You don’t need to increase the weight on the bar to get bigger. If weight alone equalled size the most muscular people on earth would be powerlifters, strongmen and olympic weightlifters. However, the most muscular people are bodybuilders. Most bodybuilders are strong, but they would lose big time against powerlifters, strongmen and olympic weightlifters who […]
Should You Train At Your Maximum Recoverable Volume?
A common line of thought in skinny-fat guys is that doing more exercises and more overall work leads to better results. This is especially the case with guys who have energy left in the tank at the end of each training session and feel that each training session must leave them feeling annihilated. The problem […]
Why You Can’t Get 6-Pack Abs With Sit Ups and Leg Raises
Visible abs are mostly a result of having low body-fat levels rather than developed ab muscles. This is why you can see untrained skinny guys who have visible abs and definition on their arms and shoulders. They haven’t trained their muscles before however they have low body-fat levels. The low body-fat levels enable them to […]
Multivitamins vs. Real Vegetables: Can You Ditch The Greens And Take Supplements Instead?
There are 7 big benefits to eating real vegetables and it shouldn’t take more than 4-5 minutes per day to eat your vegetables if you do it the right way. The 7 big benefits of eating green leafy vegetables are: 1) Faster training recovery. Green leafy vegetables are high in nitric oxide which improves your […]
Is It Normal To Get Bloated On A Diet?
Most skinny-fat guys suffer from bloating to some extent. There are many reasons to why you are getting bloated on a diet: Fluid levels in your body: When you eat too much sodium and not enough potassium your body retains excess water. This water retention can happen within an hour of eating a high sodium […]
Why You Shouldn’t Use Nicotine As A Pre-Workout or Appetite Suppressant
Around 5 years ago I came across an article on a bodybuilding site about using Nicotine to improve training performance and lose body-fat. Recently I also saw a video on YouTube by an advanced lifter recommending Nicotine gums as a pre-workout supplement and appetite supressor. The argument in favour of using Nicotine goes that smoking […]
Does Masturbation Affect Your Training and Hormones? Should you go NOFAP?
After getting dozens of questions about how masturbation and sex affect training and hormones I’ve finally made a quick post about it. Masturbation has no direct effect on your training and hormones however it has an indirect effect. When you masturbate you sap your sexual energy. This energy can be directed towards your training, preparing […]
Why Refeed Meals Are Important on A Diet
Once per week, I recommend you to have a refeed meal (also called cheat meal) where you eat any foods you desire in unlimited quantities. So go ahead and load up on all the favourite foods you miss on the diet. The refeed meal replaces one of your regular meals. There are 3 reasons to […]
The Sleep, Stress and Hunger Feedback Loop
This blog post was written based on a new episode on my podcast FutureSkillsPodcast.com The sleep, stress and hunger feedback loop is hormonal and it has a compounding effect. Once you mess up one of the hormones, all the other hormones become worse. Then it becomes a self-sustaining feedback loop which is hard to get out […]
The Muscle Fiber Emphasis Training Method For Skinny-Fat Hardgainers
During the last 4 years of training I’ve used a training method that I haven’t seen anyone else use and which has helped me break through growth plateaus in all my naturally weak muscle groups (lats, upper and inner chest, biceps, triceps, deltoids). I like to call it the Muscle Fiber Emphasis Training Method. The […]
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