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Anything You Put Your Mind To?
By John Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jan 31 2003.
In this LP, JB focuses on the popular use of “genetics” as an excuse for a substandard physique, a substandard mind, and a substandard life. If you’ve ever shelved a goal because you don’t have the “genetics” to accomplish it, take a read and rethink your philosophy – a loser’s philosophy, at best.

Deadbeat Dad
By John Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Oct 6 2003.
JB's back! After a few months buried under stacks of academic and professional obligations JB's back and in this LP he outlines some exciting changes that will be taking place in the next few months. These changes will benefit all members of the johnberardi.com family.

Gettin' Babylonian
By John Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Dec 27 2003.
Around the holiday season, after the Christmas feast has been stuffed down the hatch, the time comes to reflect on the past year and resolve to do something in the next. Do as the Babylonians did: party hard, then start making some changes.

Herding the Sheeple
By Austin Blood. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jun 5 2003.
Guest contributor Austin Blood discusses what distinguishes us from the herd. Distinction, both in the iron game and in life, comes from doing what others are unwilling to do and from taking pride in doing so.

Little Johnny's Island
By John Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jun 21 2002.
In this issue you'll gain insight into the pathology of the Large Professor himself, as this month's rant is focused on an alienated adolescence, an emaciated educational system, and a suffocating status quo.

Portals To The Present
By John Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jul 4 2003.
Your High School guidance counselor was wrong. In this article JB discusses how to decide what you want to be when you grow up - regardless of your age.

Searching for David
By Phil Caravaggio. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Aug 30 2002.
Phil Caravaggio shares some of the lessons learned after being diagnosed with a terminal illness, and subsequently having that diagnosis overturned. How we define ourselves can be the difference between crisis and ruin.

Sticking the Landing
By John Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Jul 26 2002.
JB talks about the conflict between single-minded discipline and continually refining and redefining who you are. For everything we gain, there is something we give up.

Sucker Shoes
By Brent Nelson. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Apr 11 2003.
This month’s Large Professor details a little life lesson that contributor Brent Nelson had recently learned. Regardless of your dreams it’s important to be careful to ground yourself in reality and avoid walking in sucker shoes.

Tearing Down the House
By John Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Nov 3 2003.
JB discusses the rebuilding process here at Science Link HQ. There is a disparity between the results our readers get and the results our clients get, but to narrow the gap, the approach that has served us well thus far must be reexamined.

The Anabolic Imperative
By George Parigian. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Aug 4 2003.
Guest contributor George Parigian shares with us his personal health philosophy. If you are interested in more muscle, better health, increased quality of life, and longevity perhaps you to should adopt "The Anabolic Imperative".

The Prince of Students
By Phil Caravaggio. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Dec 6 2002.
Phil discusses the characteristic that separates the great students from the rest. As students of the iron game, every once in a while we should step back and evaluate just how much we're putting into our studies.

Weightlifting Snobbery
By John Berardi. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Oct 25 2002.
JB points an accusational finger at the readers and challenges them to consider the assumptions they're making with respect to their healthy lifestyles. While physical improvement is something that everyone should aspire to, don't fall into the trap of becoming a weightlifting snob. It only makes you, and by extension, us, look bad.

What I Wish I Knew Then - Confessions of A Former Skinny Guy Part I
By Austin Blood. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Sept 5 2003.
This month, Austin Blood takes you under his ultra-lean wing and shares with you the secrets he learned during his lenghty question for the ultimate body. This month - the nutrition.

What I Wish I Knew Then - Confessions of A Former Skinny Guy Part II
By Austin Blood. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Oct 20 2003.
This month, Austin Blood is back takes you under his ultra-lean wing and shares with you the secrets he learned during his lenghty question for the ultimate body. This month - the training.

Where Have All The Good People Gone?
By Austin Blood. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Feb 9 2004.
Phil Caravaggio contemplates the Good, our mortality, and JB's nosehair in his treasie on goal setting. In this age where everyone's downsizing their goals, Phil believes we should be supersize them instead.

You Are an Abnormal Eater
By Lori Hill. First published at www.johnberardi.com, Sep 27 2002.
Lori Hill gives us some insight into her experiences as a newbie abnormal eater. If you take great pains to ensure that your carbs are low on the glycemic scale, your amino acid profile is complete, and your fats are of the essential variety, here's how others like you are coping with the inevitable mockery from family and friends.