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Q: You recently said to ignore influencers’ workout advice on Instagram. But you’ve had their exercises in some of your newsletters. I’m not sure I understand the message.
A: I’m not saying to completely ignore the advice of Internet influencers. You can get some interesting and often helpful muscle-building tips to try—like this from biomechanics expert Paul Carter [Read more…]
Q: I have been following your muscle-building journey. You did not have cables, but now [as depicted in Old Man Young Muscle 2] you do. I do not. Any suggestions? [Read more…]
The longer I’m in this bodybuilding maze, the clearer it becomes that everyone responds differently due to unique needs.
Sure, there are some basic facts about efficient hypertrophy you should adhere to, like the best mass-building resistance curve on any exercise is hardest at stretch and easiest at contraction… [Read more…]
Rounder delts can make you look wider and your waist look narrower. That’s two aesthetic reasons to get shoulder training right, especially the side head that’s most responsible for those two effects. [Read more…]
“What are these ‘ideal exercises‘ of which you speak?”
I get that a lot—maybe not in those exact words; more like, “WTF you talkin’ ‘bout?”
Biomechanics expert and Mr. Universe Doug Brignole lays out 16 factors that exercises should meet to be in the ideal category. [Read more…]
Lately, I’ve been harping on the perfect resistance curve, mostly because I know the key ideal-exercise factors create efficiency of effort in the gym to build muscle quickly…
At my age, I don’t have time to waste with workouts longer than about 40 minutes 3 days a week. The lifetime finish line is looming… [Read more…]
I’ve whined about only having a bare-bones home gym in a lot of newsletters—50-pound PowerBlock dumbbells, an adjustable bench, and a doorway chinning bar.
The new ebook details how I made the best of that pathetic setup and re-muscled my 62-year-old physique training only 35 minutes 3 times a week. [Read more…]
These days I’m always insisting that you emphasize the ideal exercises for efficient mass workouts.
Those moves have specific characteristics or factors, such as optimal range of motion, ideal resistance curve, and so on (see the new ebook for details). [Read more…]
Beefy forearms are important…
In a short-sleeve shirt, they’re the first thing people notice—unless you have a huge spaghetti stain on the front… [Read more…]
A few newsletters ago we discussed the ideal biceps exercise based on Mr. America and Mr. Universe Doug Brignole’s factors grounded in physics and biomechanics. Now let’s look at the ideal triceps exercise… [Read more…]
