#104 - Meatheads, Beers, and Being Fat
Matt Goodwin and Sam Brown talk about being fat, beer, and meathead decisions. Let these two be your guide to what NOT to do.
5 Items for a Fatter Christm-ass Than Last Year
While your keto-obsessed cousin and diabetic grandmother stress over their diet decisions and stay away from the dessert tray, go all in. Make Christmas count this year.
Don’t Make These 10 Mistakes After a Bodybuilding Contest
I have always felt that a big part of my writing should be to save as many people as I can from making the mistakes I have made or witnessed others make in my 3.5 decades of bodybuilding. I’ve narrowed that list down to 10, and hopefully this saves you from yourself.
LISTEN: Table Talk Podcast Clip — Cailer Woolam on Gaining Weight and Go...
Believe it or not, Cailer Woolam gets a lot of questions about why he’s not gaining weight to break more records. But at age 24, he’s got plenty of time and work ahead of him.
27 Reasons to Be Big
This one still makes us laugh. Funny how some things change while others stay the same. Enjoy…
Does Muscle Turn into Fat?
Muscle is a constant consumer of energy and fat is an organ that stores it, but they do share some common cell lineage. Can one become the other?
The Diet of an IFBB Pro Six Weeks Out
This is a practical example of exactly what I ate during the sixth week before hitting the contest stage. Why is this important to you? Because it pushes right up to that life sucks and I hate dieting threshold.
“Fat but Fit” Isn't Accurate
A new study finds obese men to be at a higher risk of mortality than normal weight men regardless of aerobic fitness.
At What Weight Are You “Attractive”?
New research proposes the amount of weight a person needs to lose or gain in order to change others’ perceptions of their appearance.
Do You Need to Rethink Your Bulk?
According to new research, the fatter you get, the harder it will be for your body to burn fat later.
Can We Predict Fat Gain?
Scientists are starting to understand what is involved with long term weight gain. Some very interesting results found that are leading us to understand individual difference more and more.
Government Policy Guidelines and Dietary Fat
Is it time for government policy on dietary fat to change?
The Truth About Energy Systems (Part 2)
The breakdown of food and the conversion of nutrients to energy coincides with the body’s regulation of multiple energy systems.
The Fat and the Furious: A Complete Guide to the Most Misunderstood Macr...
Side-step the fat fearmongers and accelerate towards a healthier heart and better hormone profile.
Contest Prep Survival Guide: Getting Started
You might think you’re ready for your first time on stage, but have you overlooked these crucial details?
Knowledge and Nonsense: Health & Diet Claims, Part 1
Does insulin cause obesity? Should you be eating fruit?
Training for the Fat Guy
Because I have written a few articles on gaining mass and getting big, it’s only fair that I send some love to the fat guys who want to get in shape and feel better about all that mass they (hopefully) gained from all the time spent eating big and training as heavy as they could.
Nutrition Q&A (Part 5)
I aim to increase lean muscle mass toward the end of the year, which matches my diet of all out craziness due to the holidays. What can I do to maximize muscle mass while minimizing or even preventing putting on a bunch of body fat?
So You Want to Gain Weight?
We have to go way back to get some understanding on this one.
Back in 2000, when we were skeletons and I was almost ripped, Adipose had just sold his gym and was going for his—literally—all for broke, make it or break it, in powerlifiting. Now, in order to complete his master plan, he had to dissolve all ties. I know
