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 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