TRAINING INTENSITY – IS LIFTING HEAVY ENOUGH? I, like many of the pro bodybuilders today, was inspired by the bodybuilders of yesterday. I can name specific classic training videos that inspired me. I would watch them before each body part that I trained. The first was Dorian Yates “Blood & Guts” video. The video [...]
Kim Siegman
ATHLETES CHALLENGE – SECOND PLACE I always had a relatively slender figure and found it easy to keep the weight off. After having two children and reaching my mid 30’s however, I found that it was becoming more difficult to keep the weight under control. I was a classic Yo-Yo dieter and tried everything from [...]
TIPS FROM A PRO
PREP/LIFE BALANCE: Keeping sight of what’s important in life. We’ve all heard of work/life balance. What about prep/life balance? The majority of competitors are not able to be bodybuilders for a living and most have families so how does one manage the demands of a contest prep with the priorities of raising a family [...]
NEVER GIVE UP! How to Bounce Back from a Major Injury
NEVER GIVE UP! How to bounce back from a major injury This year, for the first time in my twenty odd year bodybuilding career I suffered a major injury. Not the kind of injury you can nurse and get around by changing the training, but the kind that puts you on the sidelines for a [...]
TIPS FROM A PRO
TRAINING THROUGH INJURIES: What to do when rest is not an option! Let’s face, injuries are inevitable when we are pushing our bodies past the limit as bodybuilders. There is nothing that kills momentum and sets us back more than an injury, especially a nagging injury. We have all seen or maybe are the person [...]
TIPS FROM A PRO
BODYBUILDING 101: How to Survive in this Expensive Sport and Lifestyle Let’s face it. Bodybuilding is one of, if not the most, expensive hobby. The reason why it is so expensive is because it’s more than a hobby, it’s a lifestyle. Just your average non-competitive gym rat spends a lot more than the average [...]
TIPS FROM A PRO
TOP 5 EXERICES PERFORMED BADLY… and how they should be done! We all have seen it. You are focused on your next set and all of a sudden you look up and see someone doing an exercise that just leaves you scratching your head. It’s like….what magazine instructed you to kill yourself in the [...]
