It is no longer a secret that nutrition plays a tremendous role in your health and overall performance. Carb loading is a short-term strategy that can help improve your performance. This strategy is often used by bodybuilding competitors, runners and many other athletes. Some people wonder if carb cycling is a myth and others doubt …
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If you are looking to build muscle, improve performance and make the most of your hard gym sessions then choosing the right whey protein shake should be one of your top priorities! Research shows that whey protein limits muscle loss during a calorie deficit, improves amino acid uptake and athletic performance. Other research also shows …
Pretty gym wear is one thing but shoes that help you get results is another! Choosing the right gym shoes is very important, not only to minimise injuries and strain on the feet and back but to also obtain stability and support. When you feel safe lifting heavy weights then you feel more confident to …
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What is Muscle Food? Muscle food is a company that offers a variety of products and services to improve muscle progress and recovery. This company offers anything from large meat hampers to ready-made meals. Unlike other meat providers, muscle food does NOT pump the meat with water ensuring that you get high quality of protein …
Are you looking to kick-start your progress with supplements? This is a good way to ensure your body gets enough of calories and nutrients it needs to support the heavy sessions and to help muscle recover. However, with such a wide variety of supplements out there how do you know which supplements actually work? Some …
What are Anabolic Steroids? Anabolic steroids are a synthetic substance that mimics the male hormone testosterone. Regarding fitness, the misconception is that they will help you bulk-up instantly but the truth is that you will not build muscle unless you put in the work. Having more testosterone enables you to simply build more muscle but …
What is whey protein? Whey is a by-product of cheesemaking. Cheese is made from milk, and milk is made from casein and whey protein. So, during the process of cheesemaking, whey gets separated from milk and becomes the watery portion. To best describe it, have you ever opened a yogurt and had that weird cloudy …
What is progressive overload? Progressive overload simply refers to a gradual increase in weights. For example, one day you’ll lift 10kg on a shoulder press and once your body has adapted, the 10kg will no longer be heavy enough. Therefore, you should increase your weights to progress further. Consequently, forcing our bodies to grow and …
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It is becoming more apparent every day that difficult words are being used to confuse people more and more. What is a metabolic typing diet? Ignore the difficult name, because in simple terms this is a diet that is tailored to your body type. We will go into more depth about these in just a …
If you are new to strength training you may have many questions. However, there is one question in particular that we see a lot; Should I lose weight before building muscle? Let’s dig in. We think the best thing here, would be to discuss how you build muscle first.. What is muscle building? Muscle building …
