January 1, 2012!  In reality, just another day.  But culturally, the start of a brand new year...and a whole new beginning. At the end of the year, we are given the opportunity to reflect on our lives the past 365 days, to look forward to the next 365 days of our life, and to reflect [...]
So only yesterday I wrote a blog post about the need to clean up after yourself in the gym.  Today, another post on the same subject.  Let me explain: Today I was finishing up my pre-workout warm-up and stretch, and moved to the ab machines.  I went to my favorite machine, one of those where [...]
The gym is sort of like my second home.  I spend a couple of hours there almost every day, so I care about the place and want it to be nice.  It's MY gym, and if I'm going to spend so much of my life within those walls, I want to feel good in the [...]
Sometimes you have to slow down to get big. I recently met a remarkable fellow who does almost everything right.  He works out very hard, eats clean every 2 hours, is a hard worker, creative, and passionate.  As often happens when I meet someone like this, we will start to talk exercise philosophy.  He told [...]
It's tempting to play it safe.  If we dream big, we might fail miserably or fall really hard.  But as you live your life you learn that there are much worse things than trying and failing.  Like NOT trying at all and living with the regret. Take a look at this incredible set of pictures. [...]
Think you don't have what it takes to reach your goals? Feel you have it a lot worse than anyone else? Too far to go? Too much to overcome? Let me introduce you to Kris Gethin. Looking at this first picture you woud likely assume that he had always been a hardbody kind of guy, [...]
For any bodybuilder or fitness enthusiast, there is great inspiration to be taken from those who are at the top of the sport. Case in point, Pro Bodybuilder Con Demetriou. Born in Austrialia, This 39 year old bodybuilder shows what years of hard work can accomplish. The great roundness and fullness of his physique is [...]
I've found myself surrounded lately by a lot of loud folk behaving very badly. I'm sure that my overwork and exhaustion is helping to attract these people to me, but regardless of my responsibility, the world certainly seems full of self-absorbed louts. I really don't want to be cynical, but it seems that many people [...]
When the gym gets crowded it can feel like you're in traffic maneuvering around cars on the highway.  The huge muscle guy strides through like a Mack Truck with his 125 pound dumbbells, while the tiny female aerobics enthusiastic flits around the benches like a SmartCar.  Somehow in the middle of this traffic you have [...]
One of the newest Pro Bodybuilders is the amazing Jason Huh. This man's arms are the size of many three year olds! He is making a big splash on the bodybuilding scene, including an outstanding pro debut at the recent NY Pro Contest. I recently ran across these two pictures on the web, showing his [...]