Muscle Building Strategy: Lean Gaining
Another muscle growth strategy is lean-gaining, which is the idea that it is possible to gain muscle mass without putting on any body-fat. There are even supplements that are aimed…
How To Design A Training Program
Many considerations must be made when designing an effective training program. The aim of this mini series is to help you with some of the details that may be lacking…
Ginseng For Energy and Muscle Growth
If there’s one herbal supplement that most everyone has heard of it’s probably ginseng. Ginseng has been used for centuries as a tonic, stimulant and aphrodisiac, but it also boosts…
Squats: Good or Bad?
There is a never-ending, and likely to be never resolved debate about squatting that goes around in circles in the world of fitness. Squats are either the greatest exercise ever,…
Body Mechanics: The Deadlift
Hello, and welcome again to Body Mechanics. Our topic today is the deadlift. While many will argue the true importance of this lift in comparison to the squat, but it…
Lifestyle Dieting For Long Term Success
In order to avoid the constant over eating, under eating diet strategy that most employ to varying degrees year round, there are a few things you need to know in…
Carnitine: Performance Enhancement
A recent study in The Journal of Physiology showed that muscle carnitine content can be increased in humans through diet. Once carnitine is elevated, metabolism in the body is dependent…
Muscle: Magnesium Builds Muscle Mass
Magnesium is necessary in the body for muscle contractions when training. It is also needed for protein synthesis to rebuild tissue, and to lower inflammation. It is an extremely valuable…
Body Mechanics: The Squat
Over the past few months we have discussed the various muscles that move our body through different planes, as well as how to train them specifically. There are many different…
Ketogenic Diet: Balanced Nutrition
You can eat a healthy, well-balanced diet without grain and starch. What nutrients are in those grains and starches, and how will we be able to get them when we…
Back Squats vs Front Squats
Whether you are training your legs for tone, mass or strength, squats are one of the single most productive exercise we can include in our training. Many variations for this…
Muscle Talk: Biceps and Triceps
Hello and welcome to the 101st post. Don’t worry, we won’t be celebrating every single one, I just thought I’d throw that in! Today is the first Muscle Talk post…
Guide to Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy for Optimal Muscle Growth
Muscles play a pivotal role in our daily lives. Whether we are training, feeding, or resting them, our muscles consistently command our attention. In the pursuit of building muscle, we…
