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Muscle grows as long as we provide enough building blocks to built it (food & mainly protein) and the right stimuli to force the adaptation (training). ⁣ ⁣ We all know that.. but for as "simple" as that may sound, it's actually not easy, for multiple reasons. ⁣ ⁣ First of all it takes *TIME* to...

I am starting a new program. The first three weeks are basically a nutritional detox of your entire diet. The program doesn't recommend that you train during the first three weeks. This is due to your body getting use to all the changes that it is going through. It is my goal to get as shredded...

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BICEP CURL VARIATIONS . 📚This series focuses on the biceps brachii and brachialis. The biceps (long and short head) work to bent at the elbow joint, rotate thumb outward at shoulder joint, and raise arm at shoulder joint in a front raise fashion. The brachialis is known as the “Work horse of the...

𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐇𝐀𝐁 . . . 💥 Patellar tendon issues? Achy knee? Right in the front? Well here is how you can begin the process of strengthening the tendon and surrounding structures to help it adapt! Isometrics are commonly used initially for tendons which is when a muscle is being contracted...

Let's kick off this week with some progress, on Monday's we slay..

Changing up the order of your exercises can greatly impact workout volume and the stimulus from each exercise. Generally, you’ll want to follow the Tier System on this infographic for best results on every exercise. Use more complex and challenging exercises at the beginning of your workout and...

This study compared a high fat (45% of calories) breakfast to a high carbohydrate (60% of calories) breakfast. Both groups underwent the same activity and diet throughout the rest of the day. It was found that the high fat breakfast led to significantly more fat burning throughout the day than...

It is important to remember that a study finding almost always is an AVERAGE result of a group. This means that a certain individual on a workout or diet might have effects ABOVE or BELOW average. . People will use this as an excuse to why they don't trust science, claiming that they are...

This study found that subjects sleeping 8.5-hrs per night lost more fat than subjects sleeping 5.5-hrs per night during a 2-week restricted diet. Both groups lost the same amount of weight, but the 8.5-hr/night group lost significantly more weight as fat. If you’re trying to cut body fat, mild...

OPTIMIZING ANABOLIC HORMONES WITHOUT DRUGS by Josh Hodnik Natural bodybuilders are constantly searching for any natural means of increasing their bodybuilding gains. They often spend hours a day in the gym and take every supplement known to man, only to be disappointed with their gains. There...

Weight isnt always the ideal measure of your progress. Bodybuilders or leaner people may want to try these methods to measure body fat: . 1. Waist circumference (WC): a simple way of measuring abdominal fat, especially useful in males who tend to add fat here. Correlations in evaluating studies...

Hey everyone. New guy out of Myrtle Beach here. Been training for a years off and on, but didn’t get serious about it until the last year or so. With the help of some local friends I’ve made some decent progress in that time and just hoping to keep it going. If you want to know more just let me...

It is important to remember that a study finding almost always is an AVERAGE result of a group. This means that a certain individual on a workout or diet might have effects ABOVE or BELOW average. . People will use this as an excuse to why they don't trust science, claiming that they are...

One of the most underused muscle-building habits is keeping track of progress. If you want to build the most muscle in the shortest amount of time possible, you need to measure your success. In the kitchen this means, yes, tracking your calories. I understand that it's inexact, a pain in the...

"If you want or need to add cardio to your strength training, it’s best to perform them on separate days, if your schedule allows. . In this study, strength gains were similar when doing cardio immediately after strength training versus on a separate day. However, the group doing their cardio on...

oo many people are sitting at the training buffet with hungry eyes and small stomachs. Their goals, commitment and effort don't match up. This is something we all go through. Case in point, every summer some high-school football player sends me this question: "My coach tells me that if I gain 50...

In the bodybuilding world, nearly everyone has a different approach to the sport. When I scroll down my feeds on social media, I am bombarded with a wide array of posts and links to articles on nearly every fitness topic. Some of these articles and posts may even completely contradict each...

Form is important, but there is a time and place for using a little momentum and loosening up a bit to go heavier. . Walk into any weight room and you'll typically see people at one end of the technique spectrum or the other. Some lifters are very strict, sometimes too strict as they never use...

Your goal when you walk into the gym is simple: get stronger. If getting stronger isn't your goal, you'll miss out on muscle gains as well as the obvious strength gains. Every muscle building and fat-burning technique is limited if you don't start with a great strength base. Think of it like...