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Hungry, Hungry Hormones – Part 2
As discussed last weekin Part I, Leptin is a hormone produced when the OB (obesity) gene is expressed. While I've already discussed [...]
Hungry, Hungry Hormones – Part I
An overview of Leptin and related hormones. Is It Really That Simple? I wish someone would hand me a shiny US nickel every time I heard some [...]
The Fountain of Human Growth Hormone (HGH)
The year was 1513. Don Juan Ponce de Leon, better known as "Pump" in transcontinental travel circles, was on a seemingly hopeless mission. Pump de Le [...]
Are You an Active Couch Potato?
In the past few years, newspapers, magazines and TV have been broadcasting warnings about the hazards of too much desk time: "Prolonged sitting can ma [...]
Sleep and Muscle Loss
In this post, I'd like to talk to you about how to retain lean body mass (or even gain some) while dieting, by avoiding common mistakes that lead to m [...]
The Beginner’s Fast Track Guide To Building Muscle – Part 2
Eating like a bodybuilder is easy right? After all, it's only 6 meals a day, involving cooking, preparing, weighing foods, shopping, figuring out how [...]
Insulin Sensitivity and Fat Loss
Over the years, bodybuilding nutrition has divided itself into three fairly distinct categories (I'm going to leave out the ones I consider voodoo non [...]
The Beginner’s Fast Track Guide To Building Muscle – Part 1
If you are a complete beginner or just getting started into fitness then this is going to be one of the most helpful articles you ever read to fast tr [...]
Why Am I Not Getting Any Bigger?
"...I go to the gym regularly and I train hard, but I am not getting any bigger... Why...?"I get asked this question A LOT by both guys and gals who a [...]
8 Evil Habits that Hijack Your Progress And Snuff Out Your Motivation
"Don't let anybody tell you what your ultimate potential is. You just don't know. You've got to go ahead and test yourself, and put yourself in the gy [...]
5 Growth Tactics For Your Muscle Building Back Workouts
Want to really impress me? Cranking out 30 chin ups in a row or bang out a set of wide grip pull ups with a 25 pound weight hanging from your waist. [...]
A Primer on Dietary Carbohydrates
Having previously done a fairly detailed Primer on Dietary Fats, I wanted to do something similar on the topic of carbohydrates (in the future I'll do [...]
Is The HCG Diet For Weight Loss a Scam?
Question:I am having a hell of a time losing the last 10 pounds. I can get down a couple, but then I always gain them back. I have friends that went o [...]
The 4 Reasons You Can’t Kill Belly Fat
Can you really drop up to 11 pounds from your body (and belly) in just 7 days (and keep losing it at a record pace for weeks to come)? Believe it or n [...]
Cardio Increases Muscle Growth?
"Cardio bashing" has become rampant in the fitness industry in the last few years. Have you noticed?I sure have.Both practitioners and experts alike h [...]
