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The Dubious Value Of Eccentricity
The following is an essay I wrote almost in its entirety a couple of years ago in a fit of frustration with…
Training For The Apocalypse Part 2- The Nuclear Option And Robot Rape
The apocalypse is gonna be too dope. In the first installment of this series, published ages ago in a land far, far…
John McWilliams, The Reason You Should Pay Attention To The Arm And Bench Bros In Your Gym
If there is any person in your gym more unjustly maligned than the dude with the biggest arms in the gym, I…
Hugh Cassidy- Teeth Are For Strongman And Eating Your Way Through Sticking Points
Plateaus- exactly like the Babadook, only scary and real. Plateaus are the ever-present bane of every lifter’s existence. Over time, a lot…
Berserker Or Zen Monk? Choosing The Path To Victory Means Knowing Yourself, Part 1
Every time I have ever run across an article regarding the correct mindset for success in the gym or in sport, it…
Fuck Buying Weight Gainers- Behold the Bulking Shakes of the Golden Age of Bodybuilding
In the aftermath of my run of articles about brobdingnagian badasses from the era of surf rock (if listening to that dogshit…
Bud Jeffries- Epic Strongman, Peerless Powerlifter, Noble Savage. And A Goddamned Sexual Tyrannasaurus
Having regaled you guys with tales of semi-mythical lifters who rarely, if ever, competed, I thought it would be prudent to introduce…
Baddest Motherfuckers Ever- Chuck “Wrath Of The Natty Axe Giant” Sipes
[This is a complete rewrite of my ancient Chuck Sipes article- the guy was such a fucking beast he deserves a fittingly…
Zabo Koszewski Would Like To Remind You That Not Every Lifter In The 1950’s Was Fat (And That Partying And Lifting Can Go Hand In Hand)
I am often asked why I don’t write about so-and-so bodybuilder / strongman / powerlifter, and why I seem to ignore anyone who…
Who The Fuck Says You Have To Squat? Steve Merjanian, His 500lb Incline Bench, And Why You Don’t Have To Squat To Get Huge
If the cannibalistic weightlifting community in The Bad Batch isn’t the closest cinematic thing to Valhalla ever, I will eat my goddamned…
A Public Service Announcement from Bruce Randall: “For Fuck’s Sweet Sake. Bulk First, Then Worry About Getting Cut.”
Having been positively besieged with questions over the years asking how lean a person should be before bulking, I thought it was…
Baddest Motherfuckers Ever- Bruno “The Italian Superman” Sammartino
[Here is what amounts to a complete rewrite of my Bruno Sammartino article- I found much more information on the man, and…