Q: What are your thoughts on performing cardio training in the off-season? Is it going overboard?
A: I like it—if kept within reason. For the less-muscled athlete (bikini...
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2024-04-28 02:11
Q: Summer may be ending, but I still want to stay lean year round. I have noticed that I tend to hold more fat around my belly. What’s the best way to get rid of it?
A:...
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2024-04-28 02:11
Q: What’s the most outrageous yet effective protocol you’ve used on a client who was looking to lose fat?
A:
Over the years, I’ve been exposed to various fat-loss...
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2024-04-28 02:11
Q: Do traditional body-part splits work for fat loss in the weight room, or have we come further from those five-times-a-week sessions?
A: No one will argue that the best way to...
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2024-04-28 02:11
The traditional newsstand fitness magazine business is a lie…
If you are going to put an ad in a bodybuilding magazine the first thing you’re going to want to know is how...
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2024-04-28 02:11
DIM's full name is diindolylmethane, and it’s a natural compound formed during the breakdown of plants and the digestion of indole-3-carbinol which is a component of the...
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2024-04-28 02:11
Q: Agmatine sulfate is appearing in a lot of supplements. Can you give me the lowdown on this ingredient?
A: I’ll start out by saying this: There’s very little human research...
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2024-04-28 02:11
Q: I was reading a supplement article online, and it kept referring to certain ingredients such as rhodiola as an adaptogen. What’s an adaptogen and what do they do?
A:...
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2024-04-28 02:11
Q: I heard that Health Canada is going to start cracking down
on what supplements can or can’t be sold here in Canada. Is this true?
A:
Yes, the NHPD (the division of Health...
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2024-04-28 02:11
MUSCLE INSIDER columnist Mark Gilbert definitely practices what he preaches. Recently, he has co-authored a book in cooperation with Muscle & Fitness on HIGH-INTENSITY INTERVAL TRAINING (HIIT...
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2024-04-28 02:11
The most effective supplements always seem to have some sort of media backlash against them. Creatine has traditionally received much criticism because of myths that have overshadowed its use...
Magazine Feature
2024-04-28 02:11
Generation Iron
Pumping Iron was a a groundbreaking look into the mysterious subculture of bodybuilding in the ’70s. But that was then—this is now. Today, bodybuilding is a whole...
Magazine Feature
2024-04-28 02:11
Nadine Hyatt - My Struggle, My Story, My Success
I think my head finally stopped spinning as I walked off the stage at the 2013 Luchka-O’Brien Classic with my second place trophy. It was a...
Magazine Feature
2024-04-28 02:11
Do you find there’s more pressure on you as an athlete when you’re sponsored?
I think there’s an accountability that comes with it. I definitely consider myself more mature; I’ve been in the sport...
Magazine Feature
2024-04-28 02:11
Increasing Strength With Orthotics
As a hardcore lifter getting ready for a serious battle with the iron, you leave nothing to chance. In the pursuit of size, strength and shredded abs,...
Magazine Feature
2024-04-28 02:11
Several studies show the adverse effects of alcohol on muscle growth. Alcohol, consumed either occasionally or frequently, decreases protein
synthesis and affects Type II muscle fibres (the...
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2024-04-28 02:10
The most common injuries are with the shoulders, then the lower back. The most common shoulder injury is the barbell bench press subscapularis myofasciitis. This is a dysfunction of the largest...
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2024-04-28 02:10
The main chest exercises used by most people in gyms are the barbell bench press, dumbbell bench press, dumbbell fl y, incline dumbbell press, and Pec Deck. Out of all of these...
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2024-04-28 02:10
Strawberry mousse shake
1 cup egg whites
4 big strawberries, sliced
125 g fat-free cottage cheese
1 pinch stevia
1 cup strawberry protein powder
1 pinch cream of tartar
DIRECTIONS...
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2024-04-28 02:10
Q: Scott Welch said that there’s new research that shows that women should not take in more than 10 grams per meal, but that guy’s out to lunch! His magazine is great, but he doesn’t know anything...
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2024-04-28 02:10