My trainer's position on it is that you can waste time isolating a muscle, or you can work everything and get better results while having more time for fun. Never had me do anything that worked only one muscle group, had me doing lifts, squats, burpees, pullups, etc, always working the core, always working multiple… Read more
In my youth, I bussed tables with a bunch of dudes from Oaxaca who had hands like iron vises and forearms like coiled steel cables. One night, I made the mistake of arm wrestling my friend Jose in the kitchen, after a couple of beers. Read more
You have given me my million-dollar idea: a nationwide chain of GripGyms, where people will stand around anxiously just gripping things and waiting for random scary shit to happen like the floor to fall away or a tornado-force wind machine to kick in. Also they can carry shopping home for people, who will ALSO pay me. Read more
The scariest thing about hanging out with farmers (which I do because I'm sort of a fake farmer), is how big their forearms are and how much they enjoy crushing your hand with theirs. I once met a guy whose job is something involving moving haybales from point A to point B and I swear to god he dislocated my pinky… Read more
My old football coach would say, "Curls? Curls will get you laid, but won't make your arms strong." Read more
I actually thought Malignaggi showed Broner a thing or two about what seems to actually win fights at the high levels of the 140 and 147 pound divisions. It's all about how much you land and less and less about what you land. Broner did seem to get it, eventually, but I read it less as him holding out and being macho… Read more
Broner is obviously a skillful fighter, but in Saturday's fight, he was lazy and did as little as possible to win by decision. Malignaggi was much more active and did a better "boxer" impression, even if his punches where less annoying than mosquito bites to Broner. As a spectacle, it was a boring affair, something… Read more
I'm gonna go back and read this because Hamilton's boxing write-ups are almost always excellent. And I like the atmosphere ("Rastas were communing") and the fighter's narrative ("Imagine being a Brooklyn kid") but for the love of God, man - nobody cares about the undercards. Read more
This series of postings is hilarious. You have Raysism (the implication of yourname doesn't escape anyone) quoting "Born To Run" word-for-word and touting that running is the only means by which fitness can be measured. Then there are the series nay-sayers, that say lifting, or CF, or Swimming, or hot doge eating… Read more
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I find this article highly amusing. Although it is mostly true I find it funny you spent a weekend there to trash talk all the events. If you hated it so much why waste your time there? I'm only commenting on this because you managed to snap a picture of me and use it in your blog. I'm the chick squatting in your… Read more
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Also, people should realize that pretty much all pro/elite level bodybuilders, powerlifters, crossfitters and oly lifters are on some kind of PED. Probably most pro athletes are, too. Everyone lies about it (except powerlifters, who don't give a fuck) because it's illegal and they don't want to deal with the shame,… Read more
Amazing. Thank you for documenting this madness. Read more
What muscle is that?
Sorry, but bodybuilders, particularly ones on AAS, are not usually prime specimens of health. Even most bodybuilders know this. Athletic performance, metabolic function, hormonal function, heart health, immune system, etc. all suffer when you approach 5% body fat, which is where a lot of competitors end up at show… Read more
In the land of muscles, everyone is brown. Read more
"Spot, Squat, Leave" Read more
"an orange thirtysomething man with a swath of purple pimples across the back of his neck ate salad out of a Ziploc bag" Read more
The face of a kid who's counting the days until she can move out of home.