My experience with real depression, how I fought it off, what I did to get through it and my tips for any man suffering with depression today. Author Bio Kris Sturmey Founder Kris is a men’s expert with 7 years of experience within the men’s...
The 3rd episode of my fitness journey has seen me bloon to 91kg in just 2 weeks. I believe I was massively underweight and my muscles were able to grow back to their previous size quickly. I was 100kg just 1.5 years ago, since then I’ve done little gym work due...
First episode of actual training. Got a lot of work to do, body needs at least 6 months of bulking and 6 months of cutting to start looking good. Good first week, 2 leg days which is important. Feel strong! The bootleg gym will work perfectly through 2nd lockdown,...
After around 1 year out of the gym and a year of focusing on success and business, I’ve been left with a physique that’s torn between good genetics and lack of exercise. My muscle mass is through the roof, but I’m carrying an extra batch of body fat...
When things aren’t going too well most see things as a negative. But as many of you know this isn’t the 1STMAN way. We regularly turn negatives into positives, such as our YouTube video on “Why Fat Guys Should Lift Heavy”. Therefore we’re...
As I write this article it’s 7am, I’ve been up since 5am and it’s a Wednesday. Typically Wednesday’s would be boring and very likely a day for depression as it’s the middle of the week. When I suffered from depression for just over 2...
Everyone wants to be shredded, losing body fat may be the most searched fitness term in the history of the industry. With that being said, why do people continue to search for the term? Surely by now we’ve cracked it right? Truth is most people have no idea what...
High testosterone levels are key to male health, physically, mentally and for your body functions. If you don’t keep your testosterone levels between the balanced levels that are right for your personal body, then you’re going to have issues. In...
Steroids are more common than most of us would imagine. You see the biggest guy in the gym and assume that he’s simply worked harder, been going to the gym longer or has superior genetics. However we have statistics that could tell an entirely different...
https://www.1st-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Men-should-do-female-leg-workouts.mp3 You decide to attack your legs with some brutal workouts this year because you’re fed up of that triangle like frame right? So what’s the first thing you do?...
https://www.1st-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Largest-muscles-in-the-legs.mp3 Your legs as the title says, includes 5 of the 10 largest muscles in the body. In fact 3 out of the top 5 largest muscles in the body are in the legs. It’s insanity to...
https://www.1st-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Muscle-memory.mp3 The story is nothing new. We make a promise to ourselves to get in shape for the upcoming year and it all falls apart by February. At this point 90% of people quit for good, but what they...
Dear all heavy guys, please get off the treadmill! With New Year coming, the gyms are about to be filled with those attempting to get in shape for the year ahead and make a change. This is a great goal to have and I would never discourage anyone from trying to move...
The UFC is home to some of the baddest men on planet Earth from all corners of the globe. One UFC fighter who has made waves since his arrival is Francis Ngannou a Cameroonian-French powerhouse. Ngannou has made mince meat of all but two of his opponents. The knockout...
Whether you hit the gym, eat clean and sleep well or party every night and treat your body like a dumpster, we’re all going to get older. Granted the way you live will determine how quickly this happens, but the innevitability of ageing will eventually get all...
After suffering from depression myself and finding out that my testosterone was very low, I began to make the connection. Once I started hitting the gym on a daily basis, going for walks, getting out more, improved my diet and more, my testosterone rose and my...
I have been a vegan for 2 years and a personal trainer for 3 years in my youth. On my quest to gain muscle and increase size I decided to take on the challenge of bulking on a vegan diet along with improving my health. The first thing I found that puts millions of men...
Instagram 10.9k Followers YouTube 8.3k Followers Facebook 0 Followers Twitter 0 Followers reddit 0 Followers 19 Best workout songs for men Music can be a major motivation factor when it comes to training. It can either get you pumped, help you...
Have you ever had a big night out or date lined up and wanted to get that pre-game muscle pump just to make sure you look as good as possible? Most men have it’s normal. So what’s the best way to achieve this? A lot guys want to do this at home before they...
Image credit: https://www.mia-fitness.com/ Glutes are not what you would call a muscular concern for most men. The majority of men are interested in building their chest, arms, shoulders and back muscles. Encouraging men to train legs is working, but...
There’s a lot of purchases that you doubt in hindsight, but a gym membership isn’t one of those purchases. Paying a reasonable and affordable set fee each month to use facilities that cannot be emulated at home or anywhere else is already justifiable....
https://www.1st-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Benefits-working-out-high.mp3 Image credit: www.juijitsutimes.com Being an advocator of cannabis, a former personal trainer and someone who actually works out high on a regular basis, I thought I would...
https://www.1st-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Vegan-men-more-attractive.mp3 Being vegan is a big step, being a vegan man is an enormous step. It’s an unwritten law among men that eating meat and drinking beer is the height of manliness. Admit to your...
Chin up vs Pull up When it comes to bodyweight training pull ups and chin ups are two of the first exercises that people think of within the calisthenics range. Even powerlifters will speak about the importance of pull ups and chin ups for muscle and strength...
https://www.1st-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/NoFap-NoFap-timeline.mp3 Whether this is new to you, or you’ve heard of the concept and wanted to explore it further, you cannot deny that the entire notion is intriguing. It is common belief that regular...
Instagram 10.9k Followers YouTube 8.3k Followers Facebook 0 Followers Twitter 0 Followers reddit 0 Followers Whether you’re the fighting type or not, eventually you’ll end up in an altercation. It may be a drunk guy outside a bar, an overly...
It seems as though for every new movie in the modern era, an unbelievable body transformation needs to occur. Some are more impressive than others, but here are the top 11 most jacked movie bodies according to 1STMAN. Tom Hardy As Bane Tom was probabaly in more...
“The iron never lies to you, friends may come & go but 200lbs is always 200lbs” “If the bar ain’t bending, then you’re just pretending” “Eat big, lift big, grow big” These are just some of the quotes that surmise the...
https://www.1st-man.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Women-attracted-to-Veins.mp3 Do girls like veins? Prominent veins have strangely been admired by females for as long as we can remember. But why are features such as arm veins attractive? The truth is, it...
We met with fitness model Justin St Paul at PT Workspace in London to run through a full body workout routine that will help get you guys in shape for Summer. We asked Justin St Paul to show us a workout plan for men that looks at the following; How to gain muscle How...
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