Ron Partlow

“You only go around once, so you might as well have big arms.”—Socrates

I remember watching Pumping Iron for the first time when I was 16. I’d already been training for a couple years with dreams of being a “real” bodybuilder one day. My friends and I probably watched...

So the contest is over. You’ve reflected on your prep and analyzed your placing. You’ve found a place for your trophy and made your favourite stage photo your new avatar. You enjoyed training to...

I cringe a bit when people say they have a width day and a thickness day for back. I get what they mean. It’s common to hear, but it’s not really that simple. You can’t separate the back muscles...

Guts. When I hear the words “guts”, I usually think of Braveheart shit: engaging a much stronger and more heavily armed opponent with nothing but a broadsword and a lot of pride. Unfortunately,...

So you want a big chest? You’ve been bench pressing for years and can push some good iron, yet your chest still sucks? Maybe you’ve got big shoulders and triceps from all the big benches, yet your...

We’ve all been there at one point. Every bodybuilder who’s really hardcore about putting on serious muscle mass has done it: the over-bulk. It’s all fun and games at the time, too. Ordering pizza...

If any of you follow The Rock on social media, you may have seen his short Instagram videos, in which he pauses in the middle of a set and yells across the gym at whoever he sees talking, “Hey …...