Benefits of Strength Training for kids and teens

By Blake Kassel, Guest Blogger Kids and teens who follow a strength training and exercise program cut in half their risk of sports injury and improve their sports performance. Strength training also works to increase bone density and strengthen ligaments and tendons. And the benefits don’t stop with physical health. Young athletes typically also feel [...]

What Difference – One Set Max v. Pyramiding?

This is a question only a muscle geek would ponder?  To do one set or not to do one set (with all due respects to Shakespeare) is a question that many a bodybuilders have opined on.  As it should be, after all, we all want to get the most with the least and bodybuilding is [...]

What Exercise You Do Is Not That Important

That’s right, you knuckleheads.  I said it, and I will say again, you overgrown, genetically freaky rhinoceros on two legs pretending to be human – looking like something that walked out of a monster video game.  Exercise is what – maybe 10% of anyone’s success in packing on muscle.    Okay, two things – I [...]

For The Skinny Kid, My Top Ten Rules For Getting Big

I have written a couple of articles geared toward young people.  Although I have often tried to keep a tongue firmly in cheek as I write, let me be serious for a moment.  We continue to live in culture that places a tremendous value on looking good.  Magazine covers have not changed in the last [...]