So since it’s now less than two months before I head back to classes, I thought I’d do a quick checkup on how I’m progressing toward my summer weightlifting goals. So in my first post this summer, I decided I wanted to achieve the following: Get my bodyweight up to 175 (I’ve...

There are two more things that everyone who trains with weights will have: soreness and injuries. They are as inevitable as the progress they accompany. If you work hard enough to improve, you will work hard enough to get sore, and eventually you will work hard enough to get hurt. The above’s a...

I just went and weighed myself - I’m 159 lbs. So I need about 16 lbs of weight gain by around the third week of August, or a little over a pound a week. According to various internet sources, a pound of bodyweight translates to around 3500 calories. That means I need to go over my basal metabolic...

So after the toughest semester academically I’ve ever had in my life, I am once again ready to seriously devote myself to getting stronger and bigger. What Happened Last Semester I had a tough, time-consuming academic courseload and spent upwards of 10-15 hours a week working in a lab. As a result,...

Unfortunately, with me getting hit with sickness a few days ago as well as getting hit with a truckload of schoolwork, I’ve taken a forced 10 day hiatus from lifting weights. I’ve gotten two workouts in since then, and feel great. Just getting back into the motions of the gym, and I feel...