I often see guys at the gym using way more weight than me. Some of them are bigger, but surprisingly, most of them are not. Last time I trained at the gym, I finished my workout with 35lbs barbell curls. In the meanwhile, there was a guy next to me curling double of my weight. That guy was … [Read more...] about Serge Nubret Pump Training: No Need to Lift Heavy to Gain Muscle
Most of you can perform sets of 20+ regular push ups with ease and this makes the push up useless for strength and muscle building, since it's too easy. 20+ reps will mostly build endurance since the upper body responds best to 8-20 reps for muscle building. In contrast, the diamond push up … [Read more...] about How to Build the Beach Muscles with Diamond Push Ups
Hello, it's Oskar here! Today, I want to share a podcast I did with Alexander Juan Antonio Cortes. Alexander is a personal trainer in Hollywood and works for one of the world's leading bodybuilding coaches John Meadows under John's brand Mountain Dog Diet. Besides that he's also a … [Read more...] about How to Overcome Skinny-Fat Genetics and Insights On The Personal Training Industry
"My problem is that I do not know how to progress with low/moderate weight. Training heavy was attractive because I only had to focus on a few movements, one weight target per movement and the low volume made it easy to monitor." Question 1: With high volume training, how do you keep track of … [Read more...] about How to Progress With High Volume Training (Using Light Weights)
The table above shows the bulk progress I've made over the past 2 months. The most important upper body muscle gain can be seen in my chest measurement which increased by almost 4 inches. And here are my current pictures (taken in different lightings so you can get a "real" perspective): End of … [Read more...] about 68 Days of Massive Upper Body Muscle Gains
One day I went to a calisthenics facility near my apartment and met two guys who were doing handstand push ups, muscle ups and levers. I was impressed by their strength, so I chatted them up. They had a calisthenics group here in Copenhagen and invited me for their training sessions. During … [Read more...] about How To Get Your First Muscle Up
When someone asks you to flex, you don't flex your legs or your back. You flex your ARMS. Arms make your physique look complete. Without big arms, you don't look like you lift weights. As a skinny-fat teenager I was always self-conscious about the size of my arms. When I flexed my biceps, … [Read more...] about 6 Tips to Build Big Arms
This article was inspired by a blog post at Danger & Play: How I Train. "Oskar, what training routine and diet do you follow?" This has been a difficult question to answer, since I don't follow a traditional diet and training routine. I don't count calories and I don't weigh my … [Read more...] about How to Gain Muscle While Staying Lean
