This morning marked the final medicine ball session of the year. Next week, I’ll be transitioning into a strength and hypertrophy phase—the first phase of Mass Explosion. I never eat before my early morning med ball workouts. I’m up at 5:00 a.m., take some BCAAs as outlined in Lean and Mean, and I’m on the…

Constant learning and experimentation are what I’m all about. I love trying out different methods from various sources, then tweaking those protocols to meet the unique needs of my clients. Here’s an approach I’ve used recently for hypertrophy training that works quite well. It involves caffeine and strategic carbohydrate intake around workouts—but in a slightly…