3 Important Tips to Build Muscle Faster
July 25, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Guest Articles, Mike Geary
Guest Post from Mike Geary, author of the best-selling Truth About Six Pack Abs program
Let’s face it… building muscle is not the easiest thing to accomplish even despite regular hard workout schedules and trying every type of workout and supplement.
I struggled for years to gain any significant muscle mass, but over the years [...]
Is Muscle Soreness Really Needed?
June 22, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Featured, Guest Articles, Mike Westerdal, Recent Posts, Strength Training
For a lot of bodybuilders, competitive athletes and guys who just like to work out, sore muscles are the marker for a “good” workout. If you’re muscles aren’t sore the next day or the day after that, then you probably didn’t work out hard enough-that’s what a lot of us have been taught to believe, anyway. But is that really true? Is it necessary for us to train hard enough so that every time we work out our muscles are sore? Let’s find out.
Is a Pump Needed to Build Muscle?
May 22, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Guest Articles, How to, Jason Ferruggia, Recent Posts
Guest Post/Article from Jason Ferrugia, world-famous fitness expert and best-selling author of Muscle Gaining Secrets
Is a “Pump” Needed to Build Muscle?
By Jason Ferruggia
Who could ever forget that famous line from Pumping Iron where Arnold said that getting a good pump was better than sex?
We all laughed, although some of us harder than [...]
Muscle Building Nutrition
May 10, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Guest Articles, How to, Jason Ferruggia, Nutrition, Recent Posts
Guest Post from Jason Ferruggia, author of the best selling Muscle Gaining Secrets program.
Muscle Building Nutrition
By: Jason Ferruggia
It has been said that nutrition is responsible for 80% of your muscle building results. I think that is dramatically overstating it but nutrition is critically important to your muscle building efforts. Without proper nutrition you [...]
Traditional “Cardio” Training.. no more?
February 15, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Hardcore Conditioning, Strength Training
If you’ve been stuck to your treadmill, day in and day out.. You probably are pretty damn bored right about now..Not only this, but traditional “steady state” long duration cardio has been proven to be highly inferior to shorter duration, brief, intense exercise.
Especially if your goals are to lose body fat.. But not at the [...]
No Excuses
February 4, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Motivational, Videos
No more excuses…
If you want something, how are YOU going to make it happen? Look, nobody owes you anything. This video inspires the hell out of me. I’m sure we’ve all had an excuse to WHY you can’t workout because..
I don’t have a gym..
I’m too old/out of shape/lazy…
I can’t because (irrelevant excuse)
Make it happen, [...]
Carry It!
February 3, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Guest Articles, Strength Training, Zach Even-Esh
Carrying heavy objects and walking with them for a given time or distance is one of my favorite things to do to train mental toughness, conditioning, and build insane work capacity. Not only this, but you also will build REAL WORLD muscle and strength that just can’t be matched by many other exercises. Below is [...]
50 Keys To A Bigger Bench Press
January 6, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, How to, Mike Westerdal, Strength Training
50 Keys To A Bigger Bench Press – Free Special Report
Most people when they go to increase their bench they work their chest three times a week figuring more work will mean more gains. There is more to the bench than just the chest. You also have to work the other muscles involved in the [...]
Cardio SUCKS- 5 Exercises for “Bad-Ass” Conditioning and Fitness
December 22, 2009 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Hardcore Conditioning
Traditional cardio sucks- let’s face it… It’s boring, it’s tedious, and can get very monotonous. Here are 5 methods/exercises you can add to your normal workout routine as a “finisher” to end your training session, or as a replacement to your traditional, boring “cardio” routines you’ve been doing for the past 12 weeks (and had [...]
Garage Gym Workouts ?
December 5, 2009 by John Cortese
Filed under Extreme Muscle Building, Guest Articles, Hardcore Conditioning, Zach Even-Esh
I used to train in a commercial gym… Nothing wrong with it if that’s your thing. But, personally… I don’t think I will ever go back to training at a “regular” gym..
You know, the ones where they play soft, easy-going music? Where you can’t use chalk… Can’t deadlift… Can’t overhead press.. The list goes [...]





