Contest Prep

If you increase your repetition range from four to six to eight to 10, you’ll pump more blood into the muscles...

Q: I’m writing because I’ve seen you compete a number of times, and you always look so relaxed onstage. I’m an...

Q: I’m considering competing in bodybuilding, but I need to decide whether to enter a natural or untested contest. I have...

Set some short-term goals too. For 15 years I competed in at least one powerlifting meet every year in the off-season....

Kai Greene is decidedly old school when it comes to using free weights.

Nothing will motivate you to stay on a strict diet like committing yourself to a physique competition.

Q: I compete in the over-50 class of a local natural bodybuilding contest every year. It gives me a reason to...

A few years ago Toney decided on a radical scheme for improving his arms, namely to train them three times a...

No, I do not dehydrate myself for competition. In fact, as a drug-free bodybuilder I want to be as hydrated as...

A topic of frequent debate when it comes to natural bodybuilding competition is whether it’s fair for former juicers to compete...

You’ll be able to handle more weight in your bodybuilding training, which will lead to faster gains when you go back...

Whichever training method works for you, you can adapt your current schedule from six days to only four days a week....

Q: I’m interested in competing in natural bodybuilding. I started looking for shows, and I’ve found a plethora of natural bodybuilding...

The main thing to keep in mind throughout contest preparation is that it’s probably one of the most physically difficult things...

What I’ve learned over the past 20 years is that weight training is much, much more stressful than the average bodybuilder...