Overhead press behind the head Lat pull down behind the head Upright row – Full range Front raise What are talking about here?Well pretty much it comes down to risk to reward ratio. Risk of injury compared to the reward…
What determines how much muscle will you gain / maintain? A lot of factors come into play. 1)The natural level of testosterone a person has. Testosterone is without question strongly related to muscular size. One of the more relevant studies…
The FTO gene or ‘fat mass and obesity-associated gene’ is associated with increased obesity in animals and humans. A 2007 study of 38,759 Europeans examined how variants of the FTO gene affects human obesity. It showed that carriers of one variation of the gene weighed an average of 2.6…
Essentially yes and to understand this we need to take to take a look at our anatomy. Skeletal muscle is made up of bundles of muscle fibres called myocytes which contain many myofibrils. Myofibrils are strands of proteins (actin and…
The answer is NO. Muscle soreness is purely an indicator of muscle fibre damage. However, muscle fibre damage doesn not mean the session was good nor productive. It means just that. What is an indicator a good session? Well if…
If we know that losing weight is all about being in a caloric deficit, then why is exercising so important? Is it because it burns calories? Well that would be a very inefficient way of weight management, being that for…
If you are serious about your training or you just want to do things property, in the most efficient and healthiest way possible, you should know this. Our bodies have a couple of energy systems at their disposal, depending on…
The short answer is – Absolutely NOT. But how is that possible when almost everybody knows that if you want to lose weight you need to do cardio. Let’s have a look. What is a cardio workout? It’s a type…
