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The secret to building muscle
Well it's not really a secret... just as needing a 'calorie deficit' to lose weight is not really a secret either BUT, for one reason or another the concept of a calorie deficit is non existent to the overwhelmingly masses of the population Add in the fact that there is a massive monopoly in the so called 'fitness…
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Why it can sometimes better to use an AVERAGE weight rather than just once per week
I just want to pre-face this by first saying that this is not necessarily the OVERALL best way to do things, but rather from a purely mathmatical & accuracy point of view. Some people have deep layered emotional issues in regards to using the scales & perhaps need to stay far away from them & find an alternative method for…
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3 Keys for successful fat loss!
very oversimplified.. but the foundation at it's very core
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Your body still counts calories, even if you don’t…
Why I think it's a good idea for a beginner to count calories initially, even if it's only for a few short weeks.... Look, I know it can seem overwhelming to start counting calories (even though myfitnesspal.com will track everything FOR you these days) and all the numbers seem so complex & confusing as hell. I don’t think…
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Does muscle burn fat?
I’ve seen this mentioned quite a few times recently & it seems like most people are a bit mis-informed or confused about this, so this is to help clarify: Skeletal muscle tissue is metabolically active tissue (just like the brain, heart, liver, etc) Now metabolically active doesn’t directly mean ‘fat burning’, it means…
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Ready to quit???
If you don’t want to quit yet…. You will! You absolutely will want to quit & throw it all in at some stage. You’ll be fed up of the slow progress, The stalls, The ups & downs, The frustration from not seeing any change when you look in the mirror, The feeling of guilt when you go off your plan and go on an unscheduled food…
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The emotional up & downs of the weight loss journey
So.. let’s take a quick look at an example of a long term trend & how most people feel during (if they don’t quit before the end that is) lets use 12 weeks for an example: For this example, we’re going to say that the target is just 1lb per week, and we’re weighing ourselves every day, then taking the average weight for…
