Blog by Travis

We all have heard about Creatine. Some people have a misperception that Creatine is a steroid-like supplement with adverse health effects. To what credibility are these claims? Can Creatine give you that extra boost to get you past a plateau? What is it, where does it come from, and how does it help you? Let’s [...]

Too often we are given the wrong information regarding the most effective way to build muscle. There is a lot of bull that makes building muscle seem like an impossible task to ever achieve. However, I am all about being efficient, simple, and realistic. I believe that many people make building muscle [...]

Ok, I’m going to tell you about the Law of Attraction that exists in our society. However, let me make this clear. I am not talking of the metaphysical Law of Attraction that many believe the universe is propelled by. I’m not speaking of the “positive thinking gets you everywhere” mentality, nor [...]

Sometimes I find it quite amusing to see how stubborn many people in society are. On the back of cigarettes, it clearly tells you the consequences of smoking. Yet this is still a multi-billion dollar industry. Likewise, the health industry constantly attacks and blames soda for many of society’s problems such as [...]

You type this term into Google and return over 6 million results. You don’t have time to devour all of that information, and I bet 90% of it says the same thing in a different way. However, I am going to cipher through the BS and tell you what you need to [...]

Have you ever had those moments when you just stare blankly into the abyss and reminisce about things that you did in the past? I did that today, and I went all the way back into middle school. My friend and I use to have jump rope competitions. We would see who [...]

This trend has been dominating the fitness field for the last few years. Weight loss programs, such as Weight Watchers and Nutrisystem, have based their entire course around controlling these critical macronutrients. But why is there such a fuss over carbs? I will try to answer as many questions as I can [...]

It has been said, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” With that being said, I have discovered that my body reacts quite well to the traditional back/bis workout. I have been doing this for a few weeks now, but I think I will keep doing it for a few more before I [...]

Today while I was working out, I made a new friend; we’ll just call him Joe. Joe was curious about my reasoning for working out – after all, I’m not a student athlete. I told him that I was training currently for a bodybuilding competition and afterwards I would try to further pursue [...]

Ok, it is now 25 days until my first competition and I am very ready for this event to take place. The first thing that I am going to do is indulge in a carrot cake (I was mocked at when I visited home and saw everyone but me satisfying their hunger with slices…) [...]