by Dana Bushell | Articles
The complexity of the world in which we live in today has surpassed even the predictions of our greatest prophets. It can become very easy to drown in the sea of options and lose yourself in your endless quest for instant gratification. And it is for that reason many...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Often times the flexibility component, in an otherwise excellent training program, is overlooked and sometimes understated. A tensile muscle is a healthy muscle and keeping up with a program that includes flexibility training is difficult yet rewarding. In the past...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Opportunities come and go. Being able to capture the moment and seize each situation where improvement is the outcome is the difference between winning and losing, or for the purposes of this article hypertrophy and atrophy. Knowing how to plan your meals around your...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
There are intricacies associated with even the smallest of tasks. Building a physique is no small task, and with that said, the road to success can and should be filled with these intricacies more closely associated with the finer details of a worthy training...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
There is a saying that has stuck with me from the very beginning of my bodybuilding journey to now. It goes like this: You can’t build a house without a foundation. What this refers to is the idea that a solid, well-rounded physique is built from the ground up. Far...
by Dana Bushell | Questions & Answers
Some arguments are meant to be constant banter between those who preach and those who are critical. Much the same as the question, “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” the question of whether or not free weights are better than machines and vice...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
The rigors of a bodybuilding lifestyle are all too consuming for many to really understand or appreciate. It is a sport, unlike others, that has no parameters of time to follow and the measure of your success comes in the subjective form of another’s opinion. While...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
What lies within each of us ready to be unleashed at the most opportune moment, is a searing force hard to define. Unless you have taken yourself to this point and breached the fine line of sanity, you may have difficulty understanding the true meaning of intensity....
by Dana Bushell | Articles
Often times, the advent of new and innovative ideas stem from the complacency of those who have yet to recognize a void that needs to be filled. Tried and true methods do have a place in our world of bodybuilding, but sometimes someone comes along and shocks the...
by Dana Bushell | Questions & Answers
You may not be an up and coming star in the bodybuilding world, and you may have no ambition whatsoever to step onstage any time soon. But that doesn’t mean you aren’t busting ass in the gym everyday to achieve a physique you can be proud of and want to show off...
by Dana Bushell | Questions & Answers
In a world riddled with eccentric personalities, gurus and experts of all kinds, bodybuilding has taken on more than its fair share of myths and misconceptions. Backed by foggy science and secrets only the pros knew about until now, many of these claims about how you...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
The quintessential approach any bodybuilder can take when devising a plan to improve their body is to recognize and reiterate the importance of hormone control. Quite possibly just as important as the act of training itself is the ability to employ strategies within...
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Training
This can be a very difficult question to address. The simple answer would be any time you can get to the gym is better than not going at all. But there’s a little more to it than that. The time of day in which you train with weights does have some bearing on the...
by Dana Bushell | Articles
The pressures associated with everyday life are enough to deal with. The last thing anyone would want to do is add to that as a byproduct of doing something they thoroughly enjoy. As goal oriented perfectionists, athletes tend to go to extremes in many areas of their...
by Dana Bushell | Articles, Supplements
Every serious trainer knows the importance of supplementation in the quest to achieving the best physique genetics will allow. Often times the supplements chosen have been well established in the results they deliver. Other times the products used can be directly...
