You do not have to be a bodybuilder or fitness model to reap the benefits of a fat burner. Fat burners are used by many different people for the same type of benefits. First they help stimulate your metabolism which we all know that weight loss is about burner more calories than you take in so if you speed up your metabolism you burn more calories, thus improving weight loss. Read More

I believe that every gym session should involve an Olympic Bar, and anyone wanting to gain size or strength need to be including the 'Big Four in their routines-Military Press, Deadlift, Bench Press and Squat. Of the many training cycles I have done- Jim Wendler's 5/3/1 has got to be my favorite. A 5 week cycle that will see you progress beyond all your PR's, whilst at the same time building core strength and muscle endurance.

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This week I went event training at The Edge in Arlington, VA to train Strongman Events ready for my next competition. I had 3 events in mind that I wanted to practice-Log Press, Farmers Walk and One Arm Dbell Press.

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The week after a competition always depends on how you feel. Sometimes I have trained again the next day but this last week it was the complete opposite! I felt like I had been hit by a bus, which meant a steady week at the gym.

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Competing in my first US Strongman competition and my first one in nearly 12months was a great feeling besides the usual nerves. On Saturday 10th march I competed in the Capitol Classic Strongman Challenge just outside Washington DC. Despite having pulled my back 2 weeks prior I still was eager to get my season underway and decided to compete.

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The paleolithic diet or better known now a days as the paleo diet is an ancient diet, or so it seems since a lot of times it is referred to as the stone age diet or hunter-gatherer diet, is presumed to be an ancient diet based on fresh all natural wild plants and animals that would have been available during the paleolithic era. The theory behind the diet is that modern humans are genetically adapted to the diet of their paleolithic ancestors and that human genetics have scarcely changed since the dawn of agriculture, therefore an ideal diet for good well-being will be fairly similar to that of our ancestors.

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Great start to the week training. Tuesday I wanted to Max out on 18" Deadlifts Raw-No Deadlift suit just my belt and lifting straps. Breaking down your Deadlifts can help iron out any weaknesses you have. 18" Deadlifts can improve your lockout power

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Training Clever and listening to your body is something that we have all failed to do in the past-including myself. This last week still hopeful at competing at the beginning of March I took into consideration previous build up's.

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So, with competition time fast approaching it’s time to up my game a little bit. I always get people telling me they are doing everything right in the gym but are not seeing any progress in size and very little progress in strength. First thing I ask them is what they consume on a daily basis-9 times out of 10 they are either eating rubbish or simply not enough. You can lift and train all you want to but without proper nutrition you will never progress the way you should.

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10 Ways to beat the Gym If going to the gym were easy it would be as busy as late January or early February year round. So many things can get in the way of our activity if the gym is our only option, so I’m here to give you a few alternatives that even if you are an avid gym goer are nice to change up the routine a bit. Here are ten alternatives to hitting the weights in the gym. As of today there will be no more excuses. Read More

A Girls Guide to Supplements

For most women the reason we even walk into the gym in the first place is not so that we can look Huge and cut like the guys we dream about and see in magazines, no we go to the gym to achieve something much greater, confidence in the way we look and feel. A good, hard, training regimen is the only way to get a perfectly lean body, and it releases all those endorphins that make you feel awesome afterward. At the root of getting lean however, 80% of you program is actually nutritional. What you do not hear about with most nutritional programs is the power of the supplements you take. By adding these 10 supplements to your overall program you will be able to develop more lean muscle, accelerate your fat loss, and improve your overall health.

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The worst experience I ever had in a gym was when I was a newbie and walked into a large gym for the first time. I knew I had been taught I should weight train not just do cardio but I just had no idea what I was doing. I walked around blindly not sure where to start and finally just went and got on the treadmill since that was what I had done so much in the past. My goal today is to keep you from making the same mistake. Every person deserves an opportunity to walk into a gym with confidence and be successful. Here are five tips to ensuring a safe, successful and fun gym experience.

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So hopefully by now you have all checked out my Bio on Mysportsnutrition.com Athlete page and know a little bit about me and my competition background. Read More

Many people now a day know Phil Heath as Phil “The Gift” Heath, Mr. Olympia 2011. For those of us in the fitness and bodybuilding industry we know where the name “The Gift” came from. From the moment Phil stepped on the stage in 2003 as a bodybuilder he is yet to do a show in which he does not take home a trophy. Phil Heath is the prime example that greatness is not limited to one aspect or goal in our life. Greatness is a combination of certain attributes that can carry you to success no matter what you strive to do. Read More

Physical activity of any sort from a friendly soccer game to bodybuilding to the super bowl exposes a person to a variety of influences that promote water loss. The level of excursion to the environment to the clothes you wear all have an impact on how much water will be lost and can ultimately effect whatever it is you are doing. Also keep in mind that there are certain attributes of a person that can affect water loss such as age, weight, and even gender has an effect. Since the body prefers to maintain a certain core temperature, this excess heat must be dissipated to the external environment. Hence exercise is always accompanied by sweating.

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In the world of bodybuilding there are a few things that can quickly end a career for even the best and spinal surgery is one of those things. Read More

The most successful athletes of our time rely on many strategies to channel their strengths and talents into their workouts, diets, and other aspects or their training in order to become the best of the best the most important of those strategies however is a positive mind. Read More

Women's bodybuilding is a relatively new sport that began in the late 1970s. Just as men do, female bodybuilders strive to add muscle and reduce body fat to achieve a balanced, muscular body Read More