There’s something about working with your hands…
Creating something leaves you with a deep sense of satisfaction…
Who knows, maybe that’s one of the draws of working out?
For the most part, people don’t create much nowadays. By that I mean build something with their hands. It seems to have died off in the last generation or two…
I [...]

I’ve brought up the topic of injuries a bit in the last few weeks…
I’ve covered ways to train around them, as well as using your noodle to avoid getting injured in the first place…
One of the best ways to avoid them or train around them is to use the power rack…
That forgotten piece of equipment [...]

Many people think ‘outsourcing’ is some new term that just got popular in the last decade…
Not so…
If you really think about it, we’ve been outsourcing since the beginning of our lives…
The minute we popped out we had somebody there to feed us, wash us, change us, and yes, even ‘wipe’ us when the need arose, [...]

Yesterday I shared an option for making homemade thick handled bars…
Today I have another option for you to try out…
This one involves cutting the hose down the middle, coating the handle with glue, and then wrapping the hose around the bar.
This option is usually your only one when modifying a standard barbell with welded ‘plate [...]

My grip tip from the other day received some great response…
Seems like more than a few readers are interested in making some thick handle gear…
Some wanted to know if there was another way to thicken a handle besides taping a towel around it…
After thinking about it for a while, I remembered something I heard a [...]

Say you can’t do a major lift, like squats or deadlifts due to a bad ankle sprain.
Due to the injury, it’ll be the better part of 3-4 weeks before you can do those lifts again.
What do you do?
Depending on where you are in your training cycle, it might be time for a little break. But [...]

The other day, I mentioned the training regimen of the contenders on Dancing with the Stars…
Kelly Osbourne said it eventually became daily 10 plus hour marathon session…
They’re not the only ones who put in tons of work
I’ve come across plenty of stories of rugged individuals working all day long. Miners, lumberjacks, construction workers, ditch diggers, [...]

Want to have ‘arms of steel’?…
How about ‘Freight train strength’ from shoulder to finger tips?…
The kind that’ll scare the bejesus out of someone when you get yer hands on ‘em? (only if the need arises, of course.)
Thick bar training will do that ans much more…
Training with a bar that has a thicker than average diameter [...]

By now, you’ve probably heard of Dancing with the Stars,
It’s become one of the top shows on TV…
But why bring it up here? What in the world could it have to do with building muscles and super strength and conditioning?
How tough could it be? It’s only dancing for crying out loud! And only twinkle toed [...]

Huffin’ and puffin’…
That’s exactly what high rep kettlebell work will do to you…
It’s true, kettlebells aren’t just for strength…
In kettlebell competitions, known as ‘Girevoy Sport events,’ athletes work up to hundreds or reps in the clean and snatch. And world records for max reps in these exercises are at the thousand rep mark.
If you thought [...]