Category: Matt Meinrod

Survival of the Fittest
by Matt Meinrod
What’s the real reason guys don’t make gains? Is it training intensity or programming? Is it not starting young enough? Is it h [...]

Don’t Listen to Dorian!
by Matt Meinrod
Nothing like a big blanket statement to kick off an article, “Don’t listen to Dorian!” By all accounts everyone in the industry [...]

Is Testesterone still King?
by Matt Meinrod
Have we all been sold a bag of lies? Bodybuilders, bro-scientists, and even real scientists have said for decades that testoste [...]

The Missing Link in Pro Bodybuilding
by Matt Meinrod
It’s no secret the IFBB hit it out of the park in 2013 with the Olympia Qualification Series. For once we saw the best of the b [...]

Chemical Warfare
by Matt Meinrod
A lot has changed in the past 15 years in bodybuilding’s chemical game. Even the supplements have gone to a new level to which [...]

Where’s the Parody?
by Matt Meinrod
If you ever sit back and look at all of the great champions the IFBB has had throughout the years you’ll notice the one thing the [...]

Dennis Wolf: Contender or Pretender?
by Matt Meinrod
It’s almost hard to remember the last time Dennis Wolf has not been in contention to win nearly every show he has entered. Alth [...]

2013 Mr. Olympia: Did They Get It Right?
By Matt Meinrod
After every big IFBB contest I like to do a retrospect on the entire event that was. This year Mr. Olympia had me hoping for so [...]

Is This The End of the Road for Jay Cutler?
by Matt Meinrod
Will this weekend’s Mr. Olympia be the last for 4x champ Jay Cutler? That’s what many of the sports pundits and fans are chirpi [...]

The Olympia Doomsday Scenario
by Matt Meinrod
There is a lot to be excited about right now in bodybuilding. We’re on the precipice of arguably the greatest Mr. Olympia conte [...]

Save Fitness
by Matt Meinrod
Unfortunately I didn’t come up with this title. That credit goes to IFBB Fitness pro Tanji Johnson. Tanji has been on a crusade [...]

The Olympia Undercard
by Matt Meinrod
Everybody wanna talk about the Olympia, but don’t nobody wanna talk about anyone besides Phil, Jay, Kai, and Big Ramy. Sure, [...]

Why So Serious…Bodybuilders?
by Matt Meinrod
Bodybuilders are a funny group of people. On the outside they’re larger than life Incredible Hulks. And on the inside, they’re [...]

HGH + Concussions = NFL ‘No Fun League’
by Matt Meinrod
The National Football League took another giant leap last month in its well calculated and systematic decimation of its once ad [...]

Who is this year’s Olympia Sleeper?
by Matt Meinrod
It’s getting down to crunch time for this year’s class of Mr. Olympia competitors. In one month, the world’s best bodybuilders [...]