Do you ever feel as though you can’t trust most things you read on the internet? I certainly do, which is largely the reason why I have created this website – to provide science-based information to help you with your fitness and nutrition. In this article, I am going to cover 9 common fitness myths …
In part one of this article series on weight loss, we talked about how your body burns calories. In part two, we talked about how to calculate your caloric maintenance so you know how many calories you need to eat in order to lose weight. However, just because you know how many calories you should …
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While weight loss is slightly more complicated than just calories in calories out (which I will discuss in a future article), being in a calorie deficit is the biggest determinant when it comes to weight loss. In part one of this three part series on weight loss, I talked about Total Daily Energy Expenditure, the …
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Regardless of whether your goal is to lose or to gain weight, it is helpful to understand the ways in which your body burns calories. In either case, what matters most is comparing the daily calories you eat (energy intake) with the daily calories you burn (energy expenditure). If you consume fewer calories (energy intake) …
When it comes to nutrition, there is so much misinformation out there that it’s hard to know what to trust. It has gotten to the point that I hear many people complain, “if we just had less misinformation about nutrition, the public would be less confused.” But then I look into the work of the …
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One training variable that is important yet often overlooked when trying to maximize muscle growth is rep tempo – how fast you should perform your reps. Yet this is an important factor in considering muscle growth. If you’ve ever seen people thoughtlessly throwing around weights in the gym, you know exactly what I’m talking about. …
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If you have ever worked out, you’ve probably wondered how long you should rest between your sets. Should you take long rests so you are fully recovered? Or should you take shorter rests so your muscles don’t have time to fully recover? In this post, I will provide science-based information on how long you should …
In the previous two articles of this three-part series, I talked about training volume (how many total sets you should do each week for each muscle group) and training frequency (how often you should train each muscle group). In this article, I am going to cover training intensity – how many reps you should be …
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In the previous article, we discussed training volume – how many sets you should do each week for each muscle group. If you haven’t read that article, you can find it here. In this article, I am going to talk about training frequency – how many times per week you should train each muscle group …
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One common question in the fitness community is how many sets should you do each week for a given muscle group in order to optimize muscle growth. Some people spend hours in the gym ever day; others tend to do shorter workouts. Which is most effective? In this article, I will address that very question. …
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