Senior Weight Lifting
A lot of older people are intimidated by the hoard of sweaty tattoo covered beef busses that litter the weights area of the gym and tend to stick to walking in a half hearted way on the treadmill or...
View ArticleWhat Is Whey Protein
Whey is a concentrated form of protein that arises during manufacture of cheeses. Whey is the powdery substance that remains when all the milk has congealed and soaked up all the available liquid. All...
View ArticleBodybuilding Hunger
Do you find yourself in a constant state of hunger? If so the solution might not be to eat more but to just change your lifestyle. The usual advice for people plagued by post workout hunger pangs is to...
View ArticleThe Myth of Healthy Cereal Bars
It has recently come to the attention of the public that cereal bars are not the healthy snack they advertise themselves to be. All together now – duuhhhh. Eating cereal bars as a snack or meal is a...
View ArticleBulking and Cutting
For the uninitiated, bulking and cutting refer to dietary plans that will ‘bulk’ muscle and ‘cut’ fat, respectively. It’s one of those obviously made-up and illogical myths that have probably been set...
View ArticleStrength Training
After you’ve been hitting the free weights for 6-8 months you can consider transitioning from endurance resistance training to strength training. You should only consider this an option if you have...
View ArticleYo Yo Dieting
You would think that the problem most overweight people have with diets is lack of motivation and discipline. Apparently this isn’t always the case and it is in fact their motivation to lose weight...
View ArticleCarbohydrates and Weight Gain
Before we begin, let’s just remind ourselves of the most popular foods rich in carbohydrates: • White bread • Pasta • White rice • Potatoes • White flour It would be best if you could avoid these...
View ArticleFree Weights, Machines and Cables
The gym floor usually segregates free weights and resistance exercise machines, and sometimes people aren’t sure which to use and why. In the most general sense, machines are used to target very...
View ArticleHow Accurate Are Gym Calorie Counters?
Many of us rely on the inbuilt calorie counters in treadmills, cross trainers, stationary bikes and stair machines to give us an indication of how much less we can hate ourselves in the shower...
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