Author: johnbarban

  • Strong or Jacked…what do you want?

    Strong or Jacked…what do you want?

    Most guys start working out with the intention of building muscle and having a ripped body. If anything strength is simply a side effect of bigger muscles. But somewhere along the line many guys get caught up training for strength instead of bigger muscles. They start worrying about how many plates they have on the bar…

  • There is no Rule about Working Out

    There is no Rule about Working Out

    The idea of going to a gym and working out might be difficult for some people to start because there is no rule to follow, nobody forcing you to do it, no major socio-economic problem if you don’t go (not an immediately obvious one…as in you won’t get a fine or ticket or lose out…

  • Workout to Deal With Stress

    Workout to Deal With Stress

    There are very few things in your life that you have 100% control of. You can’t control other people or their reaction to you, you can’t control the stock market, or your job (you could get laid off, fired, or your place of employment could simply go out of business). You can’t even control your…

  • Mind Muscle Connection for Full Muscle Development

    Mind Muscle Connection for Full Muscle Development

    Working out with weights can be somewhat uncomfortable. It requires physical exertion as well as mental exertion. At some point during a good set the muscles will likely burn or become sore to some degree. This burn or soreness can persist even after you put the weights down. It’s hard to describe to people who…

  • What’s your diet and exercise plan for the next 7 weeks?

    What’s your diet and exercise plan for the next 7 weeks?

    For many of us (at least in north america for sure) the next 7 weeks are going to be about end of year parties, feasts, get togethers, lousy gym hours, time off from work and generally being out of our ‘routine’. This is when most of us fall off the proverbial diet and exercise wagon…