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How Many Sets Per Week to Maximize Muscle Building

How many sets should we have per muscle group each week to make the most progress in the gym? There is significant scientific data suggesting that at least 10 sets per muscle group per week is sufficient to make significant progress with weight training. What we do not currently know is the extent to which […]

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Flexible Dieting During Time Away From Home (Business Trips/Vacation)

The most important part of flexible dieting is controlling what we can and not worrying about the rest.

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Flexible Dieting Strategies

Meeting our health and fitness goals should never mean we sacrifice doing what we enjoy. One of the most difficult parts of eating healthy is staying on track with our goals when we go out with friends or family and enjoy some delicious food or alcoholic beverages. The strategies we will discuss to overcome this […]

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How to Eat to Maximize Muscle Mass and Gain Strength-Part 3 and 4

Part 3 We digest protein into amino acids which are transported through our bloodstream to repair our damaged muscles. Amino acids circulating in our bloodstream need to be let into the cells they are trying to repair to do their job – our bodies must secrete insulin in order for this to happen. For example, […]

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How to Eat to Maximize Muscle Mass and Gain Strength – Part 1 and 2

Part 1 Are you someone who wants more progress out of the gym than what you are currently getting? There are 168 hours in a week, it’s easy to spend 2-3 of them exercising but the difficult part is supporting our goals throughout the full week with what we eat throughout every day. Nutrition is […]

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What to do When You Stop Making Progress in the Gym

Have you ever been making steady progress in the gym only for you to spend an extended period of time not making any progress? In this article we will discuss what you can do when you hit a plateau with your progress in the gym. In previous articles, we have discussed why it is important […]

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Staying on Track with Fitness Goals During the Holidays

With New Year’s Eve coming up we know that we will all be tempted to indulge in food and drinks to celebrate and bring in the New Year. This article will discuss what we can do to stay on track with our fitness goals while still being able to enjoy our time around friends and […]

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Why You Should Track Performance While Training

Do you want to make sure you are making progress in the gym from week to week? Tracking your performance is one of the most important factors regarding our previous article: “How to Train for Muscle Growth” where we discussed the proper implementation of progressive overload. For a quick recap, progressive overload refers to us […]

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How to Train For Muscle Growth

If you have ever tried to exercise on your own and have found that your progress stalls out after a few weeks of training, this article is for you! We will be discussing how you should be training in order to ensure you continue to make progress. The most important aspect of any training program […]

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