What an old bull makes of the new science.
Fifty years in gyms, and most of what I was handed was folklore with a name on it. These are the pieces where I work out which parts hold up.
Three Hundred Kilos, One Rep, and Why I Did It
I shrugged 300 kg at sixty-eight. The number is almost beside the point — bone remodels in response to strain, and grip strength turns out to be one of the better-evidenced markers of mortality risk in the literature. Here is what the evidence actually says, and what it does not.
You Don't Get Density From a Compound. You Get It From Years.
Fifty years in gyms taught me that connective tissue sets the real ceiling, not muscle. The men I have watched get hurt were rarely the ones who took too much — they were the ones who took enough to move weight their joints had not earned.
The Tony Huge Laws of Biochemistry Physics
I was handed the manuscripts as their editor and read every page looking for holes. What I found underneath was six laws in order — and the protocols that come out of them, including the Mass Blast and the Fat Loss Matrix. Here is what a fifty-year veteran makes of each one, including the one I disagree with.