I think it goes without saying, that we all want to be the best at everything when it comes to training within the gym and preparing our bodies. Unfortunately, everyone will have their gifted strengths along with their weaknesses; it’s just how we are built. Within this blog I am going to highlight the areas where imbalances might appear and give you a practical perspective on how to correct for this.
Month: September 2019
Use it or lose it:
The focus of this blog piece will be around quantifying the rate of decline in muscle mass resulting from the effects of disuse and time off from the gym. Whilst not intending to be a fear mongering post, I do feel it is important that you understand how rapidly the body can change for the worst during a period of time off. Not only can the body decrease muscle protein synthesis, it can also become more resistant to building lean tissue which over all makes it harder to gain back any muscle lost in the first place.
Hypertrophy Part 3:
For the final installment of my 3 part mini-series on hypertrophy, I am going to round this topic off with an insight into nutrition. I am going to keep my focus directly relating to post work out nutrition and the physiological changes that take place within the body during training. I believe there is a lot of conjecture regarding protein and carbohydrate intake and I’d like to clear a few things up so that you are well on your way to understanding what to do and why.