How Pizza and Ice Cream Helps With Weight Loss

2019-10-06T14:27:21-04:00May 9th, 2016|Categories: Bodybuilding, Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Nutrition, online coaching, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I’m going to guess when you saw the title of this article you probably thought “click bait.” Yet you clicked it anyway didn’t you? You may be surprised, however, that it actually wasn’t. I’m going to take this time to make the argument eating pizza and ice cream or any of your favorite foods not […]

Does Carb Timing For Insulin Sensitivity Matter?

2019-10-06T14:28:11-04:00January 5th, 2016|Categories: Bodybuilding, Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Gym, Health, Muscle Building, Nutrition, online coaching, Personal Training, Strength Training, Tips, Weight Lifting, Weight Loss, Weight Training|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Since I’ve been looking at carbs in my last couple of articles I thought it would be a good opportunity to take a look at another topic heavily debated in the fitness world. That of insulin sensitivity and exactly how much stock should be placed on carb timing. Or even if these theoretical times exist.

For many […]

Complex Vs Simple Carbs – The Role of Fiber

2019-10-06T14:28:53-04:00December 17th, 2015|Categories: Bodybuilding, Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Gym, Health, Nutrition, Personal Training, Tips, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In my last article we looked at research that showed diets containing mostly complex carbs had the same results in body composition as diets structured around simple carbs. I mentioned at the end of the article that I noticed a trend in the majority of the research that could in part explain why the […]

Complex Vs Simple Carbs For Weight Loss

2019-10-06T14:29:41-04:00September 4th, 2015|Categories: Bodybuilding, Diet, Fitness, Health, Nutrition, Personal Training, Tips, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Search around social media and fitness articles and there is no doubt you’ll see a lot of material saying to stay away from simple carbs and stick to only complex carbs. Complex Vs Simple carbs – The Clash Of The Titans. There is certainly plenty […]

Don’t Lift Weights Over One Hour

2019-10-06T14:36:47-04:00May 14th, 2015|Categories: Bodybuilding, Exercise, Fitness, Gym, Health, Muscle Building, Personal Training, Powerlifting, Strength Training, Tips, Weight Lifting, Weight Training|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If you been around the weight lifting scene for a decent amount of time there is no doubt you’ve probably heard of or even had someone tell you directly that you shouldn’t lift weights over one hour. As if there is this timer that goes off in your body after an hour that says “no […]

Is Growth Hormone From Training Anabolic? Part 2

2019-10-06T14:35:35-04:00March 3rd, 2015|Categories: Bodybuilding, Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Gym, Health, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Personal Training, Powerlifting, Strength Training, Tips, Weight Lifting, Weight Loss, Weight Training|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

In my last article we looked at numerous studies that all pointed to exercise-induced hormones not having a role in muscle hypertrophy or strength. The evidence was pretty clear that growth hormone and testosterone that is produced DURING training was not anabolic and did not have an effect on protein synthesis. […]

Is Growth Hormone From Training Anabolic?

2019-10-06T14:35:09-04:00February 24th, 2015|Categories: Bodybuilding, Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Gym, Health, Muscle Building, Nutrition, Personal Training, Powerlifting, Strength Training, Tips, Weight Lifting, Weight Loss, Weight Training|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

When it comes to getting the most out of your training one of the most important factors is to optimize your body’s hormonal response to training. Or at least that’s what a lot of people tell you. We hear all the time what to do to increase testosterone or growth hormone during our workouts. It’s […]

Grip Strength For Deadlifts, Or To Live?

2019-10-06T14:33:07-04:00January 27th, 2015|Categories: Bodybuilding, Exercise, Fitness, Gym, Health, Injury, Muscle Building, Personal Training, Powerlifting, Strength Training, Tips, Weight Lifting, Weight Training|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

grip strength 2We all know by now if you want a strong deadlift you need a strip grip (unless you like using straps all the time which I don’t recommend.) Strong grip strength will help you perform better during many exercises in the gym […]

Should You Do A Detox Diet?

2019-10-06T14:33:37-04:00January 13th, 2015|Categories: Diet, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Nutrition, Tips, Weight Loss|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

The following is a guest post about detox diets by physique athlete Scott Edmed. Be sure to check out his facebook and twitter for more!

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Do not fall for these detox […]

Best Rep Range For Building Muscle

2019-10-06T14:50:04-04:00January 6th, 2015|Categories: Bodybuilding, Exercise, Fitness, Gym, Health, Muscle Building, Personal Training, Powerlifting, Strength Training, Tips, Weight Lifting, Weight Loss, Weight Training, Workouts|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

If you remember when we last got together we talked about training to failure, whether you should do it and if so how often. After looking at a lot of evidence I came up with my opinion based on the data we have available. If you missed it be sure to check […]

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