Throw away your scale. It’s lying to you. Now come on, you know I don’t really mean that right? Previously I’ve written an entire article on why I think measuring your bodyweight is such a good idea, an essential tool in your body composition tool box. So what do I mean? Well you know what, […]
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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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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 »
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
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Food porn, the arrangement of meats to look like phallic objects… Lol…no!!! That’s not what I’m talking about, although I’m not going to discount that people might find that somewhat exciting (not me of course). What I am talking about is #foodporn that you see dotted around the internet, especially on instagram. Heck it’s a
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As a bodybuilder we all want bigger calves. Heck we want everything bigger. But if you were to ask 10 bodybuilders what muscle group they found hardest to grow for most it would be their calves. I’m one of those bodybuilders, my calfs have always been stubborn, or at least I thought they were. The thing is it’s one
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