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
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
Interview With Hybrid Athlete Sarah Grace
As Told To CriticalBench.com by Ben Tatar Sarah has been a pro boxer, a pro female football player in the LFL, a NPC pro figure competitor, and is one of the most hybrid female athletes out there. CB: Sarah, welcome to Critical Bench. It’s great... read more
Tough Mudder – Tampa 2011 They called it the Tampa, FL Tough Mudder but it was actually in Dade City which is about an hour away. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Tough Mudder their web site calls it “Probably the Toughest... read more
How To Burn Fat Around The Clock 24-7
Download the exclusive “audio interrogation” with Joel Marion and Craig Ballantyne and special guests John Romaniello by right clicking the link below and selecting “Save Target As”. You may also left click the link to stream... read more
Full Throttle Fat Loss – Honest Review
The Internet is literally packed with books, programs, guides and nutritional supplements that promise ‘quick and easy fat loss’ for anyone. Unfortunately, probably 98% of them are nothing more than marketing hype full of empty promises. All... read more
Caloric Defecits – Customized Fat Loss Secrets
Part 2 Of This Video: How to CREATE a Fat-Burning Metabolism Read More →
