The leg press is like Olive Penderghast in the movie, “Easy A” (or for you more classically educated meatheads, Hester Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter”) in that her reputation has been sullied, perhaps unjustly and disproportionately. For some reason, leg presses are regarded as a mediocre exercise with little direct application to sport. Plus, you […]
January 2011: High Intensity Cardio Many people have asked how I feel about cardio, and what they should do. Do you go intense for short periods? Do you go low intensity long duration? Do you not do it at all? Well as always, nothing is that simple. It depends on your goals, your genetics, and […]
I believe it was Bertil Fox who mentioned his arms measured 16 inches when he was 16 years old, 17 inches when he was 17, and 18 inches when he was the ripe old age of 18. From there, I can’t quite remember how his growth accelerated, but I can certainly remember mine. Using Bertil’s […]
Chest training has always been a challenge for me. It’s not because my genetics sucked (as with back), or because of the pain involved (as with leg training). For me, the hardest thing about chest training was simply staying healthy: I’ve had so many pec strains over the years that were a breath away from […]
Question: How many people at your gym have big, thick, nasty legs? What about on-stage at the last bodybuilding contest you attended? While I can’t speak for everyone, I can say that in the last several shows I’ve been to, there hasn’t been many. Why is this? Is the ability to build impressive wheels something […]
In my early days of competing, I modeled my leg training after Tom Platz as he had the best legs in the world. Not surprisingly, the Eagle’s training philosophy served me well back then and continues to do so today. For my back training, I tried to emulate the great Lee Haney. I performed a […]