Your metabolism is one of the biggest factors in your overall health and fitness. It’s your body’s engine – and it means everything when it comes to energy and weight loss. There are 2 primary aspects of your metabolism. There’s your resting metabolic rate, which refers to your body’s ability to convert calories into energy when you’re at rest, and then there’s your metabolic potential, or your ability to increase metabolis [...]
Launch your body into fat-meltdown mode with these 8 metabolism-boosting foods. 1. Sardines Boosting Ingredients: Omega-3s, calcium, protein In the canned foods aisle at the supermarket, these tiny fish often get left on the shelf while can after can of salmon and tuna find their way into your grocery cart. Sardines, however, offer triple metabolic ammo by way of omega-3 fatty acids, calcium and protein. First, by lowering levels of [...]
As a painfully skinny kid I was obsessed with trying to learn about how to increase your appetite. Eating enough clean, healthy calories to get big is brutally hard work and takes incredible dedication. If it were easy you would see tons of lean, muscular 250lb guys walking around everywhere you went. The fact of the matter is it sometimes sucks. You have to force yourself to do it and even base your entire days schedule around eating. Y [...]
It’s a staple in powerlifting circles because it helps offset all those pressing movements. It can also make your posture less Neanderthal-like. Guys are seemingly bullet proof when they first start lifting weights. Bench press three days a week? Hell yeah. A full hour of variations of the cheat curl and triceps extension? Bring it. Heavy behind the neck presses with a spotter? It’s all you, bro! Then, something lame yet pre [...]
Combine all three varieties of abs movements to hone the perfect six-pack! Work your abs from every angle Pounding your abs over and over again with the same exercises will lead only to modest gains and an increased risk of injury. “There are three types of movement which engage your abdominals – and to maximise core workouts you need to be doing all of them,” says personal trainer James King. Mix and match the following selecti [...]
Protein-rich meats are go-to bodybuilding foods for good reason, but you can crank up your muscle-making machine with these plant-based sources, too! 1. Hemp Seeds Here’s some groovy news: Nutty-tasting hemp seeds possess more protein, roughly 11 grams per ounce, than most other seeds. A recent study by Canadian scientists reported the protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score of hemp, research speak for the protein value of a [...]
By a show of hands how many of you think that it’s necessary to perform 2-3 hours of cardio per day to get lean? Don’t be afraid. There is no incorrect answer. Well, not really but let’s pretend that there isn’t a single correct answer. So, what do you think? Is that your final answer? If by chance you believe that it’s necessary to do cardio for 2-3 hours per day you’d be…incorrect. A recent study released by Canadian researchers ha [...]
Don’t compromise your physique or risk injury by following empty training advice. Find out the 6 worst mistakes your trainer may be telling you! 1. Stand On One Leg Probably one of the more common mistakes your trainer is teaching you is the notion that in order to really train your core muscles, it’s important that you balance yourself on an unstable surface. Let’s see a show of hands for the number of times this we [...]
