Researchers have found a link between high numbers of specific gut microbes and insulin resistance. Not so much for debate as information, I guess, but I thought it was interesting anyway, and since it's a local university, we are probably hearing about it here before the international media have picked up on it. Blurb…
So, I'm at maintenance now. However, I'm considering going into a sort of cut/bulk cycle, but I'm not sure I can really call it that. Basically, my plan is to slightly up calories and lower cardio in winter when the weather is crap and calorie-dense foods plentiful and then lower calories slightly and do more cardio in…
I am so angry and frustrated right now. I've had a really difficult relationship with food for pretty much all my life, and a big part of my weight loss journey has been trying to normalise that. Overall, I feel I've been very successful at that, and have lost just over 35 kgs (from 105 to just under 70) since Christmas…
My lower body is much, much stronger than my upper body. I know this is common, but it seems disproprotionately so for me. I want to do deadlifts as part of my routine, but I can't get enough weight on the bar to challenge my hips/legs without my shoulders/arms screaming before I'm done with my set. Do you guys reckon it…
