When it comes to losing fat and building muscle, eating less food is not the answer to getting lean and cut. Others will try to tell you that losing excess fat is simply a matter of using more calories than you eat. What they don’t tell you is that eating (more…)
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With the new year a few weeks behind us, now is a great time to look at our New Year’s resolutions and evaluate how we will achieve them. It’s sad, but many people set goals that they will never achieve.
But being lazy is not the only (more…)
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If you’ve ever had to work out alone, you’ve been there.
“Can I handle one more set on the bench press? Can I do one more rep, or will I get caught under the bar?”
You might know what your limits are pretty well, but it’s better safe (more…)
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You know you need to do it… you know you need to quit eating crap.
It wasn’t easy for me either, but I’ve done it. In fact, I went for an entire year of my life without eating any sugar at all (more…)
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I did my first article of shame in late November of last year. Well, I’ve been back to the magazine rack, and I’ve got another wonderfully educational article to share with you.
Today’s article of shame comes from Maximum Fitness For Men. The tag line on (more…)
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This is the second part of a 2-part article by guest author Cameron Stache. See this for Part 1. Cameron currently works as a Fitness Coach/ Assistant Fitness Manager at the Rush Fitness Complex in Greensboro, NC. He’s pursuing his Exercise Science degree and plans to use this degree (more…)
This is a guest article by Adrian Bryant, who has an interesting take on “real” muscle vs. “fake muscle”. I’d love to hear what you think of this!
So What is Real Muscle & How Do You Build It?
- Real Muscle vs. Fake Muscle
Real muscle or what is technically called myofibrillar hypertrophy is what you get when your actual muscles get bigger and you can expect to gain 1-to-5 pounds of real muscle each month and…
The best way to build more real muscle is to Do compound exercises with heavy weights that are over 80% of your 1-rep max for about 3-to-8 reps to tear down your muscles to make your body have to repair and rebuild your “real” muscles into bigger and stronger ones but…
To Look Your Best You Also Need To Build Fake Muscle
Fake muscle or what is technically called sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is what you get when your muscles get pumped up BIG real fast (just like a balloon) by being able to hold more water weight and other stuff in it like carbs (glycogen), creatine, blood and other energy sources and…
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In my house, we talk about what the basic macronutrient value of a food is: carbohydrate vs. protein vs. fat. Some of my kids are old enough now to start thinking about the quality of the macronutrient (i.e. different types of fats, types of carbs, etc.) but still, the basic macronutrient content rules.
And even though fruits and veggies are a type of carb, we put them in their own category so that the kids don’t confuse them with the same macronutrient as donuts!
But one thing that I see out in the world that infuriates me is when people say, “I need some protein – let me grab a yogurt.”
Yogurt Is A Carb
UGGHH!!
Yogurt is NOT a protein, it’s a carb!
Yeah, it’s got some protein in it (usually not much, like 7 or 8 grams).
But look at the carb content: anywhere from 20 to 40 grams, depending on brand and flavor.
If your food source is in a 3:1 ratio of carbs:protein, that is a carb.
Generally, low-fat or non-fat yogurts have more carbs (mostly sugars added for flavor).
I’ve written before that (more…)
