Is It Okay to Workout Every Day? Maybe you have the time and motivation to workout 7 days a week, or perhaps you find the endorphin rush you feel after exercising to be addicting. It’s a fact that physical activity helps boosts your metabolism, encourages your body to burn fat [...]
Carb cycling is a variant on low carb eating that has been getting bodybuilders lean and fat free for decades. I’ve used carb cycling in the past as a way to get into contest shape and have gotten shredded using this approach! Typical carb cycling involves rotating low, medium and [...]
Your muscles get bigger because the fibers that make up your muscles get bigger. So, in order to bring about the greatest response, you need to know what is happening at a cellular level when you are working out. Fortunately, when it comes to muscle fiber, it’s really simple . [...]
What is a TriCon set? A TriCon set utilizes all 3 contraction types. TriCon stands for Triple Contraction… Your muscles contract in three different ways: Eccentric, Concentric, and Isometric… Eccentric means lengthening, or stretching the muscle. The negative is a more common term. Using a bench press as an example [...]
What if the Site Manager for a building site just didn’t show up? What if most of the workers didn’t show up either? We wouldn’t expect a great home to be built, would we? Our hormones are like our bodies ‘Site Managers’, coordinating and regulating all the many functions that [...]
Helpful Tips If You Lack Motivation to Workout Do you lack motivation to start working out? How about motivation to continue the journey even after you’ve started? According to some recent studies about 90 percent of people quit the gym within the first three months! People give different reasons for [...]
Protein is a powerful macronutrient! Its chemical makeup includes combinations of hydrogen and carbon molecules. Proteins are structural and regulatory molecules made up of specific combinations of 20 different amino acids. Eight of these amino acids can’t be synthesized in the body and must be supplied by the diet. The [...]
1. Take beginning photos; a lot of times you don’t notice the gradual changes taking place, but when you look at photos of when you started you’ll be blown away. 2. Take measurements; your weight isn’t always the most important indicator of your actual transformation. Losing fat and retaining muscle [...]
Dangers of Eating Processed Foods The US food processing industry generates about $750 billion in revenue. In comparison, the worldwide sales for processed food hit the $2 trillion mark a few years ago. This equals to 37.5 percent of total sales. This is a huge number which shows the need to [...]
Sugars, starches and fibers are all forms of carbohydrate that are found in the foods we eat. There are various types due to the similar chemical structure that they share. They are all made up of a collection of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen molecules. Uniquely, all carbs have a 2:1 [...]
