Fasting improves cognitive function, increases neurotrophic factors, increases stress resistance, and reduces inflammation.Fasting is a challenge to your brain, and your brain responds to that challenge by adapting stress response pathways which help your brain cope with stress and risk for disease. The same changes that occur in the brain during fasting mimic the changes that occur with regular exercise. […]
Proteins 1) 4 ounces ground turkey (85/15) 20 grams protein, 16 grams fat 2) 4 ounces ground beef (85/15) 20 grams protein, 16 grams fat 3) 1 chicken breast 6 ounces 26 grams protein, 2 grams fat 4) Salmon 4 ounces 23 grams protein, 12 grams fat 5) 4 ounces steak (lean) 35 grams protein, 7 grams fat Complex carbs […]
Why incorporate heavy chains into your lifting? For dat ASS of course lol Lifting chains works for bodybuilders for three reasons: 1) They help match the resistance curve of an exercise with the strength curve of a muscle; 2) they prolong the time under tension of an exercise; and 3) they increase the intensity of an exercise.After I finish my […]
I’m gonna beat you guys over the head with BROWN FAT ACTIVATION (BAT) everyday!! It is the ONLY proven science regarding fat loss. I invite you to do your research!! Your fat burner or thermogenic can make all the claims they want, but if they are not using (BAT) then you wasted your money ¯_(ツ)_/¯ http://fitnessrxformen.com/nutrition/supplements/turn-up-the-heat-with-thermo-heat/
PART 1: Are fat burners a waste of money? In short, basically yes. This is because 95% of the products out there are nothing more than cheap stimulants pushing vague, misinterpreted very old science. Forget the term fat burner. It is just stupid. Thermogenic means the ability to produce heat via metabolic increased metabolic function aka THERMOGENESIS Now I could […]
Time and time again I see or hear competitors talking about cutting all their sodium as they think sodium causes bloating. Well lets debunk this myth and in fact point out how cutting sodium/water in fact is hurting your physique. Aldosterone is a steroidal hormone and in short when aldosterone levels rise the subsequent result is water retention. The key […]
Exercise, cutting calories, and losing fat are difficult, so you want the most from your weight-control program. A study from the University of Munich in Germany showed that meal timing, dietary composition, and exercise influenced post-exercise fat metabolism. George Brooks from the University of California in Berkeley showed that the body uses mainly fat as fuel at exercise intensities below […]
#1: Eat Your BreakfastEating breakfast within about 30 minutes of waking up can have a significant impact on how much you eat and how hungry you are the rest of the day. Remember – breakfast stands for “break the fast”, which is what you have essentially been doing since going to bed the night before! By the time you wake, […]
My tips for building the best abs in the business and maintaining them year round:1) We all know the most important factor in having abs is low bodyfat. In addition it is how you get that low bodyfat that is crucial to sustainable conditioning. If you follow a protocol that goes to extreme measures such as low calorie diets and […]
Tips for building a bad ass back: 1) Stop wearing a belt did things like squats and deadlifts. Unless of course you are a powerlifter. I see so many guys, mp competitors in particular with underdeveloped erector muscles (the two muscles in your lower back that connect into your glutes) because they constantly wear a belt when training. I can […]
