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While the Muscle Gains Can Be Seen in the Mirror, the Brain Gains That Cannot Be Seen in the Mirror: Anabolic Steroids Impact on Long Term Neurological Damage

Jon Buettner — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:02:01 +0000

The wellness and fitness industry has expanded anabolic steroid and other performance enhancing drug usage far beyond the bodybuilding world. Steroids are no longer just for bodybuilders. Walk into any gym and someone will appear who is using anabolic steroids to enhance their physique. Once upon a time, a teenage boy would open muscle magazines [...]

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Motivation Nutrition Strategy

Jon Buettner — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 20:32:03 +0000

Motivation Strategy for Nutrition By Jon Buettner, M.S. I often observe that many clients start with an increase in motivation that either fades as time goes on or, upon achieving their goal, struggles begin. The first situation may appear to be an individual aspiring to lose weight. Still, after a few months, they [...]

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The Mind & Muscle Podcast

Jon Buettner — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 04:16:52 +0000

The Mind and Muscle Podcast focuses on going beneath the surface to understand more about why we desire to achieve the physique related goals that we do and to provide you with the tools beyond exercise regiments and diets to help you achieve those goals. [...]

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Why is Motivation Difficult to Maintain and How does Perspective Influence it?

Jon Buettner — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 20:32:10 +0000

Motivation is heavily related to dopamine, which I have written about in the past. In this writing, I want to focus on the direction from which motivation comes, and how perspective can influence it. Motivation comes from two directions, external and internal. Often, a client gets frustrated when they feel they lack the drive to [...]

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Why Did I Start Taking Steroids

Jon Buettner — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 20:26:41 +0000

When I first started lifting weights, I wanted to get stronger and improve my athletic performance, which was around the ages of 14 to 15. However, how did I go from wanting to become a better athlete to using various performance-enhancing drugs over the course of 15 years? My first weightlifting experience was in [...]

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Do Diet Program Titles Make it More Complicated?

Jon Buettner — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 20:55:37 +0000

Over the years, I have heard the titles of numerous "diet" plans. If we break these diets down, most are the same. What is there to understand about nutrition and macros? When a client mentions a specific "diet," I often respond by saying I am unfamiliar with it. If it is a mainstream program that [...]

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Bodybuilding, The Emotional Letdown

Jon Buettner — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 19:56:43 +0000

A successful contest prep can be influenced by a few moments on stage, resulting in an undesired placing, leading to feelings of failure. If you have competed long enough in bodybuilding, there is a good chance that you have experienced a letdown in your placing. How does an individual maintain perspective on the progress they [...]

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Can Identity Contrast Fitness Results

Jon Buettner — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:42:29 +0000

This morning, I completed my first run. I have obviously run before, but I really can’t recall too many times that I have run since I finished playing baseball in college, especially where I intentionally decided to put my shoes on and go outside for a run that wasn’t structured as an interval as [...]

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What is Behind the Mirror

Jon Buettner — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:10:20 +0000

Many of us have body image disturbances at some point in our life. The idea that an individual has never looked at their physique in the mirror at any point in their life without wanting to change something about their body is unlikely. Despite the volume of books, academic articles, and podcasts I have read [...]

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How the Body Uses Energy

Jon Buettner — Tue, 27 May 2025 13:48:59 +0000

How the Body Uses Energy Your body has various energy systems that it uses when it comes to how your muscles engage in activity or exercise. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is what your muscles primarily use to generate energy to fire. ATP only lasts for a few seconds; therefore, your body has three primary energy systems [...]

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