Blog by Travis

Knee health is critical and will have a profound impact on your daily life. Do you find yourself struggling to run, bend your knees or getting out of your seat without feeling knee pain? This could be due to joint issues, but most likely this is because you haven’t taken proper care of your knee. [...]

Our shoulders have a great range of motion. We can both scratch our backs and lift an object out in front of us. However, with this mobility comes great vulnerability. Our shoulders do not receive a lot of oxygen and nutrients, and this is why a shoulder injury will take a long [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Traditionally, I usually do two days in which I workout with the weights and then I follow it up with a rest day. However, since my first competition is on the horizon, I have had to give up the joy of being gym-free for a day and let the sweat presume. I know this [...]

I realize that this is my first training journal log ever, so let me inform you of my goals before I detail my workout. First, I am three weeks and some change out from an upcoming bodybuilding competition held at my university campus. It is informal, but still competitive. Age groups range from [...]

For the first post of my blog, I deemed it of urgent importance to explain the basics of building muscle before getting into more specific topics. This is the check list that you need to go by before asking yourself why you are not gaining muscle.