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What is the Best Post Workout Nutrition?

Recently at Project Swole there has been some discussion of post-workout nutrition. I typically recommend Biotest Surge but several people in the last 6 months or so have suggested chocolate milk. The reality is that chocolate milk really might be the best and cheapest drink you can use post-workout. This is an update from an [...] Related posts:

2010 NFL Quarterback Rankings

Peyton “The Man”-ning I have fun watching football each season, and I’m sure some of you do too. Just wanted to point out that ESPN has a 2010 Quarterback Rankings article up. At the end of the article you can rank the quarterbacks yourself. For those who feel inclined, go ahead an comment on the [...] Related posts:

Black Rice, Omega 3 Margarine, and The Mediterranean Diet

Today I would like to show you some current news articles about healthy topics like Omega-3 Essential Fatty Acids, the high antioxidant concentration of Black Rice, and a fun little slideshow about the Mediterranean Diet. We just can’t take old news for granted, because studies are confirming and rejecting some of what we think we [...] Related posts:

Breakfast: The Critical Meal

John Berardi Since the late 1990′s Dr. John Berardi has published 8 scientific abstracts; 15 scientific papers and textbook chapters; presented at nearly 50 scientific, exercise, and nutrition related conferences; and published countless articles online. His first articles at Testosterone Magazine so many years ago, provided me with the basis for everything I know about [...] Related posts:

NFL Football Player Brandon Jacobs Hits You With 4000 Lbs of Force

Brandon Jacobs is a monster. Related posts:Mariusz Pudzianowski Wins WSM Again (Video) Sandbag Training Video Arnold Schwarzenegger Motivational Video Related posts:

10 Reasons Not to Train Like a Professional Bodybuilder

One of the biggest mistakes you can make when attempting to gain muscle is to imitate your favorite professional bodybuilder. Do you really want to look like a pro bodybuilder? If you’ve seen the magazines: Flex, Iron Man, Muscular Development, etc…, you’ve seen the pro bodybuilding routines. These guys train one body part a day, [...] Related posts:

How to Increase Productivity: Stop Working, Go to the Gym

Exercise your body to exercise your brain. How to Increase Productivity I know some of you out there work 60, 70, 80 hour weeks. I know some of you also work 14,16,18 hour days. Hell, I’ve put in 36 hours straight writing computer code day and night to meet a deadline before. We all do [...] Related posts:

Overhead Pressing Strategy – How to Build Massive Shoulders

Overhead Pressing Strategy Update: here’s another blast from the past. Dating back to November 2, 2007, this was one of my first posts on overhead presses and it still rings true. The four most important exercises for any serious weight lifter to obsess about are the squat, deadlift, bench press, and overhead press. Today, I [...] Related posts:

How to Increase Your Squat

How to Increase Your Squat By 100 Pounds in 10 Weeks Update: Here is an old post I found about increasing your squat strength. I’m not sure that anyone ever really gave me much positive feedback on it, so I’m posting it again in case anyone wants to take a stab at putting 100 pounds [...] Related posts:

How to Increase Your Bench Press

Your Questions How to Increase Your Bench Press Strength I get plenty of questions in various comments throughout the website, but I also get comments and questions via the Project Swole Contact Form. Generally I address those questions through e-mail, but often I do not have the time to reply to each and every question [...] Related posts: