Body Recomposition
How to Improve Fat Loss and Muscle Growth on a Cut
In recent years “broscience” has been losing ground to good information. Protein shakes in the locker room? Only a few guys still do that. Morning fasted cardio to lose belly fat? Almost nobody does that anymore. In 2006 a fat loss plan would look like this: Small meals every two hours, chicken breast and broccoli,…
Read MoreWhy You Shouldn't Train to Failure
Imagine this scenario: You’re at the gym in the middle of a hard set of bench press. And you have two choices: Do as many reps as you can and have your friend help you complete the last rep. Stop one or two reps before failure and do an extra set with the same weights.…
Read MoreHow to Improve Strength Gains by Managing Recovery
There are two parts to muscle growth: Creating the stress that disrupts “the comfort zone” Allowing our body to recover from it and improve In the quest for gains, most people only focus on the first part of the equation: training. But optimizing recovery can make a massive difference for the rate of muscle…
Read MoreThe Surprising Benefits of a Lower Protein Intake
This post is copied word for word from my new (still unreleased) fat loss program! I wanted to give you a taste of it before the launch. Here we go! The Benefits of Eating just Enough Protein, not More You may have noticed that the protein intake I recommend is lower than most fitness people…
Read MoreHow to Maximize Muscle Growth using Rest Periods
Ever since Arnold was pumping iron until the late 2000s bodybuilders and coaches believed that short rest periods maximize muscle growth. At the time, researchers were convinced that the spike of growth hormone and testosterone produced by lifting weights were the main causes of muscle growth. As a result most training programs were designed around this belief. Compound movements,…
Read MoreWhy You Should Never Push Through Pain
It’s been one month since the last Muscling In episode and you’ll understand why in a minute. In this episode I’m going to give you some updates on how my lean bulk is going in terms of strength, muscle growth and body fat. The main reason I haven’t released lifting videos lately is because my push workout…
Read MoreYour Real Protein Needs – with Eric Helms and Greg O'Gallagher
At the end of the interview we did on muscle growth, Eric mentioned that he sometimes has his clients reduce their protein intake. Greg has also reduced his protein intake lately so he was curious to learn Eric’s opinion on what the optimum protein intake is. Their discussion was so useful, I had to post it as a…
Read MoreWhat to do if you're Losing Strength while Cutting
*you can download the Path to your Goal Physique from this link In this article we’re going to talk about Losing Strength while Cutting, we’ll discuss why it happens and what to do about it. I’m now almost at the end of my cut and this is the first cut I didn’t lose any strength…
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