In this post, I’m going to show you a highly effective 2-day full-body workout routine that you can use to build muscle. First, I want to answer a very common question: Is working out twice a week enough? Or is it just a complete waste of time? Any amount of time spent lifting weights, be […]
Strength Training For Cyclists: Will It Make You Faster?
Some say that cyclists have no business at all lifting weights. Cycling relies mainly on cardiovascular fitness, they say, and there’s absolutely no need to be strong. Strength training represents wasted time that could be much better spent on the bike, and is therefore completely pointless. Others claim that strength training will transform you into […]
Alpha-Lipoic Acid and Weight Loss: The Horseman Takes a Fall
Alpha-lipoic acid forms part of the PAGG stack, a combination of several nutrients made popular in Timothy Ferriss’s book The 4-Hour Body. Ferriss calls it one of the “four horsemen of fat burning” for its alleged ability to “store the carbohydrates you eat in muscle or in your liver as opposed to in fat.” Intrigued […]
The Real Truth About Deer Antler Spray, IGF-1 and Muscle Growth
On the eve of the Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis had to deny using deer antler spray to speed his recovery from a torn muscle. Three-time golf major champion Vijay Singh also found himself in hot water when a Sports Illustrated article reported that he paid $9,000 for the supplement, stickers with holograms […]
HIIT and the Afterburn Effect: Myth or Fact?
The afterburn effect is certainly real in the sense that exercise (especially intense exercise, such as HIIT) can affect your metabolism for a number of hours after the workout is over. However, the size of afterburn effect, as well as the extent to which it contributes to fat loss, have been exaggerated. Here’s a closer […]
Can Body Fat Calipers Accurately Measure Body Fat Percentage?
I don’t use or recommend any of the body fat tests out there. That’s mainly because they don’t tell me anything that I can’t see for myself by looking in the mirror. If you really want some kind of “objective” way to measure how much fat you’re losing over time, I’d suggest using skinfold calipers. […]