Author: Skip La Cour

Some people have very strong opinions whether or not you should use knee wraps, weight belts, or wrist straps during training sessions. For instance, some people believe that, for safety reasons, you’d be a fool not to use knee wraps, weight belts, and even wrist straps. On the other hand, others are convinced that, in order to give your joints, tendons, and muscles proper stimulation during each exercise, you should never use them. The problem is that they both use medical or scientific “facts” to back up their views. Personally, I try to steer clear of any debates or arguments…

In this video, your coach Skip La Cour provides your with a valuable tip when setting up for Squats. This tip will give you more certainty and confidence to go for one more challenging and muscle-stimulating repetition during each set.

IFBB Professional Bodybuilder Jeff Willet Interviewed By Skip La Cour at the 2012 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio.

Helping you get the RESULTS you’re after should be the #1 priority of the bodybuilding and training mentor or coach you choose. In this video, Skip La Cour gives you some things to remember when selecting a person to guide you.

In this video, Skip La Cour answers fellow MASS MACHINE pramirez31180’s question in the Mass Machine Bulking and Cutting Program Challenge. Your Coach explains the some of the pros and cons that you’ll face after making the decision to do cardiovascular training.

No one is going care about your bodybuilding and training success or failure more than you. No one is going to have more time, energy, and effort invested into your success than you. You must remember that when soliciting opinions on the internet. During this video, Skip La Cour explains why you might be doing yourself more harm than good when asking random people on the internet to critique your physique, training program, or eating plan.

IFBB Hall of Fame Professional Bodybuilder Lee Labrada Interviewed by Skip La Cour at the 2012 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, Ohio.

Scientific studies are helpful to your bodybuilding and training efforts if they help you produce real results. Scientific studies should neither be ignored–or used a substitute for results. In this video, Skip La Cour offers insight that will help you make sure science only helps your efforts.

In this video, Skip La Cour answers fellow MASS MACHINE Lex29us’s question in the Mass Machine Bulking and Cutting Program Challenge. Your Coach explains the process of getting more out of your efforts in the gym.

If you want to learn how to get the best looking women–you MUST watch this video too! It’s goes against what “regular guys” think–and that’s exactly why it is extremely

This was the first time I really learned how to get into ripped contest shape. Back in 1998, competitive drug free bodybuilders rarely had the conditioning sharp enough to display striated glutes. Now, almost all of the top tiers drug free competitors do.

Skip La Cour – Six-Time National Bodybuilding Champion – Posing Onstage

Skip La Cour On Tony Robbins Infomerical

Sixth National Championship

Your mind really is your most powerful tool; your success both inside and outside of the gym depends on focusing the power of your mind. Here Are My Top 15 Tips On Creating And Utilizing Your Own “Mass Machine Mindset”: Mass Machine Mindset #1: What You’re Doing Right Now is the Most Important Thing in The World Every single action you take toward your ultimate bodybuilding goal is important, but unless you make each step the most important thing in the world, you’ll never get the results you’re capable of getting. Adopt the mindset that this weight training session is…

“How do I build bigger biceps?” is a question that most of have asked at one point during our bodybuilding and training journey. Many people who are just starting to train and who have maybe six months to a year of training behind them start to become a bit more critical of their physiques. They see progress in their arms but feel as though they are not getting anywhere with their chests, or they are really happy with their chests but not seeing the same results in their legs. Or, they’re starting to see some results from their training and…

In Part One of this series, I outlined next level strategies that have a tremendous impact on your training effectiveness and efficiency before you even started your workout. These were things that most people in the gym never even thought about before. In Part 2, I shared with you some tips on form and execution for several of the most common and most effective bodybuilding movements. In you haven’t read those tips, you want to make sure you do. In this last part of the series, I want to leave you with some thoughts on your mindset. Without the right…

In the first part of this series, we talked about having the right mindset and mental focus as well as some important habits that need to be in place to take your training to the next level. This time around, I want to share some things about specific exercises that we all do and how to fine-tune those exercises to get the most dramatic results in the least amount of time. The first thing I want to talk about though, is your foundation or setting up your body for every standing and even seated exercise. If your foundation is less-than-ideal…

In this series, I don’t want to give you training tips that you can pick up in any magazine or on any website. You’re not going to hear, “Do this move for 6-8 reps or that move with this weight for 8-10 reps. This article is not about the basics, but about taking your workout program and your body to an entirely new level. That’s going to take an entirely new way of thinking for even the most committed individuals. A lot of what that involves has more to do with your attitude and approach than it does your splits…

EVERYONE has the ability to earn a ripped set of abs without ever having to single abs exercise. So, how many different abs exercises . . . . how many sets . . . how many reps . . . training them how many times a week MUST you do have than flat stomach and six-pack? Well, the TRUTH is ZERO. Read or listen to the “fine print” during those ab exercise infomercials for the real “secret” . . . it will include the word DIET! Click here to learn more about Skip La Cour’s Bodybuilding Nutrition Program.