by Geoff Roberts
The age old idea that slow and steady wins the race applies to few endeavors with the same accuracy that it applies to professional bodybuilding careers. The decision to either treat bodybuilding like a sprint, or like a marathon, can and will have a monumental effect on any bodybuilding career.
Read More »Pace Yourself When Climbing the Ranks
by Matt Weik
Broscience once told us that we should eat 5-7 small meals (every 2-3 hours) a day in order to help lose weight and shed body fat. Everyone was packing their Tupperware containers each morning and off to work they go with 3-4 containers full of glorious macronutrients. They found themselves eating quickly at their desk or in their car in order to consume all the meals they “needed” each day. Many found this to be a pain, yet a necessary evil in order to get the results they were told would follow. Little did they know they were simply wasting time.
Read More »Time-Restricted Feeding and Weight Loss
Today we’ve got another great post from my good friend and personal coach, Ryan Faehnle. Ryan earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science while serving in the U.S. Air Force. After college, he became an NCAA Division I strength and conditioning coach at Miami University, where he helped athletes from 20 different sports (from football to ice skating to power lifting) achieve their physical goals. His abilities were acknowledged from the highest level when famed Olympic strength coach Charles Poliquin welcomed Ryan to his staff.
Read More »Are Lagging Body Parts Holding You Back?
by Josh Hodnik
The human body is a complex machine that has an amazing ability to heal itself. When an injury occurs, the body responds immediately by beginning the process to repair the damage. The body heals itself as part of normal, everyday life without any thought or effort on our part. Healing takes place without us even being aware of it most of the time. Other times, the symptoms may not be so subtle, and we are aware that something is going on.
Read More »Inflammation and the Effect on your Gains
Has it happened to you? You begin to train hard and you’re watching your diet like a hawk. You start seeing some incredible improvements and then about 4 – 6 weeks into the program it seems like your training program has gone stale. The scale stops moving, the muscle stops growing,and you’re starting to look at those desserts with vengeful eye.
Read More »9 Tips to Break Through the Weight Loss Plateau
Alcohol has been implicated as a factor that may hurt your efforts to lose body fat. Whether alcohol is “fattening” has been a very controversial subject because technically speaking, alcohol is NOT stored as fat; it is oxidized ahead of other fuels.Whether moderate drinking is healthy has also been a subject of controversy. Many studies show that cardiovascular health benefits are associated with moderate beer or wine drinking (which has been of particular interest lately with reservatrol in the news so much), while other studies show improved insulin sensitivity. Some experts however, say that alcohol has no place in a fitness lifestyle.
Read More »Why Some People Can Drink Alcohol Without Getting Fat
by Cade Thomas
It is not uncommon to hear people say that bodybuilding is a selfish sport. If ones desires to be successful at it, you truly do have to put your needs in first priority before managing a lot of other daily life struggles. While this can be counteracted to a degree with proper planning and preparation, there is no denying that a bodybuilders brain is focused inward and one must truly find what works best for their body on an individual basis.
Read More »Cliques In Bodybuilding…Why Argue?
If you’re looking to stay on your diet, the worst thing you can do is have an enabler feeding you food that you shouldn’t be consuming. Or someone who leaves out portioned snacks for easy consumption. You almost feel bad not eating it, right?
Read More »Stay Lean by Feeding Yourself!
by Matt Weik
Running and operating a supplement company these days is not an easy task. In fact, with so many new companies popping up across the globe, it’s no wonder so many are here today and gone tomorrow—closing up shop without a trace of their existence. So why do so many fail? Here are some reasons…
Read More »Why Do Many Supplement Companies Not Make It?
by Anders JP Eskilsson
We are living in a time and age where new training activities are coming and going. One of the most popular and growing forms of new activities in recent years is CrossFit. However, it is also one of the new activities which have been exposed to the most criticism from various parts of the society.
Read More »CrossFit: A Sport of the Future or a Losing Game?