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5 Reasons Women Should Strength Train
Here’s the thing, I live in a social media bubble where I surround myself with women lifting weights, getting strong and generally being freaking badass human beings. Yet when I walk into most gyms, this isn’t exactly what I’m seeing.
Maximize Your Circuit Training
Elevate your conditioning with well-designed circuits. Far too many routines throw together exercises haphazardly, creating unbalanced fatigue and overwhelming recovery demands. It’s about strategic selection and smart planning—ensuring each session builds you up without burning you out.
Why You Really Shouldn’t Cut Carbs Out Of Your Diet
The big scary carbohydrate is here to ruin your diet and make you gain weight. It’s time to separate the facts from the fiction, such as why you should not cut a whole food group out of your diet and why we need carbs.
Do Men And Women Build Muscle And Strength At Different Rates?
It’s a common misconception that exercise must be long to be effective. This usually aligns with the notion that exercise is all about calories burned.
Understanding Pilates
It’s a common misconception that exercise must be long to be effective. This usually aligns with the notion that exercise is all about calories burned.
Does Dieting Affect Your Gains?
In a recent study, researchers looked at the effect of Low Energy Availability (LEA) on muscle protein synthesis in trained females. LEA arises when the energy intake doesn’t suffice to cover the energy demands from physical exercise and basal physiological operations.
Understanding Fat Loss
Fat loss and weight loss are terms often used interchangeably but mean very different things because the overall weight of the human body is complex.
Master the Basics – General Activity vs NEAT
So much emphasis is on working out to achieve weight loss and general health benefits. But, something that has been well established for DECADES is that exercise alone is a poor method for weight loss. For overall health, yeah, of course, exercise is good, but it can’t make up for a sedentary life.
Master the Basics – Warm Up & Movement Prep
There needs to be more clarity over warm-ups as there is only a little conclusive research depending on your bias. But I’ll discuss what we know and what I believe to be correct based on my experience.
Master the Basics – Structuring Your Cardio Sessions
The first thing to consider is the neuromuscular demand of your cardio activity. Some forms of cardio need a lot more recovery than others, and it’s essential to consider this before choosing what to do.
Master the Basics – Structuring Your Cardio Sessions
The first thing to consider is the neuromuscular demand of your cardio activity. Some forms of cardio need a lot more recovery than others, and it’s essential to consider this before choosing what to do.
Master the Basics – Should You Be Training To Failure?
This topic is dominating a lot of evidence-based training practices, and it’s not a straight answer here are four key things to think about.
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