If you want to live a long healthy life and be fit and strong while doing it, resistance training for hypertrophy (muscle growth) is what you need to be doing. Functional hypertrophy is something for everyone, not just the usual “gym junkie”. If we break it down, functional meaning practical and useful, hypertrophy meaning muscle … Read more
Being busy has been a long running excuse for many as to why they can’t fit in their training and can’t eat what they should be eating. More people in general are busier than ever these days and ironically more people are undertaking some sort of consistent training routine, making the whole “too busy” excuse … Read more
What is IIFYM (If It Fits Your Macros)?? A basic explanation of IIFYM is working out your daily caloric requirements, then working out the ratio of macronutrients Protein:Fats:Carbs you are aiming for and then being flexible in what you eat to reach your caloric goals and macro ratio. As long as you reach the required … Read more
It sounds like common sense right?? If you want to deadlift more weight you need to be deadlifting more often. Quite often the approach of progressive overload is taken by increasing the weight each week, there’s nothing wrong with doing this but a sticking point is reached pretty quickly. There are many ways to overload … Read more
We’ve all heard the saying “failing to prepare is preparing to fail”, although cliché it can’t be truer when it comes to preparing your meals. The success of your diet is relying on you to be prepared. There’s nothing worse, it’s lunch time, you’re due to eat but you didn’t prep your meals last night … Read more
When you hear someone say they are prepping for a bodybuilding show or competition, it basically means they are going to prepare their physique to step on stage and compete against other bodybuilders. The aim of the preparation is to get body fat as low as possible while maintaining or increasing lean muscle mass. The … 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
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