Your Personal Training Blackbook
Fat loss is all about balancing calories in vs calories out, right? Actually, no. While a great idea in theory, body fat percentage is about so much more than simply how many calories you eat. It depends on the quality of the calories, how often you’re eating, whether you’re snacking, how much sleep you get, …
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The trick is to focus on compound movements which recruit multiple muscle groups, apply progressive overload, then be consistent and patient. Zack George performing a squat and deadlift. Photo: Zack George By Rachel Hosie There are a lot of benefits to building muscle that go beyond looking good and being able to pick up heavy things, as Insider’s …
How can you build muscle and burn fat simultaneously? This process is otherwise known as body recomposition. It is where your body fat reduces, and you gain more muscle mass. It is well-known novices experience this when doing resistance training for the first time. But is this possible if you are someone who has been going to …
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Time to step it up a notch. Today’s workout is longer but less intense. This carefully tailored combination of cardio and strength training will get your heart pumping and your blood flowing in no time at all. The whole set takes ten minutes and you need to do it twice. It’s fine to take a …
Nothing makes or breaks a physique more than leg development, and in this infographic, you’ll learn the best leg exercises for building an impressive pair of stumps.
There’s a reason why so many guys are obsessed with arm training: along with a big chest, big arms are one of the most prominent parts of the body. If you’re going to get a compliment from a stranger, it’s probably going to be on your arms.
Your body has approximately 640 muscles (depending on who’s counting), and it’s important to keep every group mobile and healthy. How many muscles do you ignore when you train? You might not realise you are doing it, but it’s easy to get stuck in the same routine, forgetting about other important muscles and exercises. More …
Even if perhaps you were content with your aesthetics and physical proportions – wouldn’t it be nice, or even educational, to know specifically what muscles are being emphasized with certain exercises or what exercises are better suited to target a specific muscle or muscle group?
Pushups are about the most convenient way there is to build up your chest, not to mention your shoulders, arms and upper back. Here are five pushup variations that you can do anywhere, anytime. Besides, you may run into your old gym teacher one of these days.
Your core consists of dozens of muscles that perform multiple tasks, including holding you upright and protecting your vital organs. Our core has three-dimensional depth and functional movement in all three planes of motion. Many of the muscles are hidden beneath the exterior musculature people typically train. The deeper muscles include the transverse abdominals, multifidus, …
