
GATEAU PLATEAU — No pain au chocolat, no gain au chocolat!
I chat a lot with my clients about diet and healthy eating — creating a positive mind-set and developing sustainable dietary strategies....

MILO AND SANDOW — The Original Bodybuilders
Bodybuilding, both ancient and modern, can trace its origins back to two men — separated by more than two and a half thousand years, but...

THE COVENANT — Julian has a rant . . .
I have a client that I train five times a week — clearly a motivated and dedicated person — who has trained with me for over two years....

MARGINAL GAINS — Pennies to Diamonds
Success is a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. —Jim Rohn...

MUSCLE — The Gift that keeps on Giving
Quite apart from the fact that muscle looks so damn attractive, it gives us some very exciting physiological benefits too. So to help...

GYM ETIQUETTE — Manners vs Courtesy
So here we are in early February. Sigh. The gym is packed, which is good . . . and bad. And while it is true that everyone has to start...

PLAIN GAINS — there are no secrets
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens Almost everyone will recognise those...

BODYBUILDING PHOTOS THAT ARE A PART OF ME — Arnold at the 1975 Mr Olympia
I started lifting weights in 1980 when I was thirteen years old, five years after the above photo of Arnold was taken at the 1975 Mr...

PARALLEL PARAMETERS
“Regardless of assigned diet, 12 month weight change was greater in the most adherent. These results suggest that strategies to increase...

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS — A Hero’s Journey
In my teens I became aware of an American man who had an expression that summed up how he felt life ought to be lived. His expression was...

A CHRISTMAS DIETARY STRATEGY STORY . . . or, Julian having a rant!
Please, sir, I want some more.” It’s that time of year again: Christmas and New Year. A time of celebration and of relaxation, a time...

DELAYING AND REVERSING FRAILTY
We all want to have a long life, but no one wants to grow old. My wife Suzy and I sometimes chat about getting older and how we feel...

CRITICAL SETS, CRITICAL REPS “having a decisive or crucial importance in the success, failure, or ex
The primary goal of every bodybuilder is to build muscle. Shape, proportion, symmetry, etc., are all important aspects of bodybuilding...

BODYBUILDING PHOTOS THAT ARE A PART OF ME: Arm Blaster Arnold
Oh my goodness!! I still smile to myself, and shake my head in admiration, when I look at this amazing photograph. First of all, let’s...

Anne Elk’s Theory on Brontosauruses
As my many (gulp!) regular readers of iamprotein.co.uk will by now doubtless know, I started bodybuilding when I was a thirteen-year-old...

FORGOTTEN BODYBUILDERS: John Terilli (and the era he represents)
My wife’s Australian friend Jacinta is staying with us for a few weeks. She spent a number of years living in London when she was...

If Sweetness Is Your Weakness
I am not an authoritarian, I don’t tell my clients what to do, I tell them what I do, and then suggest to them how I think they ought to...

BOGOF, or . . . Half-Price Calories
At its most basic, fat loss comes down to calories in versus calories out. Leaving aside the calories in bit, I want to share a little...

HEALTHSPAN
I’ll be turning 51 in a few weeks. It’s been an interesting year. A year that has taken me by surprise. Birthdays with zeros in them are...



















