Berserk Barbell Strength & Mass Quest, striving to be the best

Boss of Bosses IV is this week! Friday 8/25 is the open day, Saturday 8/26 is by invitation. Lifting starts at 9am PDT both days. Both days feature a single platform. This meet is sanctioned under Kirill Sarychev’s WRPF, and will take place at Boss Barbell Club in Mountain View, CA. Check the website for details. The lineup for Saturday is absolutely …

Over 90% of the questions I’m asked at the gym or via email are about the best weight lifting routine to get huge and strong. How many sets, reps, drop sets, super sets, rest time, frequency, duration etc…? My answer is always the same. It doesn’t matter You don’t grow in the gym, you grow at the dinner table. It’s never …

Pro bodybuilder Rich Piana was placed into a medically induced coma this week after suffering a medical emergency at his Florida home. Emergency personnel responded to a possible overdose call at Piana’s home on Monday afternoon. When they arrived, Piana was unresponsive and was transported to a nearby hospital where he was placed into a medically induced coma. Rich Piana is the …

What Is BPC-157? Bpc-157 is, in a word, a peptide. A peptide is simply a sequence of amino acids. In the case of BPC-157, the peptide is a sequence of amino acids with a molecular formula of 62 carbons, 98 hydrogens, 16 nitrogens, and 22 oxygen atoms (C62-H98-N16-O22). Should you care to know the nitty-gritty specifics, that comes out to …

Something funny for today’s gym motivation. Arnold’s rare instructional workout cd on spotify set to cheesy 80s music.  

Jason Blaha’s Ice Cream Fitness 5×5 is a novice training program.  In fact, this program is the EXACT SAME program as StrongLifts 5×5 just with a few bodybuilding exercises tacked onto the end! Workout Schedule Blaha’s 5×5 alternates two workouts on a thrice weekly schedule. Week One Day 1 – Workout A Day 2 – Rest Day 3 – Workout B Day 4 – …

Time to get motivated and kill your workout!  

Monday, a new week, a new beginning…

Polish powerlifter Krzysztof Wierzbicki, better known to some folks by his nickname “Mr. Deadlift,” has lived up to his name once again by pulling four times his bodyweight for a new IPF world record. Wierzbicki pulled 420 kilograms (926 pounds) and although he typically lifts in the -93kg class or the -105kg class — he holds the IPF raw deadlift …

  The Texas Method (TM) is a strength training program renowned for its ability to provide intermediate to advanced lifters (those with 18-24+ months of continuous training according to legendary strength training coach Mark Rippetoe) with increased variety and physical adaptation. The Texas Method balances the stress of increased weight and varied volume with adequate recovery time so that intermediate …