Posted in Strength Training on Feb 7th, 2011
Last Saturday I asked on the StrongLifts fan page what percentage of gym people you thought used steroids (read the answers here). If you read through the comments, you’ll see that most guys estimate 1 to 10% steroid-use. Well StrongLifts Member Nico (“Holvoetn”, 42y, Belgium) sent me a news article about this several days ago. [...]
Posted in Strength Training on Feb 3rd, 2011
Matthew wrote: Thanks for the awesome 5×5 report. I’ve been reading your blog since around Feb of 2010, and in March I started the StrongLifts 5×5 program. I’ve attached a pic from the day I decided to lose weight (July 14, 2009) vs last week. I’m currently at 265lbs, 6’1”, and 37 years old. I [...]
Posted in Strength Training on Jan 31st, 2011
Lance asked… Mehdi, my girlfriend has seen my results with StrongLifts 5×5 and is curious how your program would apply to women. Have you trained women or heard success stories from other SL Members? She had reconstructive knee surgery last year and I really want to get her to squat so she can strengthen up [...]
Posted in Strength Training on Jan 21st, 2011
NOTE by Mehdi. This post was written by StrongLifts Member James “atypical1” Grant (42y, USA) who Deadlifts +500lbs, Squats +400lbs and Presses +225lbs. ### Many guys have ADD when it comes to training programs. I read this a lot and it’s somewhat disturbing because what you’re saying is that you know more than the person who [...]
Posted in Strength Training on Dec 13th, 2010
One of the most famous Belgians is martial artist and actor Jean Claude Van Damme. Similar rags to riches story as Arnold Schwarzenegger – started Karate at age 11, earned his black belt, became European Team Champion, then made it to Hollywood starring in movies like Timecop ($100 million gross). Respect. Jean Claude Van Damme [...]
Posted in Strength Training on Nov 24th, 2010
Although I was born and live in Belgium, and thus won’t celebrate Thanksgiving, about half of my StrongLifts Members, newsletter subscribers and Facebook Fans are Americans and will be celebrating Thanksgiving. There’s 50% chance that you will too, so here’s some quick advice: Take the rest of the week off training Load up on the [...]
Posted in Strength Training on Nov 23rd, 2010
If you aren’t a fan of StrongLifts on Facebook yet, I urge you to become one now by clicking here so you gain access to exclusive content not available on this blog. 2 weeks ago I asked StrongLifts Facebook Fans for their LEAST favorite exercise. While Pull-ups came in, not surprisingly, first, several guys answered Squats (which [...]
