Summer is fast approaching and having been a skinny guy my whole life who finally put on some size, it’s time to get ripped!  Or at least, to get my bodyfat % from 16% down to 10%.  Studies say that [...]

I went to see my good friend compete in the super-heavyweight division of the NPC last night at BMCC in Manhattan.  He got 2nd, just as he did at the last NPC… and in both cases he should have placed [...]

I live in Manhattan, yet recently I have been traveling all the way out to Brooklyn to perform some of my workouts at a gym out there. Some of my friends think I am crazy, but I would just be [...]

Today I want to review a few products that are great for detoxifying the liver.  The liver is a very important organ for maintaining high levels of testosterone. The classic, well-known formula for the liver is this: This product is [...]

Recently I’ve had the opportunity to train with a real bodybuilder and I learned something really important.  For example, I always had trouble developing my chest.  I would bench like everyone else but wouldn’t get the results I was looking [...]

I came across this amazing video today on Facebook: In summary, it puts forth the idea that the umbilical cord should not be cut when a baby is born until it stops pulsing. If this is done, the baby will [...]

A friend sent me an article yesterday (which I misplaced) that cited a scientific study determining that the bodyfat percentage in a male that women find most attractive is 12%. This is good news, because a 12% bodyfat is not [...]

So according to German website bodybuilding-magazin.de, the great Sergio Oliva passed away at 71 due to kidney failure.  He had been suffering from kidney disease. He fled to this country in 1963 from Cuba and claimed political asylum. Also known [...]

So as I have talked about in past posts, the development of your deltoids is most important because if you can keep your waistline tight while developing the size of your deltoids, you will look far more impressive then you [...]

So as some of you know I live in NYC and I live in SOPO (South of Power lol)so everything is always blacked out and I have no water or heat either.  I don’t mind having no lights because I [...]

Everybody knows that protein is the most important nutrient for building muscle.  The usual recommendation is 1.5-2 grams of protein for every pound of bodyweight, broken down into many smaller servings as the body can only process so much of [...]

I was in the elevator the other day with my neighbor who goes to the same gym that I do.  I hadn’t seen him in some time, so I asked him what was up, as we was making progress and [...]

I came across the following video the other day which youtube allegedly censored upon request from Whole Foods: While I am concerned about the fact youtube has taken to censorship (not the first time and won’t be the last), I [...]

I stumbled upon this on youtube the other day: This is a really wonderful primer on bodybuilding training.  Naturally, he leaves out advice on what steroids to take, but otherwise it is spot-on.  It’s also very well produced and fun [...]

So I am in Las Vegas for a seminar.  I love the desert, so I love states like Nevada, Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.  All the rocks and desert recharge me, make ultra sexual, and replenish my spirit.  I miss [...]

I stumbled upon this website on negative training the other day.  Basically, some mechanical genius over in Sweden came up with a way to do negative reps with heavy weights without a team of spotters.  He calls it “X-Force” and [...]

So the other day marked a big cardio achievement for me.  I was doing my 10-minute sprint training, and for the first time my heart never went out of range for my age and weight.  Not only did it stay [...]

After I injured my Achilles tendons over 4 years ago, I thought I would never skate again.  But over the years I am back to squatting, deadlifting, doing GHRS, and I finally decided I would try to skate again. I [...]

For those of you who are unaware, I did Reichian therapy for years.  One of the issues that always comes up in such therapy is what to do with all the sexual rage that men carry around in their pelvis. [...]

Those of you who are professional mongers or simply lovers of sex are probably always looking for the best combo of drugs to over indulge yourself in sex.  So the point of this blog post is to tell you what [...]

Recently I’ve been thinking a lot more about cardio and such.  I’ve been doing some MMA stuff, and I notice that it is easy to get tired after a while.  I also have a bit more fat on my waistline [...]

So as you know from my last post I ordered a home GHR from Orlando Barbell.  They said on the website that it would take like 2 months to ship, but I had it like 2 days later.  I was [...]

Everybody reads about how amazing a glute ham raise is.  Some years ago, someone showed me this exercise where I stand on my knees and they hold my ankles while I imitate the GHR movement.  I even tried doing this [...]

So recently I was pondering the whole low testosterone epidemic again and I revisited the idea that the problem in men is most probably a testicular one.  We all know about prostate cancer and prostate problems and that they are [...]

I was chatting with a friend of mine yesterday, and he brought up something I had noticed over the years… the number of totally jacked homeless guys you see from time-to-time around Manhattan.  They aren’t that common, but you see [...]

If ever there was a good reason to show up to physics class instead of getting high in the stairwell, it’s so you don’t end up in a video like this going, “Why doesn’t anyone help him?” or frantically beseeching [...]

A client wrote to me the other day about DHT gel.  He had gotten his hands on the stuff somehow and was wondering if it was safe to use. DHT gel is interesting stuff.  DHT cannot be converted into estrogen, [...]

Male pattern baldness is best resolved with a daily full-spectrum vitamin E supplement, and often related to other nutritional deficiencies. I know this is hard to believe as the majority of information out there says that stinging nettles blocks DHT, [...]

So it looks like my week off is turning into two.  I am not happy about it, but I woke up one day with serious pain where my appendix is, nausea, no appetite… I spent the next 3 days sleeping, [...]

I was in the gym last night and the tribulus was kicking in.  It was the heaviest day of the month for me and I hit all my numbers in the squat.  The next thing was deadlifts and I was [...]

While it is important to take tribulus terrestris and train heavy, it is equally important to regenerate your cartilage so you don’t end up with a hip replacement like Karl Gotch did. In our society, hips are the most vulnerable [...]

Ugh, on Saturday I began squatting again.  I am so sore, and then I went to MMA today and had to throw Thai kicks against a heavy bag.  I’m so tight from the soreness, that it was really hard to [...]

It’s Friday night and I wanted to go out, but I am just too tired.  I lifted very heavy in the gym today, and then did 3.5 hours of  mixed martial arts.  That’s almost 5 hours of working out!  Even [...]

Like I wrote yesterday, in addition to taking something like tribulus to raise testosterone, raising growth hormone is essential.  So today after my shoulder workout I dropped four 750mg tablets into a blender with some spring water and made a [...]

Everyone knows that most drug stacks combine the injection of testosterone with growth hormone.  The ideal is to reproduce the effects naturally.  Is it possible?  Tongkat ali, when cycled properly, will certainly allow you to get your testosterone levels handled.  [...]

Just kidding!  Instead of prohormones there are wonderful natural alternatives.  I was back in the gym today after a 1 week rest and my strength seemed fine and I made all my goals but I failed at my final set [...]

Tomorrow I go back to the gym and resume my monthly 5/3/1 cycle.  I am all charged up and ready to go, as I am on something better then tribulus and you know what that is!  I am also rubbing [...]

No matter how you try and protect your hand while lifting heavy, you can’t help but develop calluses.  They don’t feel good to a woman when you are groping her breasts, you know… so what to do?  The answer is [...]

Just because you take dietary supplements like tribulus terrestris doesn’t mean you can neglect your diet, and while I talk about diet a lot, I decided to make a small change to the type of meat I eat for a [...]

I have a friend who always thinks he is overweight when in fact he is not.  He takes tribulus and works out hard and eats right, yet he is obsessed that he is fat.  I have quizzed him endlessly on [...]

When you are taking your tongkat ali and your system turns into a furnace, it is important to stay hydrated so you don’t crack the pot that is you.  But what is the best way to do this?  Somewhere along [...]

I am taking this week off because it’s that time in my monthly cycle, but will continue to cycle tongkat ali.  Of course, that isn’t a prohormone but the point is that I will maintain my hormone health by taking [...]

Today I was supposed to squat and deadlift – the heaviest day of my monthly cycle.  Yes, I know that doesn’t sound right, but in my case it is what it is.  But I got to the gym and I [...]

Some people wonder why it is important to take tribulus terrestris and such things, and the answer is that life is really fucking hard and will probably only get harder with the way the economy is going and you need to [...]

Today was the heaviest day of the month for me for shoulders and I’ll admit I failed on my standing military press max weight.  I almost got the weight up.  I was past the half-way mark trying to lock it [...]

It’s hard to go hit the gym sometimes at the end of the day but you gotta’ do it if you want results.  Unless you are striving to me the next Mr. Olympia, it really isn’t that hard at all. [...]

Sometimes you hit a wall where you can’t meet your goals in a particular workout in terms of either weight or reps.  When this happens, the problem is not the system and you don’t need to buy fractional plates and [...]

Someone was talking to me about if you should regular cuts of meat over ground beef.  They speculated that the act of grinding beef somehow makes it less valuable by denaturing the protein. I personally do not believe this is [...]

For those of you who are on the go and need a quick meal that is nutritious and supplies your body with nutrition more so then calories (calories can always be obtained from a sack of carbs), here is a [...]

Man, I just watched the latest episode of Spartacus: Vengeance and I can’t believe how good the show is.  I mean, it was always awesome but the start of this season has been a little rocky and I am not [...]

I am sure you have heard about boxers and such who don’t have sex before a fight and all that.  I certainly don’t have sex before I do heavy squats.  But not having a regular ejaculation frequency can muck up [...]

I was back today doing my first week of a 5/3/1 monthly cycle.  The first week is always hard to get back into even though the nervous system is aching to lift.  Tomorrow I am back squatting which is an [...]

Nothing raises testosterone more the seeing Van Halen live.  Except maybe taking tongkat ali. lol!  Seriously, they were fucking amazing.  The last few years when I saw clips of them on youtube it was like they really dropped the ball.  [...]

Sometimes people work out and they are like, “I am getting stronger but I am not putting on size.  Is something wrong?”  The answer is no.  You can’t get bigger until you get stronger because the progressive lifting of heavy [...]

I’ve increase my consumption of MSM as of a few days ago.  I know take 2 tablespoons a day, and will slowly increase my dosage to 4 tablespoons a day.  I need to be careful about my joints, that is [...]

It’s always tricky returning to the gym after 1 week off.  Not because one has lost any strength, but because often times the body has relaxed so much it is as if your body parts are in different places.  What [...]

Ah, can’t wait until tomorrow to be back at the gym.  Sadly, I am benching and Monday is always a bench day it seems for everybody at the gym.  You know what I miss though?  The fact that most gyms [...]

I can’t wait until Monday so I can go back on my 5/3/1 program.  Monday I train chest and abs.  I’ll be on the peak of my tongkat cycle as well, so I should be ready to tear it up.  [...]

Today is one of those days I am just totally enraged.  Of course increasing testosterone with tongkat ali will make one prone to being angry.  But it isn’t that high-testosterone = anger.  It just means that if you have something [...]

Like I have said before, in addition to keeping your testosterone levels up with tongkat ali, it is important to get adequate protein.  Now if you eat a lot of meat and eggs, the fact is that you don’t need [...]

I just read on the web that B12 and folic acid is very important to counteract the effects of BPA in our modern society which feminize men.  I take 5-10,000 mcg of B12 every day along with 1500 mcg of [...]

Tonight I will stop by the 24/7 hardware store in my neighborhood later on to get some chains and carabiners and such to build some gear to use at the gym.  It’s a bit of a secret project right now, [...]

You know what is better then male enhancement pills?  Girls you squirt!  So today I was rather shocked to turn on that show The Doctors on CBS in the morning, and I see the famous Jaiya Ma talking about squirting [...]

So this week is my off week and I am very happy to take the time off (but never from tongkat ali!) and socialize a bit more then usual, maybe even go swimming and such.  I already started goofing off [...]

Today was my heaviest squat day of my 1 month cycle, and I noticed something about myself besides that I forgot to take my tongkat ali today (it didn’t matter I was so aggressive anyway): I tend to relax in [...]

I’m pretty pumped today because even though it is an off day with respect to my tongkat ali cycle, my MMA teacher got a new space to practice in which has lots of long bags to kick and plastic machine [...]

As much as I love to lift, there is nothing like taking 1 week off from training every month to make sure I am always 100% psyched to lift.  In the 5/3/1 method, they recommend that the 4th week of [...]

One of the important and dirt cheap supplements a lifter can take is sulfur in the form of MSM.  I have heard of people regrowing all of the cartilage in their body in a few months. When you think about [...]

Besides keeping your testosterone levels as high as possible by cycling tongkat ali correctly, your biggest key to success in making strength and size gains is getting adequate sleep.  Sleep is like a deeper level of rest then simply taking [...]

In addition to taking tongkat ali to keep your testosterone levels high, you need a good pair of shoes to lift in.  In the 1980s and 90s people would wear bodybuilding shoes from companies like Otomix, and even Nike and [...]

I wish there was a gym in Manhattan that had access to a reverse-hyperextension machine.  Sadly, there isn’t.  I did hear that Equinox may have one, and I am checking out that club next because nothing will strengthen the muscles [...]

With all the talk about environmental factors (chemical) contributing to the drop in testosterone levels, you almost never hear about other environmental  factors (social) that contribute to declining testosterone levels. For example, testosterone is also the source of drive because [...]

I was bombing my back today at the gym.  My back is my strongest body part – and not because I take tribulus, either… it’s just some mechanical thing or something.  Plus, I like training back.  Girls dig big backs [...]

I got kicked in the leg yesterday in MMA class and my knee hurts today.  We were getting the feel for “push kicks” in a Thai-boxing style.  These kicks are used in street combat to break someone’s knee joint by [...]

I am really excited that my new tongkat ali label is ready to send to the printer and so today I was extra aggressive training my shoulders at the gym.  Especially with the lateral and front raises which I go [...]

I love shopping for food because I love cooking.  When you take tongkat and do heavy lifting, you naturally want to eat.  Trader Joe’s has such amazing easy-to-make food.  Today I bought Korean short-ribs, breaded cod filets, breaded chicken breasts, [...]

Lots of you have heard about boxers who don’t ejaculate while in training.  It’s been scientifically proven that ejaculating lowers testosterone levels.  But does this mean you should ejaculate as little as possible? No, of course not.  There is an [...]

I was talking to one of my friends the other day who purchased a bunch of fractional plates online cheap.  I asked him why he bought them since he is doing the 5/3/1 program and he said it’s because he [...]

I have been working very hard at designing a new label for my tongkat ali product, Tongkat Overload.  After that, the website will change a bit to reflect this new design.  I am very excited about it! I was squatting [...]

When I see sites like elitefts.com I know that powerlifting will be the next big thing.  As masculinity starts to decline, a certain segment of the male population will react to it by  hyper-masculinizing themselves.  You can already see it [...]

So I began training my legs today.  I had been neglecting them.  Mind you, I had been doing leg extensions and deadlifts, but nothing is a substitute for real leg training and the only leg training that is real is [...]

Some people have the idea that you can just take tongkat ali and not workout or diet and you will be transformed into a male stripper or something like that.  This is crazy! I always talk about the importance of [...]

It is really beneficial to watch youtube videos of pro bodybuilders training because you can pick up on some of their secrets.  For example, when doing seated shoulder presses with dumbells, you may notice that the upright bench is tipped [...]

Quote of the day from a friend of mine: “Most people walk around life like zombies without teeth, just like human bumper cars, going around in circles.” Lately I’ve been more focused then ever, and besides the fact that my [...]

Two of the great ways to recover after a very hard workout is to take magnesium chloride and vitamin C. Both are critical to repair the body. The three areas of the body that need to recover after a workout [...]

One thing any nutritionist guru will tell you is that a lot of supplements are unnecessary if you eat your vegetables.  Many supplements are in fact issued to clients simply because they refuse to sit down and eat them. What [...]

Yesterday I went to do trap bar deadlifts with the intention to raise the weight.  Normally I do 10-12 reps so the weight I use reflects this.  But instead of increasing the weight on the bar by 10 lbs. I [...]

One of my friends is giving me a powerlifting belt someone gave him that is too small for him to wear.  I am very excited, as it is one of those thick belts that has no taper.  I have never [...]

Today I used my Versa Gripps Pro for the first time while training my back, and I took my lifting belt in another notch.  It is nice to make progress – to do more reps, lift heavier weights, decrease one’s [...]

I posted yesterday that most weightlifting belts for bodybuilders suck, but there is one that rules and I have it.  It is made by Inzer Designs.             This belt is amazing.  You can read all [...]

Here is a great video of Ronnie Coleman training chest: Notice how he keeps the tension on the chest at all times by not locking out his arms on each rep. Personally, I have a narrow chest relative to my [...]

They were talking about “porn addiction” on Dr. Phil the other day and I nearly threw my ribeye steak at the screen. There are 2 critical issues at play here that nobody really wants to touch upon: 1. Men watch [...]

I am getting ready to go to the gym now and train my shoulders, so here is a great video on shoulder training by Jay Cutler. In this video, he goes to the gym late at night as well. Only [...]

Sometimes people wonder if they have what it takes to be a pro bodybuilder.  Naturally only a handful of people in the world have the genetic qualifications for such an undertaking, let alone the discipline and willpower to do so. [...]

I was having a conversation today with some people from my tango class. We were talking about how women have much lower levels of testosterone so they have difficulty parallel parking. One of the women present said women tend to [...]

Today I was in the gym training my back.  When you see dumb shit like this on the tv all the time… …I really don’t know what to say. I mean, do people actually think they are going to develop [...]

Recently a study was done that revealed that cashier’s receipts all over the world are contaminated with Bisphenol-A.  I suppose they use them in the ink, or in the processing of the paper itself.  This means that every time you [...]

One of the things I do that really helps me out in life is sleeping in a polyphasic manner.  There is a lot of stuff written on this topic, but basically the way I do it is I sleep from [...]

When your testosterone levels are high, it is far easier to haul your ass into the gym and do what you need to do.  So many people could have such amazing bodies but it takes several years to do it [...]

Lots of people these days are talking about hormone replacement therapy but is that really necessary?  I mean, do you really think that your own body is incapable of making hormones for itself. One of my friends started using pharmaceutical [...]

Today is day 4 and the last day of my tongkat ali cycle.  I do 4 days on  and 3 days off because I find it works better with my body.  If I went to day 5 my testosterone would [...]

Yesterday I went to see my friend who is one of the best bodyworkers out there.  The best in the world for fixing backs and bones.  For example, I dated a girl once who was gorgeous and whose only flaw [...]

Today I was on the B Train heading out to Brooklyn and I had the thought as to why so many young men have abysmally low hormone levels and sexual problems.  Sure there are the usual suspects such as toxic [...]

Today I went to the gym and I took some extra days off.  I was shocked (although I shouldn’t be) that I was stronger then ever.  Normally I work a muscle every 7-8 days which mean a muscle gets 6-7 [...]

Sadly it seems all of Manhattan has discovered the gelato line at Eataly. A line filled with assholes exploring their entitlement fantasies by demanding to taste every flavor before they make a purchase. Newsflash: it doesn’t make you a “sophisticate” [...]

I make an effort to eat 1lb. of vegetables for every lb. of meat I consume.  Today I was in Whole Foods in Union Square.  Originally I was at Eataly on W 23rd street hunting for gelato.  But the line [...]

Many people use high-endocrine states to skip having to warm up.  Nothing wrong with this, considering a normal human being free from endocrinal manipulation – indeed doesn’t have to warm up.  Tigers don’t need to warm up before chasing down [...]

When you take an herb like tongkat ali it is important that you cycle it.  The rule of thumb is that you have to be “on” it twice as long as you are “off” it and that the length of [...]

Today I went to the gym in the early morning and trained my back and biceps.  I start my back workout by doing pullups.  After forcing out some extra reps, I jump up and do negatives – trying to hold [...]

Taking tongkat to raise testosterone is one thing, and it’s a very good thing.  But one also has to make sure that estrogen doesn’t get out of control.   Testosterone often converts into estrogen, which is why bodybuilders have to take [...]

Another way to get the most out of taking tongkat, is to consume goji along with it.  Goji is the HGH of the food/herbal world.  Just like a bodybuilder will inject testosterone and GHB, so you should eat goji with [...]

If you are taking tongkat ali, it is important to get your daily dosage of selenium for maximum testosterone and masculine health.  Selenium is cheapest to get by eating 2 Brazil nuts every day. You need to limit yourself to [...]

If you work out at the gym or lead any sort of high-stress, active lifestyle, then an egg steamer is a fantastic investment along with a constant supply of tongkat ali. Eggs remain an amazing source of nutrition.  If you [...]

I am always looking for new things to take along with tongkat ali, and as I have said before I am not a fan of tribulus.  So one of my friends suggested I try raw pine pollen powder.  It is [...]

One of the problems in people’s diets these days is an imbalance between copper and zinc.  Once that happens, you start to have problems with attaining the highest level of testosterone possible. It’ easy to get copper toxicity as well.  [...]

Now that I am on tongkat and working out so much, as hard and heavy as I can, I find myself destroying workout gloves.  Then again, I don’t use workout gloves because they all suck.  I got the hardware store [...]

One of the strange things about modern life is how people are always flocking to products to give them power.  There is something about modern life that is totally disempowering, even beyond the fact that they put all these chemicals [...]

Many years ago I experimented with prohormones before they were illegal.  Prohormones, for lack of a better word, are watered-down steroids from a functional standpoint. From a practical standpoint, they are synthetic precursors to your regular hormones.  The idea being [...]

I will tell you flat out that I am not a fan of tribulus. They’ve been hyping it for years but it can’t touch the master testosterone herb of all time which of course, is naturally… the one and only… [...]

Today I went and did trapbar deadlifts.  The trapbar is a great invention because it allows a tall man such as myself to deadlift with proper form.  Proper form means that you have to drive with you legs as if [...]

When one wants to increase testosterone, and wants to get the most out of tongkat, it is important that there aren’t any nutritional gaps in one’s diet.  The easiest way to make sure there aren’t any is to take a [...]

I am thinking of attending the Mr. Olympia to see all my favorite stars and also to do some shooting out at Frontsight. Las Vegas is always a lot of fun as long as you stay away from the area [...]

Kai Green is my favorite bodybuilder.  I totally get his energy.  So here are two great videos of him talking about his testosterone fueled motivations: Visit Testosterone Prophet’s Profile

The standing military press is the great mass builder. Some bodybuilder in my gym last year who was competing was like “Just do them if you want to get big.” From a structural point of view, many people can bench [...]

Some of my friends have been beating me up to get a blender or a juicer as a convenient way to add veggies and fruits to my diet.  Contrary to popular belief, I love fruits and veggies so I have [...]