Caffeine, caffeine, caffeine, who doesn’t love themselves some caffeine? Speaking of caffeine, coffee is the most popular drink worldwide. Where two billion cups are consumed every single day. As you probably already know, coffee contains quite a bit of caffeine, with about 115 mg of caffeine in every cup. Caffeine could lead to improved training, better […]
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Wouldn’t it be great if there was a way to train that primed our muscles to grow? …isn’t that hypertrophy training? Oh well, I guess it is, but if you’ve read Parts 1 & Part 2 on Primer Phases you’ll have been introduced to something that is a great addition to a periodised plan. You’ll
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Priming yourself for fat loss & muscle gain. Sounds pretty damn good right? That’s because it is, but many people don’t do this, and it’s why so so many people struggle to get into the shape they want. If you haven’t read The Primer Phase – the unsung hero of nutritional periodisation I highly recommend
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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,
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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
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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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