A Meathead’s Dream Vacation

My wife and I returned from our Carribean Cruise Vaction yesterday.  Our cruise departed Miami, FL and traveled to three locations in the Eastern Carribean over a seven day period returning to Miami.  Where we went and the activities we participated in seem irrelevant for a blog dedicated to muscledom.  What seems more relevant to [...]

Post Competition Rebound

For those of you who have competed a few times, you are probably well aware of the window of opportunity you have as a bodybuilder to add a great deal of muscle right after a show.  After remaining in a relative calorie deficit for weeks and months, your muscles are depleted and ready to absorb [...]

Fat Burners

My wife is a big fan of the movie “A few Good Men” with Jack Nicholson and Tom Cruise.  One of my favorite parts of the movie is when Tom Cruise’s character has Jack Nicholson on the stand and Nicholson is being questioned about how the Marines incorporate Code Reds at Guantonomo Bay.  Cruise is pushing [...]

Tools of the Trade

When I was 19, I prepared for my first bodybuilding competition while I was completing my first year in college.  I really had no clue what I was getting myself into.  I was broke, had no car, and the only real access to food was at the college cafeteria.  I basically dieted on egg whites, tuna, [...]