An opinionated look at the men and women whose passion for the iron made the world safe for hypertrophy
Becoming a pro bodybuilder often means turning into a jerk, losing the people you care about, going broke, and ruining your health. You in?
Fitness pros have bastardized some simple concepts, either in an attempt to show off or because they're ignorant. It ends here.
So you want to compete in bodybuilding, huh? Read this first so you don't embarrass yourself.
Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are awesome, until they start to interfere with your progress. Don't fall into these traps.
Is your trainer or coach making one of these common mistakes? If you're the fitness professional, are YOU? Check out the list.
Ever wonder what it'd be like to run a gym? Most lifters do. But don't let the fantasy fool you. It can be pretty terrible.
We asked pro bodybuilders, doctors, and coaches one blunt question. Their answers may surprise you.
Team sports kill individuality and fail to build self-worth. Weightlifting, however, can prevent your kid from going over to the dark side. Here's why.
Fit people do it better. Marriage, that is. Here's why.
If a coach never updates his ideas, he's probably a crappy coach. Here's what several experts have changed their minds about.
You want harmony? You want love? You want great sex? Then get your partner to start working out with you.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is flushed with victory after catching their first group of athletes for blood doping offenses 31 years after they invented the practice of testing.
Athletes take steroids to get strong. Is it because today's strength coaches have neglected to get them strong with proper training?
Want to build a buttload of muscle? Talk to a big guy. Well, maybe. Sometimes their training and diet advice just isn't right for you. Here's why.
Steroids, cannibalism, sex cults, big benchin', and rule breakin'. Sounds like business as usual here at T Nation!
Body fat isn't an irreversible condition, and the people trying to protect your feelings about it aren't helping you.
On some levels, it somehow seems a shame to reignite the flame of scandal so soon after the Olympic flame has been extinguished.
More women than ever are competing, and some of them want YOU to fund it. It's time to call them out.
Are you tired of seeing all those idiots in the gym doing everything wrong? Are you tired of the laziness, the stupidity, the lack of backbone, and the careless disregard for everything you hold dear? Move over, so's Jeff Ingram.
Traditional competitive bodybuilding is in decline. Why? And how can it be saved or improved? Should it be? We asked our experts and insiders.
Pretend CrossFitters and functional training boneheads have invaded our gyms. Let's send them back to where they belong.
Very few people have the experience to properly coach someone online. Here's how to separate the good ones from the rip-off artists.
Is our standard of beauty too harsh? Is leanness unfairly prized? Here's what science and history have to say about fitness, fatness, and our preferences.
Think steroids are illegal because they're dangerous? Not so fast. Here's the real story behind the criminalization of juice that you've never heard.
