Follow @slikkfitness on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok for more by Pete Loeschner Strength & Conditioning for First Responders Law enforcement officers, firefighters, and military personnel are tactical athletes and need to train like it. Here’s how. The Tactical Athlete: Fit to Fight Long before the term “tactical athlete” was commonplace, service men and women […]
The Performance Advantage This amino acid does what creatine can’t – it prolongs muscle performance in activities that last longer than 60 seconds. Beta-Alanine: High Performance After 60 Seconds Creatine works. Take it consistently and it’ll be there to support your ATP-PCr energy system so you can do more reps. The trouble is, creatine is
Was Rocky Right After All? Athletes and bodybuilders used to drink raw eggs. Then we decided that was stupid. Now, a new study shows that maybe it wasn’t. Check it out. Rocky Drinks Raw Eggs. Should You? I don’t remember a lot about the first Rocky movie. Sure, I have some vague recollections about Rocky’s
Get Huge, Save Time Drop sets work great, but there’s a way to make them work even better: strength zone training. Bonus: This method is a timer saver, too. Get Big, Save Time: A Smarter Way to Do Drop Sets Drop sets are an advanced training technique where you extend a set by decreasing the
High Protein, Low-Carb Deliciousness It’s like portable cheesecake. These easy-to-make high-protein cookies will blow your dang mind. Get the healthy recipe here. Conventional cheesecake takes a long time to make, it’s not super high in protein, and you can’t carry it with you wherever you want. This is all BS. So let’s simplify the recipe,
Bodybuilding, the Pump, and Soreness Does the muscle pump matter when it comes to growth? Does how a muscle feels, before or after lifting, matter at all? Get the facts here. Muscle Pump and the “Feeling” of Growth Back in the Golden Age of bodybuilding (the 70s and 80s), everyone believed that the pump was
What All Men Need to Know Men need it, but if you have too much your health risks skyrocket. Oh, and you’ll be a pudgeball. Here’s how to keep estrogen under control. High Estrogen Leads To Degenerative Diseases, Early Death Sometimes, doctors draw the wrong conclusion from a research study. Case in point, consider the
Should We Eat It Every Day? This protein source has the highest protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score, but it’s got plenty of other superpowers, too. Eggs Are Tired, Boss Hey, do you remember John Coffey from “The Green Mile”? (“I’m tired, boss…”) It’s a stretch, but I see a similarity between Coffey and chicken eggs.
The Pull-Up is Overrated. Get Stronger Anyway Pull-ups actually aren’t a great measure of strength. But if you want to get better at them anyway, try these proven strategies. Strong People Can Still Suck At Pull-Ups Many believe that if you’re strong, you should be able to do a ton of pull-ups with added weight.
A Nuanced Look at Manhood In today’s culture, there seems to be two opposing views of masculinity. Both are kinda dumb. Here’s where they get it wrong. What is Masculinity Anyway? Men in this country have been raised on preposterous notions of what masculinity (or manhood) entails, but don’t assume you know where I’m going
