The Hardgainer’s Guide To Building Muscle: Diet and Exercise
An Ectomorph is one of the three most common body types. People that belong to this body type are usually tall, lean and have a high metabolism making it more difficult to build muscle than the other 2 somatotypes. In this article, we’ll look at the best practices to build maximum muscle for Hardgainers.
4 Reasons Periodization is Crucial for Muscle Growth
Are you eager to achieve your goals for muscle growth but find yourself running into roadblocks because you lack focus and strategy? If you want to pack on lean muscle while staying healthy and balanced, then periodization should be a key part of your strength training routine.
The 5 Best All-natural Supplements to Boost Testosterone in Men 2022
Testosterone is a crucial hormone for men's health but naturally declines with age. If you want to stay healthy, build muscle strength and bone density, have a better libido, and improve your mood, then having adequate levels of testosterone is vital.
What Are the Best Rest Times Between Sets for Muscle Growth: Short, Medium, or Long?
If your strength training goal is muscle growth, your rest time between sets is one of the most critical factors of your exercise program. But which is best: Short, Medium, or Long?
What You Need to Know about Testosterone Replacement Therapy
Studies indicate that testosterone levels in men have decreased by a worrying 22% in the last 20 years. Metaphorically, manhood is undergoing a steady decline.
Post workout nutrition for big results
Tired of busting a gut in the gym only to be left disappointed by your results? If this sounds like you, it's possible that you're neglecting the importance of your post-workout nutrition. Here are 5 delicious and easy to prepare post-workout snacks for big results.
5 Training methods to take your fitness to the next level
Bored with your repetitive workouts and traditional straight sets, reps, exercises and rest times? Add some spice to your exercise routine and take your fitness level and gains to new heights with the following 5 training methods.
5 Popular questions about fitness answered
Can you Isolate fat loss? Should you stretch before or after a workout? What is the best rep range for muscle growth? Here are 5 of the most common fitness related questions I get asked as a personal trainer ANSWERED!
Best Rep Ranges for Strength, Muscle Growth and Endurance Goals
Rep ranges for strength, muscle growth and endurance. In this article, we’ll explain everything you need to know about repetition ranges for your fitness goals.
Muscle building vs toning: What's the difference?
While muscle gain is a pretty straightforward concept, toning and the differences between the two seem to cause a lot of confusion. Let's break it down shall we!?
Testo Lab Pro Independent Review
We review Testo Lab Pro, the potent all-natural Testosterone-boosting and performance-enhancing supplement by Opti-Nutra. Here's everything you need to know!
The Ripped Vegan: Can You Build Muscle on a Vegan Diet?
Vegans bodybuilders exist. So the question isn’t really, can you build muscle on a vegan diet? We know you can. But how and what are the best ways to get everything you need from a vegan diet to maximize muscle growth. We take a look!
Female Body types: How best to eat, train and supplement for your body type
Understanding your body type can help you to maximize your exercise routine, diet and supplement regime allowing you to set goals that are both realistic and attainable for your body type whether it’s to build muscle, burn fat, or become more flexible and agile. Here’s how.
5 Training Methods to help you break through a weight training plateau
You're eating well, training hard, and giving your body sufficient rest, yet you're stuck in a rut. What gives!? Unfortunately, weight training plateaus happen to us all. Whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or Mr. Olympia, you will no doubt have or will experience at least a few weight training plateaus along the way. Loss in strength, failure to hit rep counts, irritability, lethargy, frustration, lack of motivation, and little to no progress are all telltale signs that you've hit a training plateau.
Pre-sleep nutrition: Boost muscle recovery before bed
Sleep and recovery go hand in hand. Nothing is more restorative than a good night's rest. Athletes are no strangers to the "optimize everything" mentality that's often needed in the gym for optimal athletic performance and constant PR-shattering. Now, you may be able to optimize your sleep schedule and nighttime routine to improve your training sessions the next day without sacrificing sleep. Meet pre-sleep nutrition, your key to boosting overnight recovery and muscle growth.
Water: The Miracle Chemical That Helps Build Muscle
Water, the miracle chemical, “drug” and nutrient that helps build muscle. Experts agree that hydrating is a crucial ingredient for successful bodybuilding, weight loss (fat loss), and building body mass.
Creatine: The Good, The Bad, and The Bulked-up
Creatine is an amino acid that is found mostly in your body's muscles as well as in your brain. Many know the role amino acids play in protein synthesis, but limitations in the ability to transport and/or store creatine can impair metabolism. Increasing the availability of creatine in tissue may enhance cellular metabolism and thereby lessen the severity of injury and/or disease conditions, particularly when oxygen availability is compromised, like during high-intensity exercise.
Lean Bulking for the Endomorph: More Muscle, Less Fat
If you're an endomorph, like Tom Hardy or Jennifer Lopez, I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that, in general, you're as likely to gain body fat as you are muscle mass. The good news is that Dr. Sheldon believed that endomorphs have a tendency toward a “viscerotonic” personality: relaxed, comfortable, and extroverted.
The Perfect Post-Workout Nutrition for Recovery
Your post-workout meal is one of the most important factors of muscle growth and recovery, but it's easy to get it wrong. So what (and when) should you eat following a workout? Let's dig in!
Progressive overload training principle: Why it's so important for results!
The principle of progressive overload is probably familiar to you, but just not by that name. If you hang about the gym long enough, you will undoubtedly come across this term. And if you are serious about building muscle, this bodybuilding term and training concept is one that you must become friends with.