Derek is a Professional Firefighter, Fitness Coach, and MAN Sports™ Sponsored Physique Athlete with a Lifetime of REAL WORLD Experience in the Fitness Industry! You can find Derek at 970Muscle and  Facebook. Too many times I hear stories about how someone’s relationship with their...

Mark J. Domme is a 45 year old husband and father of 3. Mark is a certified personal trainer, indoor cycling instructor, and 200RYT yoga instuctor. He has been competing as a bodybuilder for 5 years in the Open Middleweight and Masters 40-49 classes. Every person who steps in the gym has a...

This is a Guest post by Derek M. Trombetta. Derek is a Professional Firefighter, Fitness Coach, and Physique Athlete. You can find him at  www.970Muscle.com and www.facebook.com/970Muscle. Change. An inevitability of life… I have heard this thousands of times in a thousand different...

“Harvard scientists say that their modeling shows that the proliferation of obesity among American adults in recent decades owes in large part to its accelerating spread via social networks. Hill, Rand, and colleagues found that a non-obese American adult has a 2 percent chance of...

A Former Fat Man’s Guide to Getting Fit This is not your typical guide to getting in shape. I’m not going to give you a detailed diet, nor am I going to tell you how to work out. Largely because that won’t help you if you’re struggling. Rather, I’m going to give...

Maintaining is a Key Principle Getting lean and staying lean have one thing in common, and that’s consistency. Without it, there’s no momentum and you easily fail yourself again. Who wants to lose a couple pounds just to gain back five!?!? “If You Fail to Plan, You Plan to...