Table of Contents Do you only have a few common side dishes like potatoes, rice or pasta in your diet? Then you may be starting to feel like a healthy diet is pretty boring. But it’s definitely not. With today’s article, we decided to shatter this …
One of the most common fat loss mistakes is to be aggressive with caloric restriction in the very beginning. This is because many think that fat loss is faster in the beginning. When in reality, this is mostly weight loss, which is different from fat loss. In …
What Exactly is a Plant-Based Diet? Depending on who you ask you might get a different answer. To some, a plant-based diet means you are only eating vegetarian or vegan foods; however, a plant-based diet is actually different from a vegan or vegetarian diet. Instead, most of your meals will come from vegetables, fruits …
Supps for Teens | Bodybuilding for Teens: Start Here | Keys to Bodybuilding Success | Best Workout for Teens | Muscle-Building Mistakes Many bodybuilding greats started training in their younger years. Somewhere out there right now is a teenager who wants to achieve greatness, too. Fortunately, a teen workout doesn’t have to be complicated. This workout routine will be a …
Muscular Hypertrophy | Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy | Muscle Fibers | Nutrition for Muscle Growth The most important, innovative work happening in bodybuilding isn’t just taking place in the lab; much of it is exploring the line between hard science and so-called “bro-science,” or what has been shown in the gym to work for generations. In …
No matter how many products you see that claim to be a “magic” weight-loss cure, losing weight the right way just isn’t that easy. But it doesn’t have to be the all-out miserable grind that many people make it out to be! And yes, it can be achieved faster than you might expect. So, here’s my definition of “fast:” If you’re serious about losing weight, plan …
Abs By Summer | Sizzling Outdoor Cardio | Summer Snack Recipes | Best Hydration Supps A legit six-pack—as opposed to just the “Hey, I’m really skinny” type—can’t be made in the gym alone, no matter how hard you work. And living on rabbit food to lean out isn’t the answer, either. …
With the passing of ‘90s rap legend Earl Simmons, aka DMX, it feels appropriate to look back and listen to the influential body of work he leaves behind. Luckily, as frequent gym-goers, we all get to do that on a regular basis. Walk into any big gym at 6 p.m. on a Thursday night, …
One of the lessons of 2020 for the fitness industry is that we’ve been preaching “optimal” for so long, and writing endless articles about what’s perfect in the gym, that we left a lot of people pretty much stranded when the gym wasn’t an option. Let’s hope 2021 sees us working hard to rectify …
Here’s some good news after a year that didn’t have nearly enough of it: You don’t need a full rack of dumbbells, or even a gym, to build muscular arms. Sure, there’s something iconic about a big, heavy curl. But commonly, those who use big weights to train their arms end up working against …
There are plenty of ways to measure progress in the weight room—or, for that matter, in your home gym. How much you can hoist for a single max-effort rep on a given lift is one, of course, although it’s one that most of us can’t (and shouldn’t) measure every time we train. Rep maxes …
If you walked into my gym in Baltimore, you’d notice my clients and athletes never stop moving. It doesn’t matter if they’re bodybuilders, powerlifters, combat athletes, injury-rehab clients, or just people training for general fitness. They all keep moving. If nobody explained what these clients were doing, you’d probably get the wrong idea. You …
Over the years, I’ve spent plenty of time lifting to get bigger, but I’ve also spent years focusing on lifting max weights on the platform. And sure, the two goals can help feed into one another in some ways. But in other ways, they definitely don’t. That means that if you’re trying to live …
Creatine, citrulline, betaine, beta-alanine, BCAAs—once upon a time, they were all single ingredients that athletes and lifters would take alongside their staple supps like protein or caffeine. Then, as the science—and the results—stacked up, they became staples. That’s happening right now with the powerful nootropic compound alpha glyceryl phosphoryl choline—alpha-GPC or A-GPC for short. …
Tanya Etessam thought she had her anorexia under control, but “control” is a loaded word for those battling eating disorders. The 32-year-old personal trainer and lifestyle coach from Miami has fought that battle for more than half her life, including a lengthy siege during her teenage years, starting when she was 12. “There was …
Let's take a trip back in time. How far? Back before the gym was cluttered with dudes with camera crews, and stick figure lifters who strain harder for a selfie than they do during a set of squats.Back then, before the … [Read More...]