Late one night I was on the phone chatting with Dave Palumbo about everything from ketones to who's the biggest sham trainer in the sport. The conversation was about as fluid as the Mississippi . . . jumping from one topic to another at nearly the speed of light. It also doesn't help that I talk about multiple subjects at one time somehow believing they are all germane and interconnected to each another. Usually, after one of my all-over-the-place conversations, I realize that I'm not even making sense. This night, the back and forth banter turned to Paul DeMayo and I said, "Yea I worked with him too." Dave, and probably many of you out there, didn't even know that Paul was one of my clients. Well, I met Paul back in 1987; he came to visit me at Springfield College where I was studying the "guru" sciences.
On Heavy Muscle Radio last week - the World's Greatest Bodybuilding Radio Show- Dave and I bounced around training styles and what we feel was the ideal approach when prepping for a contest. Bodybuilders usually go a little crazy and alter their training so far away from their "off-season" training that it's sometimes unrecognizable. I think that's a huge mistake. I have always maintained that the training you did to build your body is the same training you need to do as you run up to a show. The hardcore and heavy training while dieting is, in fact, the main stimulus that allows the body to hold onto and keep that metabolic-boosting muscle while you drop calories to get ripped. If you make the mistake and "lighten up" on your workouts, and fall for the trap that more sets and reps will lean you down, often the muscle ends up looking lean, but lacks that crazy dense look.
Okay...it's time to confess...how many of you out there have watched movies like Rocky 1V and visualized yourself training out in the wild with only the most basic equipment possible. What about the hardcore prison movie where inmates are working out in the yard . . . ever imagine that was you?
Hardcore ‘boot camp' style training definitely appeals to the ‘macho gene'. However, let's be totally honest here, no one wants to put themselves out in the wilderness or into a maximum security prison to experience bare bones training!
QUESTION: Does eating a big breakfast really make any difference in getting lean or is that another nutrition myth?
In the last couple articles, we discussed the most prevalent side effects of anabolic steroids that I see in my every day practice. In this installment, we'll veer into the more common upper body injuries I see from lifting weights.
First, let's cover some basic terminology:
1-Sprain: Overstretching (partial or micro-tearing) of a ligament (connective tissue connecting bone to bone)
2-Strain: Overstretching (partial or micro-tearing) of a muscle or tendon (connective tissue connecting muscle to bone)
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