Posted on Friday, 23rd April 2010 by Eric Cressey

Back in 2008, Ray Bennett made the trip from the West Coast all the way out to see me here in Massachusetts to figure out how to train around some chronic knee issues and get his body right so that he could compete as a bodybuilder at the young age of 41.  After his initial [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 4th March 2009 by Eric Cressey

Let me be clear about one thing: with the possible exception of anything that comes out of Larry King’s mouth, there are no unimportant interview questions. Every question or comment serves a purpose, whether it’s to get the interviewee to open up, show emotion, unleash new information, or just get back on track. Everything matters.
But [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 31st January 2008 by Eric Cressey

by Eric Cressey and Tim Skwiat
In Part 1, Tim and Eric set forth the dietary framework for Maximum Muscularity. Now, training and supplementation take center stage.
* Add Fuel to the Fire…On non-lifting days, we highly recommended that you perform high-intensity interval training (HIIT) in place of the resistance training. The fact that HIIT is most [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 31st January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By Tim Skwiat and Eric Cressey
Typically, whenever a trainee aspiring to improve his physique utters, “I want to gain muscle and lose fat…”, he is immediately greeted by eager critics from opposite ends of the spectrum. First, there are those experts that pounce on the opportunity to suppress such a bold quest. They proclaim that such [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 29th January 2008 by Eric Cressey

By Eric Cressey

A while back, during the infancy of my transition from business school to the world of exercise science, I wrote Budgeting for Bodybuilders, a collection of thoughts that unified these two facets of my academic background. To me, all the information seemed like common sense; like many poor graduate students, I’m up to [...]

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Posted on Thursday, 3rd May 2007 by Eric Cressey

You’re going to watch SportsCenter anyway, right? Why not jump on a treadmill or bike for 20-45 minutes while taking in the “Plays of the Week?” On the other hand, if infomercials and cooking shows suit your fancy, then we recommend you shell out five payments of $49.95 for “Saggy Man Breasts for Dummies;” you [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 2nd May 2007 by Eric Cressey

Typically, whenever a trainee aspiring to improve his physique utters, “I want to gain muscle and lose fat…”, he is immediately greeted by eager critics from opposite ends of the spectrum. First, there are those experts that pounce on the opportunity to suppress such a bold quest. They proclaim that such a task is doomed [...]

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Posted on Friday, 27th September 2002 by Eric Cressey

In response to my call for contributions from the Mark Twains of exercise and nutrition, Sport Management and Exercise Physiology major Eric Cressey applied his pen to the task of teaching bodybuilders how to budget their benjamins in such a way as to be able to afford their protein and eat it too. I immediately [...]

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