Category Archives: Commentary

“Everything is Hard Before It Becomes Easy”

Skip La Cour offers a different perspective to consider when you are challenged while striving for your goals.

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“The Comeback”

What do you think when you witness a person take a huge, disgraceful or embarrassing fall–and then get themselves back on track to make an impressive comeback?

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How To Evaluate All of the New and “Revolutionary” Bodybuilding and Training Information Presented on the Internet

Many bodybuilding and training “experts” are trying to tell you that their way of training and eating will get you better results in just a fraction of the time. These “gurus” want you to believe that their methods are far … Continue reading

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Why Natural Bodybuilders Are Killing Competitive Natural Bodybuilding!

Skip La Cour’s Call to Action for the Drug-Free Bodybuilding Community! (This was written years ago. How much of what I wrote still true today?) By Skip La Cour Six-Time National Drg-FreeChampion Success and Leadership Coach Competitive natural bodybuilders should … Continue reading

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Is All of the Bodybuilding and Training Information on the Internet Driving You Crazy?

One of the greatest things about the internet is that there is so much helpful bodybuilding and training information available right at your fingertips All of this bodybuilding and training information also creates a tremendous challenge. Everyone Has “Voice” Nowadays … Continue reading

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I was quoted today on FoxNews.com

I was quoted today on FoxNews.com . . . I was quoted in a FoxNews.com article titled: EXCLUSIVE: National Fitness Hall of Fame Considers Expelling Arnold Schwarzenegger Click here to read the article. Here are the questions they asked but … Continue reading

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You Know Your’re Hardcore When . . .

You know you’re a hardcore bodybuilding and fitness enthusiast when all you see on your Facebook feed are 5,000 men and women with basically no clothes on in front of their bathroom mirrors–or the “clean” food they are just about … Continue reading

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Jeff Willet Joins Skip La Cour During This Mass Machine Bodybuilding & Training Podcasts

#1 In Series – April 17, 2011 During this podcast, Skip and Jeff talk about: What it means to Jeff to be an IFBB Professional bodybuilder Jeff’s talks about his early years in bodybuilding (starting at 16 years old) and … Continue reading

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Calling Someone a “Bro-scientist” Is the Ultimate Sign of Your Lack of Personal Strength

Calling someone a “Bro-scientist” is the ultimate sign of your lack of personal strength and confidence in what you are doing. If your SINCERE desire is to help others succeed, there’s simply no need to ridicule and demean them. They’re … Continue reading

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Can’t We All Get Along?: How You as an Intense and Committed Trainer Can Co-Exist with Regular People in a Commercial Gym

Good old-fashion, hardcore places to train in are becoming as scarce as those pagers everyone used to wear on their hips. Gyms filled with serious lifters like you and I simply aren’t around much anymore. It’s time to adjust people! … Continue reading

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