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There is No Such Thing as Toning, Toning Exercises Don’t Exist

There is No Such Thing as Toning, Toning Exercises Don’t Exist

Guys, Have you been training like a girl?

I’ve always found the fitness industry interesting. And spending a lot of time inside a gym like I have, meeting lots of fitness enthusiasts, you always get told lots of B.S.


It’s amazing how little people actually understand about how to change their body.

Take “toning” for example.

And yes, I did write it like that deliberately. You see, I don’t really consider “toning” a word that should ever be used by someone looking to get into shape. I’m sure you’ve heard it all before, probably even said it yourself.

It usually sounds something like this.

“Oh, I don’t want to get really big, I just want to get a bit more toned…”.

There’s nothing wrong with not wanting to look like Ronnie Coleman, I certainly don’t. But wanting to get “toned” is stupid, because there is no such thing as toning.

When people talk about getting toned, what they really want is to increase muscle and decrease fat.

Simple isn’t it?

Why can’t they just say this in the first place!

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Dumb Ass Exercise Injuries, Don’t Make One of These Mistakes

Dumb Ass Exercise Injuries, Don’t Make One of These Mistakes

If you spend enough time in the gym, you will see some funny things. Well, if you have my sense of humor anyway.

Some people never seem to find anything funny happening in their gym, so I thought I would share a couple of the funnier things I’ve seen, while teaching some useful information at the same time.

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How Not to use a Squat Rack and the Best Way to Use a Squat Rack

How Not to use a Squat Rack

If you’re not gonna squat, get out of the squat rack!


Has this ever happened to you? You hit the gym early in the morning, all pumped up for a great session. It’s leg day and you know what that means, so you put your serious face on and trudge into the gym. Only to find that some 16 year old pipsqueak is standing in the squat rack doing bicep curls!

I’ve got nothing against 16 year old kids in the gym, trying to improve their bodies. I used to be one of them myself, once upon a time. What I do hate is when those kids spend their time in the squat racks, doing bicep curls. They’re called squat racks for a reason people.

And it’s not just the young guys, oh no, this is a far bigger problem. People of all ages think it’s fantastic to use the squat rack to do bicep curls. Is it because you can leave the barbell on the supports so you don’t have to actually bend down to pick the bar up? Probably.

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How to Build Bigger Biceps

How to Build Bigger Biceps

Are you a bicep warrior?

Of all the jokers that I see in the gym, the bicep warrior is one of my favorites. I’d pretty much guarantee you that you have a few of these guys at your gym. Heck, you’re probably one yourself.


For those of you who are unaware of what a bicep warrior is exactly, let me explain. They are usually motivated by ego, travel in packs and may even wear their best clothes to the gym. But the thing that makes a bicep warrior is the way he trains.

You see, a bicep warrior is at the gym so he can look good in front of the ladies. Nothing wrong with that. If you saw how much attention I get from the girls, you’d be at the gym too. But what is really wrong with how he goes about it.

This is how the bicep warrior thinks. “Ok, girls love big biceps, a nice chest and abs. So I’ll go to the gym every day and do the same workout. That will have me looking awesome in no time. 50 sets of bicep curls, followed by 20 sets of bench press, then I’ll finish up with 1000 crunches. Ooh yeh“

Let me tell you now, that is a dumbass way to think. Sure, girls might love biceps, but thinking like that is the wrong way to go about it. There are so many things that are wrong with that mindset and it will really kill your results if you go about it like that.

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How to Gain Muscle and Burn Body fat at the Same Time.

How To Gain Muscle and Burn Body fat at the Same Time

What is your “big dream?”

I have two:

  1. To make an impact on the lives of over 10M people before I die;
  2. To have a family that’s mobile so I can live in many places.

Not bad, right?

Want to know a “third” dream of mine? One that I saw become a reality a few years ago?

To gain muscle AND burn body fat all at the same time.

It’s like a pipe-dream that somehow worked its way through the pipes and into my gym.

It is not easy, granted, but you can do it.

Almost anyone can do it.

You just have to train and eat in a very specific way.

Listen: You do NOT want to just “burn body fat” or god-forbid “lose-weight”… that will not give you the body you want.

You absolutely MUST shape your muscles, tighten and tone, and burn body fat.

And you can do it at the same time.

Most pros disagree with me. They think it is metabolically impossible to gain muscle while in a state of low-calorie dieting.

They are wrong.

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