What is carb cycling?? The idea behind carb cycling is to stagger the amount of carbs you eat on a daily basis. This is done by having high carb days, moderate carb days and low or no carb days. Doing this is said to help maintain an elevated metabolism and reduce the chance of a … Read more
As explained on Muscle Radio Episode 34 (https://soundcloud.com/muscleradio) food-specific IgG4 is not a biomarker of food allergy or intolerance in any delayed or immediate responses. The production of food specific IgG4 antibodies is a normal immune system response after exposure to food components. Testing of IgG4 to foods is not reliable nor in anyway diagnostic … Read more
Your mindset is your state of mind that is fixed on reaching certain outcomes, creating a sense of momentum towards reaching them by giving you a powerful incentive to do whatever it takes. In other words, if you have a millionaire mindset, your mind is fixed on creating the million dollars and it will allow … Read more
A diet is: The kinds of food that a person, animal, or community habitually eat. You would have a bad diet if you consistently ate fast food. A special course of food to which a person restricts themselves, either to lose weight or for medical reasons. You need to go on a diet to lose … Read more
What is Insulin? Insulin is a highly anabolic hormone that is made by the pancreas and is released into the blood whenever there is a presence of sugar (glucose), generally after you eat. Insulin helps regulate your blood sugar levels, stops it going too high or too low. Where does the blood sugar go? The … Read more
#1 Training frequency – there are no set rules for this!! However as a basic way to measure how many times a week that I like to tell people to lift in the gym then I always recommend 4 sessions per week for beginners to get into the gym and training with weights 5 sessions … Read more
Well I personally don’t think there is really a specific time frame as such but a good recommendation is to take a week off every 10-12 weeks of consistent training, key word here being ‘consistent’. You have to earn the week off. If you have consistently been pushing hard for 10-12 weeks your body will … Read more
Well, yes and no. I’ll put you out of your misery now, the secret is hard work and consistency. Some of the population are genetically gifted in the legs department while others will find in extremely difficult to add even an inch to their legs. The vast majority though will be able to build a … Read more