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How Pizza and Ice Cream Helps With Weight Loss
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 only helps you lose weight, but more importantly helps keep it off. See [...]
Does Carb Timing For Insulin Sensitivity Matter?
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 timing carbs when you are most insulin sensitive seems important because the more [...]
Complex Vs Simple Carbs – The Role of Fiber
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 data showed similar results. Today we will delve into that very reason. In fact, I can sum it [...]
Complex Vs Simple Carbs For Weight Loss
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 to like about complex carbs as they are typically high in fiber and micronutrients. But does this mean simple carbs will be much [...]
Don’t Lift Weights Over One Hour
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 more gains!" So where did this one hour window come from and how [...]
Is Growth Hormone From Training Anabolic? Part 2
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. Today I want to talk about what is more important than exercised-induced hormones as well as what [...]
Is Growth Hormone From Training Anabolic?
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 something I used to put a lot of effort into a couple of years [...]
Sample Muscle-Building Routine Using All Rep Ranges
When we last left off during this muscle-building series we were discussing which rep range was the best for building muscle. If you missed it I’d suggest taking a step back and going through that before continuing on but for the sake of time I’ll provide a quick recap. While an intermediate rep range of around 8-12 reps is widely considered the hypertrophy (muscle size) rep range it’s [...]
Grip Strength For Deadlifts, Or To Live?
We 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 and is something that is often overlooked by many gym rats. Especially if you are the type who doesn't care about how strong you are but [...]
Should You Do A Detox Diet?
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! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do not fall for these detox diets! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/11307754/Cleanse-your-body-with-the-alkaline-diet.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3004/The-painless-detox-diet.html Quotes such as - ’The therapist told me my body had become incredibly acidic from years and years of yo-yo dieting, even though I thought I was super-healthy being vegetarian and knocking back a [...]
Best Rep Range For Building Muscle
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 it out as at least in my opinion there is some pretty fascinating info to at the very [...]
Why Training Over Fitness?
Why Colin DeWaay Training and not Colin DeWaay Fitness? It’s a question I’ve been asked a few times. Most people tend to put fitness at the end of their name. It makes sense, fitness is a word that can be used to describe just about anything regarding, well, fitness. Just look at some of the synonyms for fitness: good health, strength, vigor, athleticism, toughness, muscularity, good condition and [...]
