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The Science Of Workout Motivation: Tell Your Trainer To Shut Up!
You can do it! Just one more rep! You’re looking good. Do it, do it! Come on, you’ve got this. The one-liners above are just a sample of the clichés personal trainers utter to clients during training sessions to motivate them through a workout. Motivation is after all one of the primary reasons why...
Body Transformation: Sandi Holder Joined A Gym And Lost A Whopping 80lbs!
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? I had absolutely no knowledge on nutrition or fitness. I lost my brother Larry at age 49 due to a heart virus. He did not have a good nutrition program and feel that his poor eating habits attributed to his demise. I hav...
Body Transformation: Sameer Khan Body Transformation
What Was Your Life Like Prior To The Change? I used to workout (since the age of 21) when I was in college, but ever since I started working, my life was restricted to a chair, a desktop computer, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week. This, coupled with eating lots of chips, soda, and fast food at my desk m...
Body Transformation: Sam Bridgewater Body Transformation
Sam Bridgewater's Transformation I had always been a somewhat active person but had always been overweight due to poor eating habits. I had been racing motocross for years and that had kept me in decent shape and very active. But then in mid-2006 I hit my low point. I had ongoing injuries and recent...
8X Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman's Memories at Metroflex Gym
Passion. Determination. Screaming, “Yeah Buddy! Light Weight, Baby!” This was the recipe for success for The King, Ronnie Coleman, on his route to winning 8 straight Mr. Olympia contests from 1998-2005. Earlier this summer, the M&S team traveled down to Arlington, Texas, to reminisce with his greatn...
An Exclusive View of the Trophy Case of 8x Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman
A few weeks ago, the M&S team headed down to Arlington, Texas and met up with the living legend himself, Ronnie Coleman. The 8x Mr. Olympia winner invited us into his home to reminisce over his 20+ year long professional bodybuilding career. What better way to do so than by standing in front of the...
Body Transformation: Rochelle Ford Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change Prior to my lifestyle change I faced many struggles with my weight. One of them was weighing as much as 250+ lbs while carrying my last child. I was able to lose around 80lbs over a year and a half period, going down to 169lbs, only to go back up to 237lbs over the next thr...
Body Transformation: Roger Lockridge Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I was really into basketball and pro wrestling. I liked the then WWF (now WWE) and WCW because the guys were huge and I wanted to be like that, especially Goldberg. I was quiet and picked on a lot in high school. I was a senior back then and very depressed. What Was Yo...
Body Transformation: Robert Duda Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I’ve been weight training since high school, so close to 25 years, but have always just done it for the love of lifting. In my early years I didn’t pay too much attention to the nutrition side of training, and it showed in my physique. By the time I hit my senior year I t...
In Remembrance Of Greg Plitt: Motivational Images And Videos
Strewn across the top of his Facebook page is a banner that reminds his friends and fans to "Be Remembered". That is how Greg Plitt lived his life on a daily basis, and worked to get many others to live just the same. Known to many as a fitness model and television personality, Greg was more than ju...
Body Transformation: Rebin Roy Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I have struggled with weight all of my life. I have tried every diet in the world only to have temporary success. I smoked for 14 years, drank regularly, and ate anything and everything. Almost all of my meals were eaten out, and I would order as much food as my 6’ 2” husba...
Body Transformation: Rashidat Owe Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change Ha! Eat, sleep, work, eat, sleep, work... What was your low point or turning point? My low point was when I stepped on the scale and couldn’t see the numbers because my belly was in the way. I could not stand seeing 222lbs. I started to be REAL with myself and had to do som...
Body Transformation: Rachel Young Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I realized I had a problem with my weight when I walked into a clothing store in my hometown of Atlanta. The sales associate informed me that the largest size they sold was a size 16. At the time, I wore a size 20. I was 2 sizes too fat to shop in their store. Dejected and...
Progression 101: 8 Ways To Keep Making Consistent Gains
Let’s get straight to the point. To gain muscle and strength you have to have a plan. That plan must include two important ingredients – because without them, your progress in the gym won’t exist. You must utilize the big, multi-joint compound movements. These are the exercises that activate th...
Body Transformation: Paul DeVito Lost 60 Pounds In Only 12 Weeks
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle like prior to your transformation? I have been a competitive athlete my whole life with dreams and aspirations of one day becoming a professional baseball player. At a young age nothing but training and education consumed by daily life. I ate, slept,...
Body Transformation: Omar Essam Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? I was very lazy person, consuming a lot of food and soft drinks per day, playing video games with friends. And never went to play soccer with them so you can imagine that I didn't do any cardio at that time. What was you...
Too Old To Build Muscle? The Bernie Long Story
I am too old to do this - really? The above question is something I hear nearly every other day, either in person or in the virtual world. In the days of men's fitness magazines and Abercrombie and Fitch ads, it occurred to me that once you pass 25 years of age, you should resort to bingo and pureed...
Body Transformation: Nick Horton Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? School, TV, video games, fast food and tons of soda. What was your low point or turning point? Looking online at Military PT test standards and height/weight charts thinking to myself, wow I can’t even join, yet pass the...
Body Transformation: Naomi Rotstein Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change What was your lifestyle prior to your transformation? I was extremely active. I hold a BS in exercise science and am an ACSM certified personal trainer as well. I loved to work out, but I also loved to eat. A lot. I had no sense of portion control and before I knew it was e...
Body Transformation: Nakia Dunigan Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change I lived a life of depression. I am a single mom of two and I just gave up on life. The only relief I had or wanted was to drink or smoke and sleep. What was your low point or turning point? My lowest point was when I stopped even looking in the mirror. I hated who I saw. I...
Movie Muscle: The 38 Greatest Male Hollywood Physiques Of All Time
The following list contains some of the best male bodies ever to grace a movie screen. They appear in no particular order. Please let us know which us these is your favorite, and if we missed anyone that should be on this list. Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies - Conan, Terminator, Predator, The Expendab...
Body Transformation: Mitchie De Leon Body Transformation
Lifestyle Prior To Change My lifestyle was busy. If it wasn’t school that was keeping me busy it was work and entertaining clients, which included social dinners. Explains a lot of the weight gain too. If it wasn’t work, then it was trying to maintain a long distance relationship that was emotionall...
Mind Gains: Tips To Jack Up Your Mental Game
After being bombarded by an endless stream of articles on the latest and greatest training and nutrition approaches, I felt compelled to discuss an often overlooked aspect of lifting; the psychological approach. This article aims to provide tips, mantras, and pre/intra/post-workout methods for optim...
Mind Over Muscle: How To Really Stick To A Workout And Diet Plan
So you are ready to take that leap. Today is the day you are ready for the new you. You have used the slogan "I will start on Monday" one too many times, and for whatever the reason, you made the decision that today is game time. No more waiting until Monday; it starts right now! It makes no differe...