Makes you blocky and no figure girl wants to be blocky- you want to remain lean and tight. Do I even need to go any further here? Figure girls have no business squatting? Because Charles Glass says so? Sumo squats and plie squats to tighten the inner glute? The what? Yes, because squats... read more 6 comments

I have to interrupt the bulking series for a bit of randomness today. 1. There's a personal trainer at my gym that I would like to fire ... and I don't even work there. In fact, I'd like to fire all of them. Have you ever noticed that very few - if any - clients of the average gym PT ever look any different? Ever? How about the fact that they don't even look like they train themselves half the time? And to the clients, why don't they clue in ... that it's not working? Back to the guy I want to fire. Nice guy I'm sure and he's got a pretty good physique ... from the waist up. You... read more 9 comments

Continuing on with the answers to the following questions ... How long should I bulk? How long do I have to bulk? The first 'it depends' answer was to counter with the question of how much muscle do you want to gain? To that we add the following: 2. How much muscle do you gain when eating in a caloric surplus and how much fat you gain when eating in a caloric surplus - or basically your muscle-to-fat-gain ratio. This basically refers to one's partitioning ability - simply where the extra calories go. Does it wind up in muscle cells or fat cells? Ideally all of it would go to muscle, but sorry, not gonna happen. You might as well accept it now. Now ideally... read more 1 comments

So in the previous post about bulking we touched on what determines whether or not you should consider doing a 'bulk' (I really dislike this word by the way), or not. Again, let me just say to drive the point home, that bulking is not an excuse to get fat, get sloppy, etc. The point to a bulk is to simply gain muscle - obviously. However, a free-for-all caloric onslaught is a quick way to unnecessary fat gain. An effective bulk is characterized by an attempt to maximize the muscle-to-fat-gain ratio, all the while understanding and accepting that yes, some fat is going to come. I get asked questions like these quite often: How long should I bulk? How long... read more 2 comments

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