Improve Performance With Better Preparation
First Things First You probably have a workout schedule. If it’s not written down, you at least know what days are your workout days, which exercises you do on those…
Healthy Bulking Foods
6 Foods to Build Mass When you hear the words “bulking up,” you might think it means a free pass to loosen up on your diet, but this is not…
Meal Timing
Once you have taken complete control of your routine, you may be wondering whether there are further changes you can make to maximize your results from diet and fitness. Even…
How To Get Off The Treadmill And Into The Weight Room
After you’ve made the decision to start strength training in addition to your cardio routine, you might find it intimidating once you actually move from the elliptical to the weight…
Conquer Your Cravings
It is common to feel cravings for certain foods when you start a new diet, or even if you’ve been managing what you eat for a long time. Food causes…
Get The Most Out Of Your Cutting Diet
You might be frustrated with your attempts to shave off some lingering body fat. It is a difficult process that involves finding a sweet spot where you burn fat but…
Burn More Fat by Maximizing Carbohydrate Tolerance
Insulin sensitivity and carbohydrate tolerance are two interconnected issues that many bodybuilders would benefit from tweaking in their own diet. Getting these two functions under your control can help you…
Exercise Motivation: Maintaining Your Motivation To Exercise
How to Get It & How to Keep It. Motivating yourself to workout can be difficult if you have the wrong attitude. Common excuses are feeling tired, stressed or…
Right Frame Of Mind To Reach Your Diet & Exercise Goals
It’s easy to tell yourself that it’s time to improve your health with diet and exercise. It’s easy to buy a gym membership. It’s even easy to go regularly for…
An Understanding of Amino Acids
An Understanding of Amino Acids Most of the people in the gym have a limited understanding of amino acids. Their knowledge usually begins and ends with the fact that they…
An Introduction to Intermittent Fasting
Decades of common knowledge have dictated that the best way to eat is to eat about six small meals spaced several hours apart. However, recent research has suggested that intermittent…
Exercise and Mental Illness
In this article you will learn the benefits of exercise on psychological health, no matter who you are, but especially if you struggle with a mental illness. Read on to…
Don’t Let The Scales Be Your Worst Enemy!
When women begin an exercise and diet regimen, their goal is typically weight loss, and their benchmark is usually an arbitrary number on the scale. Because of the emphasis on…
Using Fiber To Your Advantage
It’s easy to skip over the fiber content when you’re looking at nutritional information on food packaging. You’re busy focusing on the macro nutrient content of your foods, so you…
The Standing vs Seated Overhead Press: Which Builds More Muscle?
The overhead press, a fundamental exercise in most lifting programs, not only develops the shoulders but also provides an array of benefits based on the variation chosen. Whether performed standing…
5 Nutritional Rules That Are As Good As Gold
It’s easy to get confused about nutrition when there are so many conflicting messages about what makes proper nutrition, what to do to build muscle mass or burn fat, and…
Strong Is The New Skinny
In the age of social networking, we seem to see more images intended to make us feel poorly about ourselves. Not only do we see advertisers tell us every imperfection…
A Simple Article On 5 Basic Supplements
There are countless dietary supplements on the market. Some of them are more specialized than others are, and many of them make conflicting claims about what is most necessary for…
Is A Carb A Carb? An In-depth look into carbohydrates
Have you ever wondered the following: are 40 grams of oats less fattening than 40 grams of sugar? Do whole gains have more nutritional value than refined grains? To avoid…
