Mike Westerdal Bio > Articles by Mike Westerdal
Mike Westerdal is the owner of CriticalBench.com. He earned his BS from Central CT State University where he played four years of D-IAA football. After college Mike went on to play and coach football in Europe before he acquired his certification as a personal trainer with the American Council on Exercise.
Westerdal is a contributing muscle writer for various iron magazines including REPS! and Monster Muscle. In addition his articles are published throughout the Internet.
Westerdal is an amatuer powerlifter competing in the APF and APA federations. He resides in sunny Clearwater, FL and trains at Tampa Barbell. He is married to his wonderful wife Courtney.
Articles by Mike Westerdal
Best Back Exercises You’ve Never Heard Of The Review
If you walk into many of the modern fancy gyms—even the ones with free weights—you’ll likely notice that benches, equipment and machines to train the chest outnumber equipment to train the back by at least four-to-one. Part of the reason for... read more
You Are the Only Fitness Guru You Need
It seems to be human nature to look outside ourselves for the answers we need. This is especially true when we want to make changes in our lives. To ourselves, we say we need the guru because we are confused and he or she can help us to understand what... read more
Interview With Bengals Cheerleader Alyson Jordan
by Ben Tatar of CriticalBench.com Alyson Jordan has been cheer leading for the Cincinnati Bengals. She is also a 3rd grade teacher and she was the Cover Champion for the Bengals 2011-2012 cheer leading swim suit Calendar. In this exclusive interview we... read more
Intermittent Fasting and Growth Hormone
A Fat Loss 1-2 Punch that TRIPLES Fat Loss Guest Post By John Romaniello creator of Fat Loss Forever Yesterday, I told you about Intermittent Fasting, which is quickly becoming one of the hottest and most successful nutritional practices around. Today,... read more
John Romaniello & Mike Westerdal For most guys, shedding unwanted body fat is a persistently difficult task. And while there is no shortage of fat loss diets and programs, few of them seem to work as promised. However, few fitness professionals know... read more
Savage Strength Interview With Mike Gillette
Howdy partners. I did this sweet interview with former swat commander and executive bodyguard Mike Gillette who is the creator of an extremely kick-ass program called the Savage Strength Training System. Are you prepared to be entercated? That’s... read more
Review of Andy Bolton’s Explode Your Squat, Bench & Deadlift Books
Ask most anyone that lifts weights what the three most critical lifts are and I can almost guarantee that he will say the bench press, the deadlift and the squat. Of the three, the squat is arguably the most important compound exercise you can perform... read more
Guest Post by Andy Bolton Creator of Explode Your Powerlifts When people ask me how I train they very often don’t believe me. I have lost track of the number of times in my lifting career that people have said – NO WAY Andy, you must train... read more
Guest Post by 1000 Pound Deadlifter Andy Bolton Whatever your goal – whether you want to get stronger for the sake of being strong, stronger to increase your muscular size and build a harder, denser physique or stronger to improve athletic performance… The... read more
Learn How to Train it RIGHT for Maximum Mass, Power and Strength Guest Article By Nick Nilsson I’ll start off by getting this right out in the open…if you don’t train your back and train it hard, you’re an idiot. And I’ll tell you why… You... read more
Guest post by Ben Tatar (www.criticalbench.com) Part 1— What Is The Tough Mudder Tough Mudder is labeled “The Toughest Event on the Planet.” Tough Mudder is almost a half marathon that includes 28 obstacles. One of the reasons why... read more
Maximum Muscle Size in Mininum Time
Free Insiders Report: Maximum Muscle Size in Minimum Time by Mike Westerdal of CriticalBench.com 4 Critical Muscle Building Confessions From a Former Skinny Guy In This Special Report I Reveal: -My best 3 tips for someone starting out that wants to... read more
Chris Barnard Explains Total Xplosive Training
Luke Alisson of CriticalBench.com Interviews Chris Barnard LA: This is Luke Allison here with the CriticalBench.com weekly Muscle Building Expert Interview series. Today I’m here with Chris Barnard. Chris, how are... read more
5 Keys To Explosive Power & Speed
A local friend of mine named Chris Barnard put together a really cool free report for you called, “5 Principles To Increasing Explosive Power & Speed“. Chris is currently the head trainer at Strength Camp gym in St. Petersburg, FL where... read more
