August 18
The Real Testosterone Vixen
What you're seeing is a genuine alpha female, the quintessential Testosterone Vixen. Now you may be thinking that this species of female is not only rare, but perhaps even extinct. You'd be wrong. We found one. We not only found a real life T-Vixen, we may have found their leader.
German Volume Training 2000
German Volume Training worked great, but it had some drawbacks. Check out the updated version of this famously brutal training plan.
August 11
Pattern Overload - Part 2
When I first approached corrective and performance exercise specialist Paul Chek about writing for Testosterone, his first concern was whether I'd choose to soft-peddle his article. In other words, he was worried that I'd try to "dumb down" his material.
August 4
Pattern Overload - Part 1
When I first approached corrective and performance exercise specialist Paul Chek about writing for Testosterone, his first concern was whether I'd choose to soft-peddle his article. In other words, he was worried that I'd try to "dumb down" his material.
Great Guns in Twelve Weeks - Phase 4
Ian King is back with another of his legendary 12-week programs, this one an arm-specialization routine designed help you build a hefty pair of .44 magnums that even Dirty Harry would envy.
July 28
Bench Press 600 Pounds
Want to break records on the bench press? Ignore stupid rules and follow these twelve steps instead.
Warming-Up to a Great Workout
A perfect warm-up virtually ensures a perfect workout, but a poor one will almost certainly ruin what COULD have been a great training experience. Ever wake up dreading the idea of going to the gym, but after getting there, you end up having a great workout? You can thank your warm-up for that.
July 21
Dawg School 5
We've all been there. No matter how big and educated we think we are now, at one time or another we were small.
Eccentric Exercise
It seems like you've been adding weight to the stack each time you do triceps pushdowns. The veins in your neck stick out like a garden hose as you power through the sticking point, and the cable starts cutting into your neck, just like your idol, Tom Platz. You stop, however, before it cuts through and leaves a bloody mess on the floor.
July 14
Great Guns in Twelve Weeks - Phase 3
Ian King is back with another of his legendary 12-week programs, this one an arm-specialization routine designed help you build a hefty pair of .44 magnums that even Dirty Harry would envy.
July 7
Black Belt Bodybuilder
What do you get when you cross a bodybuilder with a martial artist? Answer: A person you want on your side in a bar fight!
June 23
Great Guns in Twelve Weeks - Phase 2
Ian King is back with another of his legendary 12-week programs, this one an arm-specialization routine designed help you build a hefty pair of .44 magnums that even Dirty Harry would envy.
June 16
Question of Strength 33
Q & A with one of the world's premier strength coaches.
June 2
Great Guns in Twelve Weeks - Phase 1
Ian King is back with another of his legendary 12-week programs, this one an arm-specialization routine designed help you build a hefty pair of .44 magnums that even Dirty Harry would envy.
May 19
Dawg School 4
We've all been there. No matter how big and educated we think we are now, at one time or another we were small.
Poetry in Motion 6
Think of bodybuilding as a language, and think of the exercises we do in the gym as words in that language.
May 12
Question of Strength 32
Q & A with one of the world's premier strength coaches.
Tsunami Training
I'm going to describe a little 6-week program that I call Tsunami Training (I'll get to why I call it that a little later). It's based, for the most part, on training methodologies that I picked up from Ian King and Charles Poliquin, with some razzle-dazzle thrown in by myself.
May 5
Train Right for Your Type
The subject of muscle fiber types and their role in weight training can be a complicated and sometimes confusing issue. Here's a quick and, admittedly, very general primer.