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Read parts 1-4 of this muscle gain series – here, here, here and here. Strength and Size More strength is more muscle. If you lift big, you get big. This is why the best bodybuilders that ever existed were strong like bulls. They knew strength equals size. Here’s how this works: placing stress on your muscles causes […]
Self-confidence, arguably, is the foundation of psychological well-being. Everything else is built upon this base. Everything you experience in life is better when you feel really, really good about yourself. Yet, we see a lack of this self-confidence everywhere; “what will my family think if I take this job?” “what will my friends think if […]
It seems that many of you have an irrational fear of cardio and its muscle-burning potential. Let me assure you that this fear is indeed irrational. As always, 80% of your body composition is determined by your diet, so as long as you don’t starve yourself, your cardio will not burn through all your muscle. Make […]
There’s a lot of hype around pre-workouts, and just about every major YouTuber you can think of is pushing some kind of pre-workout supplement. Theirs is different to the rest, provides you with “clean energy” this and that. Nobody is debating that these supplements don’t make you feel energised. But the problem we run into, […]
Looking to lose weight for the summer? Join the crew. I’ve done posts before on losing weight, but I want to focus on older guys today, and the mindsets that a lot of guys seem to operate from. As always, psychology is huge when it comes to dieting, and particularly when it comes to keeping […]
For a lot of people, the most difficult part of a diet is the beginning. How many people have you heard say “It starts tomorrow”, or “next week”, or whatever. And it never happens. You ask them how it’s going at some point later in time, and inevitably, they throw some excuse around such as: […]
Parts 1, 2 and 3 are here, here and here. These will provide context for you if you haven’t read them yet. Building Your Base – Eating For Muscle Gain So, now we know how to train correctly, in order for our journey to building Rome to be a profitable one. The question is, how […]
Let me start by saying that you will always mess up occasionally, and that no dieting structure will make you completely invincible. But, IF will decrease your fail rate tremendously. It’s a funny phenomenon, dieting. It shows just how irrational people are, myself included – the Psychologist, Kahneman touches on this in much of his […]
It’s great. I’m sat here, casually writing blog posts, watching everyone else around me stressing, arguing and crying about their upcoming deadlines. I’m not joking. It isn’t just stress and anxiety, it’s literally tears in some cases. These deadlines appear to be really affecting some people, causing them a great deal of unhappiness. Furthermore, I […]
Parts 1 and 2 are here and here – you will need to read these before reading this article. This will focus on training for muscle gain, nutrition will follow shortly. Building Your Base – Training For Muscle Gain We’ve heard it all before, but I will say it again… “Rome wasn’t built in a […]
