Training

  Whether you’re just starting to think about getting into strength training, or you are, quite frankly, ripped, it’s important to understand just how beneficial it is not just for the size of your muscles, but your overall health and well being. Building muscle and being stronger are as good a reason as any for adding strength training to your workout. But when you stop going to the gym as often as you should, or you stop all together, the added motivation that comes from knowing all of strength training’s health benefits will help to keep your program on track –...

  This is one of the most common questions we hear. And it doesn’t just come from beginners. Even experienced bodybuilders can wonder about the frequency of their training sessions as their muscle development progresses and they require more or different routines to keep it going. But just because it’s common doesn’t make it any easier to answer. To get an idea of why, think about this question: “how much weight should I lift?” It’s almost impossible to answer. Even if you take the “lift as much weight as is needed to see results” route, that still leaves out the question of...

Before we talk about which foods you should eat to get more from your workouts, let’s quickly put to rest a nasty myth. Not eating before your workout, with the idea that it will reduce fat levels and improve your BMI and muscle definition, is a misguided notion that can have the complete opposite effect to what you expect. Your body has a powerful instinct for survival. From the moment that it senses any threat to its energy levels and/or energy storage, it sets off alarms. It’s why you feel hungry. When your body doesn’t get sufficient energy, a couple...