I was recently sent a message from another fitness website asking me if I would review one of their posts in their website, entitled “Toned Arms in Record Time”.
Naturally I was curious to see what their article was about, so I followed the link I was sent and read through the three different workouts they suggest for [...]
It doesn’t matter what your goals are, you should always look to have a high protein breakfast. Proteins are the essential building blocks of your body, if you don’t eat enough of them, your body will simply cannibalise the existing proteins that can be found in your muscles and various other parts of your body.
As [...]
I had a delicious chicken Caesar salad for lunch today, it filled me up, provided a good amount of protein and a small amount of fat, as well as filling me up without being heavy on carbohydrate.
What do you need to make the ultimate Caesar salad?
Lettuce, preferably romaine lettuce, but iceberg will do. Give it [...]
Glutamine - short for glutamic acid - is one of the twenty amino acids that create proteins for use by the cells in our body. Glutamine is also involved in the protein synthesis process, so after each workout it will help rebuild muscle tissue, helping you grow stronger and bigger (if you’re in calorie surplus).
You [...]
If you have just decided to start lifting weights and build up some muscle, then no doubt you will have read lots of stuff about various different weight training exercises, however, here’s the thing, nutrition way more important than the training.
You may liken the weight training to the red stuff at the end of a [...]
I’m sure there are many aspiring bodybuilders who have just gotten into doing weights, seen a bit of progress and suddenly get hooked by the gains and want to see more and more. No doubt they go out and buy a copy of the latest bodybuilding magazine, read a load of “articles” about how good [...]
After having spent a week not getting down the gym, and having a week off from creatine, I’ve been doing some research into what adjustments I need to make to my diet.
The most startling thing that I’ve read and decided that I need to heed is the amount of carbohydrates I have in my diet, and [...]
This is an interesting question that I’ve been pondering for the past few weeks. I’ve been supplementing with creatine, just taking a couple of grams a day pre-workout, and I’ve noticed some positive results. However, I’ve talked about this subject with one of the fitness instructors down the gym and he seems to have a [...]
This is a follow up article to my first posting for this category, How Much Protein Should I Eat To Gain Muscle, and builds on the nutrition tips in that article.
My reasoning for coming back to this topic was that I’ve been reading a fascinating book about sports nutrition, Sports Nutrition, by Anita Bean which [...]
If you are trying to lose or gain weight, it’s important to know exactly how much energy your body uses when resting. This is known as the resting metabolic rate (RMR). This is not a measure of how much energy your body uses during a typical day, but the rate that your body uses energy [...]
