If you want to lose weight, should your protein shake contain whey or casein? Is one better than the other? Or will they have much the same effect on weight loss? Protein and Weight Loss When it comes to getting lean, protein has a couple of important roles. First, it does a better job at […]
How Many Protein Shakes Should You Have Each Day to Build Muscle?
Protein shakes are a quick and easy way to increase the amount of protein in your diet. But how many protein shakes a day should you actually be drinking? And how many is too many? Let’s find out. Since you’re reading an article about protein shakes, I’m going to assume a few things are true […]
Fasted Exercise to Lose Weight: Effective or Not?
Is fasted exercise going to help you lose weight faster? Some people claim it’s the secret to weight loss, while others say it’s no better than exercise done after a meal. Who’s right? Back in the day, I used to do a lot of fasted exercise, mainly because I believed that working out on an […]
5-Day Workout Split – Upper/Lower/Push/Pull/Legs
If you want a highly effective 5-day workout split you can use to build muscle, the upper/lower/push/pull/legs routine will get the job done better than most. Let’s jump right in. There’s a link between training volume and hypertrophy. That is, the more hard sets you do for a particular muscle group, up to a point […]
Fitness Superheroes Gone Rogue
Not long ago, I binge-watched a few episodes of a TV show on Amazon called The Boys. It’s all about a group of individuals with super powers who are seen as celebrities by the general public. But it’s all fake. Behind the scenes, they’re actually corrupt superheroes who abuse their powers rather than use them […]
Lumen Review: Stalked by the Lumen Metabolism Hacker
Recently, I was targeted by a YouTube ad for something called Lumen, which claims to be the first device to hack your metabolism. Even after I left and went to another site, it was still there, stalking me. Eventually I gave in, and clicked the ad to see what it was all about. What is […]