General Knowledge for Fitness Success
Besides setting your diet and training, getting a great physique requires a few more skills such as estimating your body fat percentage, knowing how to track progress, knowing whether you should cut or bulk, and more. In this section, we've compiled videos, articles and other resources for you to learn how to become your own fitness coach.
RECENT GENERAL FITNESS ARTICLES
Transcript: Welcome to episode 5 of Muscling In ! A few weeks ago I changed my routine, I went from the 3 day split from the Greek God Program to the 2 day split MEGA workouts. The reason I made the change was so I can train the core movements more frequently and to include more…
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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…
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As we were talking about training for muscle growth Eric mentioned how slow muscle growth gets for advanced lifters. From that point the discussion naturally transitioned into talking about what your natural genetic potential for muscle growth is. Eric studied this subject extensively, wrote about it, and talked about it in several videos. In this video he…
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I’ve been a fan of Eric’s work for a long time and it was an absolute joy to finally have the chance to talk with him! Greg also joined us for this talk which made it twice as good! Here were my questions: 1:23 – Is there a default setup of intensity, volume and frequency that naturally…
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Is eating before your workout important? Do you need to eat immediately after working out? The most extensive and conclusive information on nutrient timing I ever found was these two meta-analyses by Alan Aragon and Brad Schoenfeld: The effect of protein timing on muscle strength and hypertrophy: a meta-analysis Nutrient timing revisited: is there a post-exercise…
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My friend, mentor, and partner Greg O’Gallagher just released his new course: The Bodyweight Mastery Program! Today we sat down to discuss how the programs works. Here’s a summary of what we covered in the video: If you can build a strong and muscular physique with weight training alone, why would you care about bodyweight…
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