Take Home Points: Bulking and cutting phases are a common theme within fitness circles. They might seem foreign to the average person, but they’re quite simple. Bulking means to intentionally eat more to gain weight and maximize muscle
4 Ways to Burn More Calories & Why Cardio Sucks! Choosing the correct type of exercise is critical for losing weight and keeping it off. By the end of this, you’ll realize cardio alone sucks for weight loss,
“Eat some candy after your workout, you need to keep those insulin levels high bro, that’s how you get jacked”. No “bro”, it isn’t. Insulin is a hormone that tells your body’s cells to use the sugar in
This systematic review compared how consistently between-meal protein supplementation resulted in changes to lean mass, body fat, total body mass, and the ratio of lean to fat gains, when compared to with-meal protein supplementation. Both approaches produced similarly
Bigger plates make you eat more! (1) part of the reason behind this is the illusion that we have less food on a plate with lots of white space around it – known as the Delboeuf Illusion. This
If your goal is to maximize strength gains, ideally you’d avoid cardio (regardless of intensity) altogether. However, if you need to add conditioning work into your program, it seems that high and low intensity conditioning work have similar
We all get to that point in our diet when cutting calories more becomes too much of a burden. THAT’S when we like to add in some cardio. Here’s why we suggest HIIT Cardio to be a great
The general population in today’s society is gaining fat and losing muscle. This means that, for some people, the low amount of muscle causes a weight loss which results in a normal BMI even though their bodyfat %
There’s more to calories in vs calories out! Calories in vs calories out isn’t as simple as just eating more / less or exercising more / less. Your body has several mechanisms to counteract the calorie changes you
As you know, BMI is not optimal to measure body fat because it cannot differentiate between fat and muscle. Let’s break down the alternative methods to measure body fat: Waist circumference (WC): a simple way of measuring abdominal
