Words: Kerry DULIN First, the basics. Clear it with your doctor. If it’s been several years [or, more] since you ran regularly, check with your healthcare provider just to be sure too. Pick up a pair of comfortable, quality running shoes. Sometimes just spending the bucks for a good pair of shoes is enough incentive

Words: Kerry DULIN Every leg workout has squats as the core lift. If you have access to Manta Rays, cambered bars, oversize bars, bands, and/or chains, feel free to use them. If not, the good, old fashioned full squats work fine. You’ll find front squats, reverse squats, box squats, etc., throughout this workout schedule, and

Words: Kerry DULIN Average people have average genetics. Average people have day jobs and families to support. Average people are not on anabolic steroids, and this is exactly my point. If you don’t have the genetics of an Olympic athlete, if you don’t have a sponsor who pays you to lift weights, and if you

Words: Kerry DULIN The ancient Egyptians were ingenious. Starting with the solid foundation consisting of multiple and precisely engineered stones layered successively in small increments they built the largest and most enduring structures on Earth. No doubt the Kings and Priests of Egypt consulted the best bodybuilders of the day to arrive at a fundamental

Words: Kerry DULIN Ever seen someone with a good physique who got it by working out on a home gym? I have. I’ve even competed against people who became competitive physique athletes [bodybuilders] by working out on a home gym. It can be done. Well, if this is true, why do so few do it?

Words: Kerry DULIN There is an old axiom in bodybuilding that says that ‘strength equals size.’ In other words, as your strength increases there will be a corresponding increase in size as well. On the surface this makes perfect sense. If you can lift more weight, or perform, a greater number of repetitions then you

Words: Kerry DULIN No one said that this was going to be easy, but few things of value are. Deal with it. If you’re going to go for the healthy look you might as well go the extra mile and actually be healthy. When the fat starts to go, and it will, you want to

Words: Kerry DULIN  If you’re serious about bodybuilding, if you really want to be a lifter, start at the bottom. Face your fears and enter the forbidden zone. It’s not likely that you will have to wait in line. The real miracle is what happens inside of the squat rack. Actually, ‘miracle’ isn’t the right

Words: Kerry DULIN  The term natural envelops almost every facet of life today — this includes natural muscle building. Here is a clear analysis on what ‘natural’ bodybuilding is and what it is not.  The term natural has undergone multiple revisions in the last few years. New and ‘high-tech’ supplements have blurred the distinction between

Words: Kerry DULIN When you bump into people who coin excuses, at the ‘drop of a sinew,’ don’t let their pretences rub off on you. Brush the dust off your feet and hit the gym, right away. I have been playing the iron game for more years than some of you have been alive. I