by Matt Weik

If you’ve followed my work, you know I don’t put much value on sponsored athletes these days. To be honest, it’s played out. No one believes they achieved their physique using just a certain brands’ supplements. The cost associated with paying a sponsored athlete is much better utilized elsewhere to grow a supplement business, in my opinion. But now, we see a big move in the industry when the announcement was made that Big Ramy is now a sponsored athlete with Enhanced Labs – a brand owned by Tony Huge.

by Christian Duque

We often hear that age is just a number, that it means nothing, yet when talk started to circulate that The Dominican Dominator, Victor Martinez was believed to be doing a comeback, everyone almost immediately dwelled on the fact he’s forty-seven years of age. Others cited his inactivity from competing, as a bump in the road. Some, as is always the case, asked what does he have left to prove?

by Matt Weik

If you talk to people in the community, they will tell you how many are upset with their doctor. But is it really the fault of the doctor? I used to be on the fence of who was to blame for Big Pharma getting everyone’s money and the reason why so many doctors push their patients off to the pharmacy to grab a prescription.

by Christian Duque

Muscle Shaming seems to be alive and well in mainstream life, the workplace, and especially on social media. Unlike other forms of discrimination, those who engage in this type of insensitive behavior can do so in many different ways. For example, a common way is to speak with the eyes only. A disapproving look can say everything words can. If a dirty look is accompanied with other non-verbal body language (e.g. nods of the heads or shrugging of the shoulders) it can compound the offensiveness. Some people can also look away from someone, which is a pretty rude thing to do to a totally random stranger.

by Matt Weik

Whether you’re a fitness fanatic or a competitor, one of the things most people hate is prepping their meals. Let’s face it, the training aspect is the most fun, and the one people tend to look forward to each day. Standing around the kitchen or grill for hours making all your food for the week – not exactly the most pleasurable (at least not until you get to eat the food). And let’s not even talk about the clean-up and the dishwashing that takes place after. These reasons are why meal prep companies are in such high demand.

by Matt Weik

Would you have ever thought that we would be talking about putting business and fitness in the same sentence? It just seems so different, right? Well, it’s not. In fact, business and fitness are one and the same. How so? It’s simple. Everyone wants results but no one wants to actually do the work.

by Christian Duque

When IFBB Pro Nathan DeAsha’s arrest went viral, all news stations around the world took to the airwaves, websites, and social media. Everyone was reporting that three men, Nathan among them, were victims of excessive force by the Merseyside Police (UK). Video evidence clearly shows what can only be described as assault. Although video footage of arrests is often edited and/or only shows one angle of what could otherwise be a normal police interaction, this video paints a very full, unjust picture. What the viewer sees is men being violently taken into custody, not flailing their arms, not jumping around, not appearing to flee, but just men standing still and then be taken to the ground and kicked. And when I say the video went viral, we’re not just talking the bodybuilding media, but the BBC as well!!

by Matt Weik

I kid you not, the title of this article is not clickbait. I want you to go buy a Samsung TV to help improve your health and fitness. But hold on now, don’t whip out your wallet just yet. The Samsung TV I’m talking about isn’t just any old television, nor does it allow you the ability to sit in front of it and magically improve your health and make your body fat disappear. So, what television set am I referring to? It’s the Samsung Q7-series with the new Smart Trainer feature that utilizes a camera (that you need to supply).

by Matt Weik

I was browsing the internet the other day and came across a story that I had to do a double-take on. It was an article (rather, press release) by Club Industry with the title, “ISSA Appoints Kai Greene, World-renowned Bodybuilder, As First Global Fitness Ambassador.” I thought, clearly, I was reading this wrong – but I wasn’t.

by Matt Weik

The year that was 2020 didn’t exactly turn out how we all had imagined. In fact, it better resembled an “end of world” movie you would go to the theater to see. Only to leave and wonder for the next week if something like that could actually happen. Well, we all just lived that horror movie. We witnessed businesses close left and right, and many people looking under their sofa cushions in an effort to come up with enough money to pay their bills and keep the roof over their heads. Well, at least for gym owners, help is on the way via the GYMS Act.