When it comes to dieting for muscle mass and optimal testosterone production, most people think of eating mostly quality foods and hitting their protein, carb and fat targets. While eating quality foods and hitting your protein, carbs and fats are important, these factors alone are not sufficient. Another factor that’s important is nitric oxide. You […]
Why You Should Keep Calories As High As Possible During Cutting
When you start cutting you may be tempted to go on a low Calorie diet to lose weight fast, but this is the wrong way to go about it and now I’ll explain why. First and foremost, an aggressive Caloric deficit is unsustainable because it creates intolerable levels of hunger. After 1-2 weeks of dealing […]
Why I Got A Lung Blood Clot At Age 26 (Low Protein S)
In a recent post I mentioned that I got a lung blood clot at age 26. This is a very serious condition where 1/3 of people die. I was hospitalized for a week with stabbing chest pains that limited my movement. I had to take take painkillers every 3-4 hours to control the pain. The […]
Don’t Break Your Fitness Routine During Times of Hardship
In the last 1.5 year I’ve had 2 near death experiences and while they’ve changed my life, they didn’t change my routine much. No matter how bad my life or health get’s, I always stick to my fitness routine to the best ability possible. Why? Because your fitness routine creates the structure of your life. […]
Should You Use Lat Pulldowns As A Progression To Chin Ups?
In my articles throughout the last 6 years I’ve recommended chin ups over and over again as the #1 exercise for skinny-fat guys. First and foremost, the chin up targets the most important muscle group skinny-fat guys need to develop: The lats. The lats are the “swimmers muscle” located right under your arm-pits. They’re the […]
How to Stick To Your Diet When You Eat In Restaurants
If you can manage to eat meals that resemble those in your diet, then eating out with your friends is no problem. If you’re on a good diet plan, it should include a large variety of healthy foods which are available in most good restaurants. For example, most decent restaurants offer a variety of quality […]
Will You Lose Muscle By Taking 2 Weeks Off Training? (My Experience With Getting Pulmonary Embolism)
Around 10 days ago I went to the cinema to watch Aquaman and as I walked there I felt a sharp pain in the right side of my chest. I thought it was just muscular soreness and didn’t think much of it, however later that night I also started coughing blood. Therefore the next morning […]
Should You Lose Fat Without Gaining Muscle Mass?
You can lose body-fat without gaining muscle mass by keeping your strength training very light, however I recommend that you at least maintain muscle mass. The reason is simply that: 1) Muscle mass is metabolically precious. This means that the more muscle mass you carry, the more Calories you burn at rest. It makes it […]
Dropsets and Rest-Pause Sets to Increase Training Intensity and Activate More Muscle Fibers
When I train, I try to maximize muscle growth by using a variety of rep ranges. All the way from 3-5 to 20. The 2 methods I use to accomplish this while saving time are dropsets and rest-pause sets. Dropsets: I do 3-4 mini-sets in one go where I gradually lower the weight. Rest-pause sets: […]
How to Optimise Your Sleep
There are 4 things essential to changing your body-composition: Training Sleep Stress management Diet A lot of people neglect sleep and stress management which together have at least as much effect on your body-composition as your diet. When you sleep your body recovers for the next training session and builds muscle. After a poor night […]
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