Hint: It takes more than a pair of balls.

We're two drinks deep and sitting in a college bar that looks exactly what a college bar is supposed to look like: metal stools with black upholstered tops, the stuffing sticking out from a fingernail-sized slit in the fabric, a couple of pool tables in the back, a keno machine and juke box in the corner, neither of which get much play.

Scattered around the room are high wooden tables with mismatched chairs pulled so far away from the tables it's damn near impossible to walk past without tripping.

The college crowd seeps into the spaces between everything. Guys in button-ups, fashion tees, and trucker hats... read more

Listen here, young'n. Mike Robertson wants to make you a better weightlifter.

Special guest post by Mike Robertson

 

Believe it or not, I was a young guy just like you.

I could drink till four in the morning, sleep three hours, and squat heavy sets of five a few hours after that.

I thought I was bulletproof.

When I got older, I realized I resembled chipped Teflon instead.

Part of my problem was lack of information. Honestly, I'm a bit jealous of you guys. The Internet has changed the game and spreads so much information many of us "older guys" didn’t have access to when we were younger.

If... read more

Feel Unstoppable, Grow Bigger Muscles, and Learn to Relax

It was small stuff at first.

I'd put on mismatched socks in the morning, start to pour orange juice into my oatmeal instead of milk, or fall asleep for two-tenths of a second before snapping my head up, the mini-whiplash move we all used to do when our moms woke us up way too early for school.

A few bad nights of sleep, I thought. Nothing to worry about.

But after a few weeks it became obvious I wasn't sleeping well at all, as my energy levels plummeted. My girlfriend would walk into the office and I'd be sitting at my desk with a just-smoked-a-huge-joint... read more

Peanut butter and jelly. Strawberries and chocolate. Jagermeister and gelled, spiky hair.

Some things are just meant to be together.

Case in point: beer in a glass. If you want to actually taste the nuances of the beer and bring out the aromatics, it's critical that you pour your malted, hopped, yeasty beverage into a glass drinking vessel before imbibing. (Read: pour beer into a glass and drink it.)

But, as any guy who's ever watched a crafty bartender pour from the tap knows, there is an art to the pour.

I may not have it down perfectly, but I'm good about 95 percent of the time. (The other 5 percent is reserved for those moments... read more

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