How to Build Bigger Arms
July 11, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Guest Articles, How to, Jason Ferruggia, Recent Posts
Guns, jacks, pipes, hooks, pythons… Whatever you call them, the fact remains that most guys want bigger arms. While they are nowhere near as impressive as a big set of traps, you still don’t want to have and extra six inches of space in your shirt sleeves; that’s for sure. So the question is…
How To Train for Speed PLUS An Example Week of Training
July 5, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Featured, How to, Recent Posts, Speed Training
In the spirit of summer and football season nearly here, I’m in a very sharing mood.
If you were ever curious to see how I structure speed and strength training programs for athletes that I work with, you’ll enjoy the sample week of training that I’ve been putting a group of athletes through recently (2 [...]
How to Develop Explosive Power
June 17, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Featured, How to, Recent Posts, Speed Training
Developing explosive power doesn’t have to be fancy. Sometimes the most simple methods yield the best results! Read on to see how jump training can benefit strength and speed.
5 Tips for Faster Sprinting Speed
June 2, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under How to, Recent Posts, Speed Training
If you want to run fast and excel in your given sport, you need to train properly for it. Unfortunately most of the athletes and coaches I come into contact with have zero clue on how to train for optimal sprint speed, or still are under the assumption that “Speed can’t be taught”. That’s just [...]
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 [...]
Why Cardio Training Doesnt Work for Fat Loss
May 7, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Craig Ballantyne, Guest Articles, How to, Recent Posts, fat loss
Guest Article from Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS; Author of Turbulence Training
Why Cardio Doesn’t Work for Fat Loss
By: Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
www.TurbulenceTraining.com
Cardio exercise is such a strange thing. In theory, it should work so perfectly well for all men and women, but as anyone who has tried it knows, the practicality of it just [...]
Deloading for Optimal Strength and Speed Development
April 27, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under How to, Strength Training
When you train very hard for a long duration of time, eventually you need to take 1 step backwards to take 2 steps forwards. Training should be planned around taking periodic de-load or recovery weeks in order to allow the joints, tendons, muscles, and the mind to regenerate and come back stronger than before.
What is [...]
5 Simple Ways to Get Results on ANY Training Program
March 14, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Featured, How to, Motivational, Strength Training
Hey…
Hope you’re doing well.
I often get asked frequently about getting RESULTS and the best way to get there. After all, that’s what every person is after right? Results-oriented training programs should be the backbone of any person’s overall program that is offering training services to athletes and/or clients.
With this being in mind, [...]
How to Design Effective Training Programs
March 7, 2010 by John Cortese
Filed under Featured, How to, Podcasts and Audio, Strength Training
Hey! Just got off the phone with my friend and fellow trainer Bert Sims of Dynamic Physique up in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
We talked for about an hour on the methods of where to begin in order to create a great training program. Included in the interview are some great points. You can expect to [...]





