Anything outside the 6-12 rep range is a total waste of time if you want to make gains in size. Hit 1-5 reps and you’ll be working solely on strength and anything above 12 reps is virtually cardio. Right? What about muscle confusion? Don’t you have to switch things up to keep your body guessing? And if your training doesn’t make you sore then you might as well go back to sitting on the … [Read more...]
6 Convincing Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Eat Clean
“How come you’re buying ice cream? Aren’t you supposed to be the healthy one?” Those were the words that greeted me, caught red handed with a load of 'big bite' ice cream in my basket. It was film night and being the food lover I am, I was doing the ice cream rounds at lidl. To me, my ice cream laden basket wasn’t that big of a deal: My designated ice cream fit into my Calorie … [Read more...]
Is Your Training Split Costing You Gains?
A sure fire way to screw up ANY chances of making gains is to train anything other than chest on a Monday. Fortunately for me, yesterday my upper body session fell on a Monday, which meant I could reap all the gains of International Chest Day. With all joking aside though, where did this idea of training chest on a Monday come from? What can it teach you about your training split? And … [Read more...]
The Fundamental Principles Of Lifting : How To Get Jacked Part 1
If there were one simple and easy trick to building muscle like a load of magazines and the media tells us all Then most guys would be jacked. Are they? No Why? Because making gains does not happen overnight. It takes time, effort, consistency and smart training Particularly if you’re past the ‘newbie gains’ stage when virtually anything you do in the gym will make you … [Read more...]