Infinite Elgintensity Blog

Watch this video to hear my thoughts on Alpha M's watch endorsement backlash, Nick's Strength & Power's response to Eddie Hall's callout, the Fallout 76 debacle, and more current events and fitness topics.

Thanksgiving has come and gone, but I'm grateful for the narcissism and incompetence that provide fodder for "Gym Idiots" videos; I know I'm not the only one.    

One of the fattest men in the UK is taking up four beds at a hospital despite being cleared to leave months ago because no care facilities will accept him. Learn more about this pathetic state of affairs and the monstrous costs with which morbidly obese people burden society.  

Watch me discuss Massthetics' breakup, the outcome of the beef between Alan Roberts of Every Damn Day Fitness and Chris Heria of OfficialThenX, Kali Muscle's shrinkage, and more.  

Eight-time Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman has suffered numerous injuries because of the extreme training regimens he followed in the pursuit of the perfect physique. Even in retirement, he has been plagued with injuries. After undergoing his tenth back surgery, Coleman might not be able to walk unassisted, leaving his followers confused as...

Watch me address the Bentley of pre-workouts, Machine Gun Kelly shooting himself in the leg, the results of a fitness guru's own somatotype training, and more.     I've discussed tailoring for muscular physiques before but focused on the topic of tapered pants in this video. Someone with an athletic build should...

Tess Holliday, a prominent figure in the fat acceptance movement, addressed the negative attention that her Cosmopolitan magazine cover received. Watch me refute the comments that she and her acolytes posted on social media.     If you want to support a real plus-size model that's covered in rolls, then...

The Archlifter is a crowdfunded fitness gadget designed for treating neck and back pain, but it looks more like a torture method. Watch me roast the inventor of his bizarre contraption as he tries to sell you on the idea of hanging by your head.  

by Kajs Hadžićof KH Performance Lab     Bro scientists and health industry shills want you to think that you need silver bullet supplements to build muscle or draconian food restrictions to burn fat, but diets don't have to be complicated. The efficacy of your diet revolves around daily caloric...

Fat acceptance exists because the truth about obesity is hard for its proponents to swallow (unlike alcohol for Alan Aragon).  

by James Linker (BSc, PGCertEd) of Shredded Sports Science      If you struggle to resolve your squat form issues, then you're probably neglecting some of their underlying causes. The squat is a closed kinetic chain compound lift involving several prime mover muscles and antagonistic stabilizer muscles.1 It makes no sense to view squat...

The yearly tradition continues.  

A teenager was attacked for making noise while deadlifting at a BuzzFit gym in Montreal, Quebec. Another gym patron walked up to him from the other side of the gym and kicked the young man in the barbell and family jewels mid-lift, after which the altercation escalated further. Watch my...

Since its inception, CrossFit has bastardized athletic training systems and repackaged them for sale to imbeciles. Foremost among these systems are the martial arts. In this CrossFit Self-Defense course video, an instructor with no military or combat experience deems working out to be a suitable substitute for martial arts training...

In this Q&A, I discuss a career-ending tweet, my favorite upcoming video games, the fate of the Real Weights for Real Heroes, and some practical advice for gym rats who wear business attire.     Refer to the following resources for more details about the tailoring considerations that I discussed in...

Watch Tyrone the Fitness Addict, an incompetent fitness personality who inexplicably has over 300,000 subscribers on Youtube, and his friend who purports to be a chef bungle a simple meal prep in a vain attempt to teach their audience about fat loss.

Roseanne ended her career shortly after gaining relevance, Kali Muscle threatened to pollute the gene pool, Pusha T shot at an owl, and Deadpool 2 tried to make me laugh. Watch the video for all the details; I give adequate spoiler warnings before my movie impressions.

Some fat acceptance activists think it's unfair for companies to charge more for plus-size garments despite the obvious additional costs of producing clothing that's large enough to function as a tarp. They claim to be victims of discrimination because, ceteris paribus, tall sizes don't cost more than regular sizes, and petite...

Kenny KO was a YouTube fitness commentator whose channel was a cesspool of baseless accusations, irresponsible advice, and unoriginal content. His claim to fame is getting exposed for doctoring his pictures in Photoshop, the very activity for which he was critical of others. In this video, I explain what befell...