10 Tips for STAYING Lean During the Holidays
The holidays equate to roughly 12 meals. If you can’t handle 12 meals and instead turn into a slob overnight…
Overcoming the Pressure of a Six-Pack: How I Gained 100 Pounds in High S...
If you’re a kid with some athletic potential but is knocked over by a slight breeze, you need to start training and eating properly. Here’s how!
6 Tactics to Fight the Thanksgiving Fluff
Thanksgiving will leave you feeling like that butterball on the dinner table, unless you plan accordingly.
Hormone Panels 101
I instruct all of my clients to get a full hormone panel at least once a year. Here’s how to prepare for these labs and what a comprehensive hormone panel looks like.
My Crappy Diet
I have been a fat boy all of my life and have struggled mightily to be less fat. Here’s where I’m currently at in the sea of macros and micros.
Train Your Closet Bodybuilder This Off-Season
Why not have a dedicated cycle to focus on while transitioning out of some downtime after a meet? No machines at your gym? No problem. This was written for a hardcore powerlifting-friendly gym with limited access to machines.
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.
Bulk Up: It's National Hamburger Day!
National Hamburger Day is a great day if you're working on jumping up a weight class... or if you need an excuse to enjoy some delicious juicy burgers. Or both. Both is good.
The Truth About Late-Night Snacking
A calorie at 7:59 p.m. is the same as a calorie at 8:01 p.m. Whether you’re eating at 7:59 p.m., 8:01 p.m., or in the middle of the night, it really doesn’t matter. Instead, consider each of the 24 hours in a day to be equal in terms of importance… or simply the number of calories you eat in a
How to Avoid Obesogens
Obesogens are kind of exactly what they sound like: a chemical that can heavily contribute to obesity. Get to know some of them by name, learn how to avoid them, and potentially drop some body fat.
WATCH: A Question from Donnie Thompson
Why were you such a dick to me in 1998 when I met you and Lou for breakfast for the first time? You hurt my feelings.
A Conversation with Me About Competing at 77
When I entered these very senior divisions, there was no bar, no standard, no records. Now there is.
I Know Squat — Five Keys to Squatting Big Weight
I’ve squatted with some of the strongest squatters in the world at Westside Barbell. I’ve squatted with three-time World’s Strongest Man Bill Kazmaier and I was coached to a 700-pound raw squat by Josh Bryant when I was 22 years old. Here’s what I know.
Being Skinny During the Season of Weight Gain
Life changes as our goals change, and life sure has changed a lot for me. My excuses of the past that let me go to extremes and live in excess during the holiday season are now gone.
The Pros and Cons of a 100-Pound Weight Gain
I’ve gained 100 pounds over the last seven years and I’m going to share my journey and my experience, both good and bad, this has had on my general health.
Adaptive Thermogenesis — The Beauty and the Beast of The Biggest Loser
Starvation Mode is the not-so-accurate term for your body’s reaction to extreme caloric deficits. What price do you pay for rapid weight loss?
Happy Holidays and Mind Your Own Business
Something else to steal: my views on how to maintain “bodybuilder status” this holiday season. Yeah, I’ve dramatically changed my opinions on the topic in these past couple of years. Take notes.
Three Pounds Heavier: The Holiday Struggle
Minimize the consequences when you enjoy time with your family and eat good food this holiday season. These tips help me every year.
Under The Bar: How to Pull off a MASSIVE Bloat
That time of the year is right around the corner. No, I’m not talking about giving and receiving gifts. What I’m talking about is…
Are the Claims True About Skipping Breakfast and Weight Gain?
Will skipping breakfast make you gain weight? The opinions in this video offer enlightening insight. Maybe skipping breakfast is not so bad after all?
3 Ways to Really Build Muscle
Are you looking for the magic tip to gaining solid lean muscle mass? Look no more. All you need to know is within this article.
Kentucky Strong: Six Simple Ways to Increase Your Daily Calories
Six different quick and easy ways to jack up your calories (and the scale) without a ton of complex cooking and effort.
Simplifying Weight Management for Athletes
Each athlete has an optimal weight for their position where they can play at their best. The key is finding it.
Knowledge and Nonsense: Health & Diet Claims, Part 1
Does insulin cause obesity? Should you be eating fruit?
Kentucky Strong: 1,100+ Calorie Protein Shakes
Introducing three shakes to help you pack on the pounds…and save a little room in your stomach for those 10 other meals.
Monster Garage Gym: A Point Of Diminishing Returns
Is your weight gain taking you to the point of diminishing returns?
Twelve Steps to Getting Big
While every young guy seems to know that lifting heavy is the foundation of building muscle, most have the dietary caloric intake of a 16-year-old girl.
Weight Gain: Make It Happen
God dealt us a metabolism that’s fit for an endurance athlete, not someone big and strong. You just have to decide that you’re not going to accept it.
Top 10 Mouth-Watering Shakes
Whether you are looking to gain weight, or lose it – these shakes are amazing…and they were designed by our readers.
Bulk, Cut, Bloat: The Basic Science of Weight Manipulation and Powerlifting
Mark Rippetoe has re-popularized “GOMAD”—Gallon Of Milk A Day—as another bulking strategy.
Are You Really a Hardgainer?
Hardgainers exist. It’s true. You may actually be one! But are you…really?
How to Get Huge at Breakfast Time
Hopefully this gives you an idea what it takes to be big and strong, and by extension of those, awesome.
Gaining My First 20 Pounds
There are many articles about gaining (quality) weight and its importance in performance in strength-related competitions.
Nutrition Q&A (Part 2)
Dr Serrano,
I have a tough time bouncing back after making weight for MMA fights and powerlifting events. I have to work hard to get my weight down, but then I feel depleted by the time I need to compete. What is the best way to drop 5 lbs leading up to a weigh in?
Gain 31 Pounds Before Football Training Camp (Part 1)
Football season has just ended and you’ve quickly realized that you’re only half the man you were in August. Losing 10–20 lbs during the football season is typical for most high school and small college athletes. But you’re not typical.
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