Training • Apr 3rd 22 • Comment
Training a muscle is training a muscle. You can maintain and keep the muscle that you have, increase muscle mass, or lose it. Muscle responds to stimuli, whether you are maintaining or gaining.
The concept of “toning” isn’t really a thing ...well, kind of, but not really.
Toning is a blend of concepts: maintaining or adding muscle mass while decreasing body fat to reveal that muscle.
Exercise while adapting nutrition to lose weight, is the difference between losing weight (muscle,…
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Training • Apr 3rd 22 • Comment
Training without direction will most likely result in frustration when you start hitting the gym. Even for workout veterans, if you try to make a change or addition to your workout routine, you have to be clear on the results you expect for your hard work. Muscle growth requires muscle specificity, overload and recovery. A weight loss plan requires a combination of dietary restrictions and physical activity to decrease body fat, while maintaining muscle.
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Training • Feb 13th 22 • Comment
Training to failure: attempting to lift a certain weight a certain number of targeted repetitions, so that the last rep isn't possible. It is a widely debated topic.
The support for it:
Training to failure has worked for a lot of people. We cannot dismiss proof of concept. Muscle reacts to fatigue and there is no question that pushing a muscle to fail results in fatigue. Without overload, muscle will not grow.
The science behind it:
Recent research compared groups…
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