Category: NUTRITION
Fat Loss Mistakes: Avoid This to Crush Your Physique Goals
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 the start of a program, we tend to…
Read MoreNutrition Strategies: 5 Tips to Help You Progress
When speaking of nutrition strategies, low carb and high carb diets have been getting most of the attention. With higher carb diets gaining more and more popularity recently. Protein on the other hand, has generally been spread equally throughout the day without too much change. In today’s article we are taking a step further, and…
Read MoreFollowing Your Macros: Helpful Strategies
If you have ever tried to follow your macros and diet plan, you know how difficult it can be to be 100% accurate. Especially if you want to eat something besides chicken, rice, broccoli and eggs. Most of us have families, like to eat out every now and then, and simply do not have the…
Read MoreLactic Acid Training: Burn Body Fat Like Never Before
Training for fat loss is often associated with high-intensity metabolic training. More specifically a lot of intensifiers such as drop-sets, super-sets, giant-sets, low-rest periods, higher repetitions and lighter weights. In other words, lactic acid training. While metabolic training can be useful for fat loss, it is absolutely not necessary to train like this. The most…
Read MoreSupplements and How They Work: The Most Important Things You Need to Know
As we become more aware of the value of a healthy lifestyle, understanding what our bodies need is at the top of our lists. This is where supplements come into play. And it is critical to understand supplements and how they work. Nowadays, supplements have become more of a norm. The reason being, because more…
Read MoreHigh Carb Days: How to Do It Correctly
When you are following a diet plan, it is often accompanied by high carb days and low carb days. Especially during a fat loss phase. The low carb days are pretty simple and straightforward; meat, veggies, healthy fats, and a few carbohydrates around the workout. A high carb day however, is a little bit more…
Read MoreManaging Calories and Macros: How to Be Consistent
There are so many different ways to count calories. People often wonder, do you weigh your meat before or after you cook it? What really counts as carbohydrates? Do I count the carbs in the vegetables I eat? What about the thumb rule for fat? Different books and trainers are telling you to do different…
Read MoreEssential Workout Supplements: Everything You Need to Know
Besides the nutrients we get from our food, there are a plethora of supplements to choose from. These include multivitamins, fish oil capsules, protein powder, creatine, and so on. One trainer tells you to take creatine everyday, while another swears by fish oil capsules. In this article we are going to explore the essential workout…
Read MoreHigh Carb or High Fat for Building Muscle?
The debate about high carb or high fat is never-ending in the fitness world. Some preach about carbs being necessary, while others say we do not need them because they are not essential macronutrients. In this article we are going to look at the differences between these diets, in regards to building muscle. We are…
Read MoreCommon Workout Mistakes: 6 Mistakes Stalling Your Progress
The fitness industry is filled with “bro science” and little truth. Just because flying karate dumbbell presses gave a person ripped abs and wide shoulders, does not mean it will give them to you. This is the logic behind many of these fitness influencers who print similar diet and training plans to many people. Not…
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