Scott Abbett

Why 'High Calorie Meal Plans' are Natural Bodybuilding Nutrition BS

You see them all over the Internet - 'high calorie meal plans' purported as necessary for going from skinny runt to 'muscular he-man' with the simple application of a one-workout-per-week bodybuilding training routine. "Experts" tell you to pump heavy iro... Read >

Your 'Bodybuilding Workout Routine' Sucks: Why most natural bodybuilders are frustrated

I'm not going to mince words or pull any punches: If you're not making steady bodybuilding gains, it's because your 'bodybuilding workout routine' sucks - plain and simple. It's because you haven't customized a successful schedule of effective bodybuildin... Read >

Nitric Oxide: Does it work for Building Muscle?

What is it about the psychological effects of a 'muscle pump' that tends to send our neural synapse activity from the purely logical sides of our brains to the emotional? Is it that we think we've finally achieved that elusive 'mind/muscle connection?' Ar... Read >

How to Get a Nice Butt

One of the most sought-after areas of the body within the context of 'desire for improvement', as well as... well, "other contexts" (I won't go there), is the glute area. If you find yourself doing searches for 'how to get a nice butt' or 'how to build gl... Read >

"How to Build Big Pecs": Bench pressing is NOT a 'magic bullet'

Nearly every bodybuilding "expert" on the Internet tells you the same thing with regard to advice on "how to build big pecs." Most of it sounds something like this: "In order to build bigger muscles, you need to train heavy. You can work out with more ... Read >

"Muscle Confusion Myth": Don't let it hold back your bodybuilding progress

Why is it that so many myths and downright idiocies become commonplace acceptances within the bodybuilding and fitness industries? Does it stem from widespread use of anabolic steroids - resulting in general ignorance among those considered to be experts ... Read >

How to Build Big Calves

Do you want bigger calf muscles? Are you one of those individuals who has been genetically short-changed when it comes to the muscles between your knees and ankles? Are you a natural bodybuilder? Perfect; this article's for you. First off, you couldn't... Read >

Develop a real "Mind-Muscle Connection" for Bodybuilding Success

When I started reading bodybuilding magazines in the late '80s and early '90s, a new buzzword had hit the scene. Every pro bodybuilder was claiming within published articles to have a "mind/muscle connection" during workouts. I'd be reading an article ... Read >

How to Gain Good Weight

Upon initial thought, you wouldn't think someone would need to write an article titled "How to Gain Good Weight". After all, aren't those who feel underweight so desirous of displaying more body mass as to be content with just a higher reading on the bath... Read >

Can "Combat Conditioning" Improve Your Appearance?

Occasionally in life, someone will blurt out something that verbalizes your exact thoughts at nearly the precise time you're thinking them. I experienced this one afternoon when I was twenty years old and undergoing the most physically demanding military ... Read >

Personal Fitness Trainer: Tips for hiring a good one

A couple days ago, I saw something ridiculous in the gym. I witnessed a personal fitness trainer putting his client through activities more akin to practicing for a circus tryout than building a stronger and shapelier body. The client was being instructed... Read >

Misleading Mass Building methods of Body Building

When I was young, I took many things at face value. I just didn't think there was a whole lot of written material meant to entertain me at best or mislead me at worst. I eagerly perused bodybuilding periodicals from cover to cover in search of what would ... Read >

“Functional Strength”: a matter for Bodybuilding

"Functional strength": There are those words again. They rank right up there with "quality muscle" when it comes to people in the fitness industry uttering meaningless jargon that sounds profound on the surface. Of what part of my weight lifting-built str... Read >

Body Shaping: How to build a Nice Butt

The late Vince Gironda, a legend in bodybuilding circles, had some eccentric opinions. It's said that his gym in Studio City, California was devoid of free weight squat racks because he believed squatting exercises only created "turnip thighs" and a big b... Read >

Mass building – Increase Your Arm Size with this Simple Technique

Way back when I was in high school, one of my peers in the campus weight room had a peculiar reply to a claim from a buddy of mine. My friend was saying that a person could derive benefit from splitting rep motions in half on barbell curls. This essential... Read >