Can training a muscle group six times a week work better than training that same muscle group three times a week? To most people, the idea sounds completely outrageous. Working a muscle group six days a week is just going to wreck your joints, beat up the CNS and leave you overtrained and burned out. […]
Should You Eat Carbs and Fat Together?
Many people believe that in order to maximize fat loss, you should avoid eating fat and carbohydrate in the same meal. Protein and fat is fine. So is protein and carbohydrate. But if you eat fat while insulin levels are elevated from the carbohydrate, your fat cells are going to fill up faster than Samson […]
How Many Meals A Day Should I Eat To Gain Muscle
For years, we’ve been told that eating every 2-3 hours is the best way to build muscle and gain weight. However, there are claims that eating too frequently could actually impair gains in muscle mass. The idea is that eating too often has the potential to slow muscle growth by “desensitizing” muscle tissue to further […]
Core Conditioning: How to Build a Core of Steel
If you want to improve your core conditioning, but you’re not quite sure how to go about it, this page will show you how. You’ve read a lot about how important it is to have a strong core. But you’ve come across plenty of different opinions about the best way to get one. Some say […]
Are BCAAs Worth It? No. Here’s Why
If you want more muscle than you have right now, branched-chain amino acids are quite possibly the most valuable supplement in the entire known universe. Take them before and after a workout, as well as between meals, and your muscles will grow larger at a rate faster than you ever thought possible. That’s the theory, […]
How Often Should You Train Each Muscle Group?
Some say that for best results, you should work each muscle group as often as three times per week. Others will tell you that training a muscle group more than once a week constitutes overtraining. If you want to build muscle and get strong, which approach works best? There’s no universally “correct” training frequency that […]