Should You Give Up On Sugar?
Good news! You CAN and SHOULD enjoy some candy once in a while without feeling like you are going to get fat. People want an easy explanation for obesity. Sugar…
Good news! You CAN and SHOULD enjoy some candy once in a while without feeling like you are going to get fat. People want an easy explanation for obesity. Sugar…
In most situations, you should try to apply maximum speed to the concentric portion of each rep, rather than focusing on "the mind muscle connection". With light weight bench press…
Why do some people struggle with losing or gaining weight? "Hardgainers" claiming that they have a "high metabolism" are generally mistaken when they blame their base metabolic rate (BMR) for…
Has someone ever told you not to heat olive oil? Was the reason that they feared olive oil would suddenly transform into saturated or trans-fatty oil? Well, let's break this…
Peppers, in general red and yellow, contain high amounts of antioxidants (vitamin C, carotenoids, polyphenol). The levels of these compounds in pepper depend on many factors, including cultivar, maturity, growing…
The effectiveness of how much energy your muscles use for a given movement varies depending on your calorie intake. TEA (Thermic Effect of Activity) refers to how much energy your…
The goal of the “cutting” phase is to use a caloric deficit (eating less than you burn) to shed the fat you have put on as you built muscle (using…
Time to destroy the myth that we absorb a maximum of 30 g protein per meal! This myth comes from the fact that muscle protein synthesis (MPS) stops increasing if more…
Did you know that some of the calories you eat are used to break down the food? TEF or Thermic Effect of Food refers to the energy used by your…
Conventional bro science says that narrow stance squats result in higher activation of the quadriceps (knee dominance), while a wider stance is primarily a posterior chain movement (hip dominance). However,…