wow thanks for the amazing response. I appreciate the feedback. Alot.

“I bulk up and look a bit like the Hulk after a bee-sting reaction.” I loled. :) This is where diet comes in. If you tend to bulk up, cutting calories and carbs is going to be critical to not turn into the hulk. Generally speaking (there are exceptions) your body really can’t gain significant muscle mass without an excess of calories.

Looking forward to the site review.

“The causal factor for what gets your body to change is shocking it to the point where hormonal signals are sent out that call for adaptation. In other words, the causal factor for getting a bigger chest isn’t “do 5 sets of bench press,” it’s shocking your body and tearing your muscles to the point that a signal is sent where your is basically saying “alert alert, the system is under extreme stress that cannot be handled with the current amount of muscle, adaptation is needed.”

My only problem is that I grow muscle really easily with micro tearing but if I haven’t lost the fatty tissue covering the muscle I bulk up and look a bit like the Hulk after a bee-sting reaction (less the green colour!). I have to work on that but in the mean time am waiting for a delivery of kettle bells to slim down and muscle up at the same time.

At first glance your website doesn’t look like a traditional Thesis site, but a peak into the code I see that it is. Well done on the design.

Three quick great things I notice:
(1) strong contrast colours make it easy on the eye to read.
(2) blue and red text highlights are nice – not too pushy and strong for your industry type.
(3) your headings (3s and 4s) are a nice strong weight.

Three quick things I noticed that I am not in love with (only my humble opinion):
(1) while the header image is powerful, there is no site name. I understand the mystery around who is Sam Lloyd but without the reading of your nav tab with this question repeated and the top of the sidebar, it is a mystery what the site is and what it is about. I think you need to incorporate a site name into your header. With a url of “The same effect” perhaps that is what you will use. What will your target keywords be? Same effect, Sam Lloyd or something fitness/body related? Something to think about.
(2) your favicon is blue and the letter S but apart from your name Sam and the blue in the footer down the bottom – both the design of the favicon and the use of the blue colour doesn’t make too much sense. Perhaps use more blue and/or the letter S in your site name or up near the top of the page.
(3) I’m not in love with the greeny tinge on the outside of your blog container (shadow) – not very healthy looking for a health site. Perhaps go for a bluer tone, grey, etc.

Overall you have done a great job. I will do a proper review as a post … stay tuned.