What the hell is a ‘Primer Phase’? It’s something that without an exciting name like ‘primer’ most would turn their nose up to. — but they really shouldn’t. It’s what most would call maintenance. Maintenance….isn’t that another word for stalling? Staying the same? Not progressing? No, kinda, no — when we maintain weight, we’re not changing our […]
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It’s the New Year and there is lots of discussion about making resolutions. Motivation is often cited as crucial to achieving goals. In this article Emma Green argues that it’s not only unnecessary to be motivated to achieve your goals but also efforts to boost motivation are largely a waste of time. Emma will provide
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The omniscient dieter is all knowing. But, they’ve been many other dieters before getting to this point. They’ve had to go through many different ways of eating, seeing the good, the bad, and experiencing success and failure. This experience has laid the foundation for the development of becoming an omniscient dieter, and once there, there
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2016 will mark my 5th year of consistent ‘proper training’ and ‘intelligent nutrition’ as a bodybuilder. First let me clarify, in simple terms: Proper training – planned workouts with progression schemes in place Intelligent nutrition – eating sufficient macros and thus total Calories to fuel my training & goals This is an important distinction to make,
Progressing as an Intermediate Bodybuilder; 5 Key Lessons Read More »
Training volume is a key driver for strength and size gains. By understanding the following you’ll be able to get the most from your training. In part 1 we learnt what Maximal Recoverable Volume (MRV) is and why it’s a powerful training concept. In part 2 we then took this further and touched on the
4 Variables That Impact Your Training Volume [MRV Series Part 3] Read More »
In part 1 of the MRV series we learnt exactly what MRV is. I highly recommend you check that out before reading this next piece (click here). As I said I started this series because of the huge value understanding the concept of MRV has had to my personal results and my clients. Thus, I
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I first came across MRV while reading The Scientific Principles of Strength Training. Honestly, it really opened my eyes. I have been using it within my own programming and with the clients at Revive Stronger to great success. Furthermore, I’ve spent a lot of time learning from Mike Israetel, who came up with the concept
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Adiposephobia- fear of fat. Related to, but not to be mistaken for: Let me take you through this story: The scales gone up a pound. It’s OK, you’re trying to gain muscle. But a pound, in a day, you realise you cannot build muscle at such a pace, surely you may have gained some fat? No,
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Getting your nutrition somewhat right is VERY important for health. Coach Mark takes you through the most important aspects to consider when eating for health. If you get this stuff under control, you’re more than 80% of the way there. However, sadly many people get confused, and mess up their priorities. Read this following short
If you care about your health, you’ll read this Read More »
Your bodybuilding offseason means pigging out, no cardio and winging your workouts? If it does, you’re shooting yourself in the foot. It might be called ‘off’ but trust me when I say this, if you disrespect your offseason you will have a ‘horrendous season’. I’m not saying you don’t eat more, and that you can’t
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