How To Recover After Cheating On Your Diet

So you’ve stuck to your nutrition plan religiously for 4,8 or maybe even 12 weeks now. You have experienced some great results and nothing can stop you. Suddenly, you have found yourself half way through a cheese burger and large chips. All that hard work and all those results are surely ruined. Or are they?

Is “M.E.Dication” The Answer To Your Results?

Forgive me for the slightly deceptive title. Although, If you are reading this then it must have worked. I bet you’re wondering what the M.E.D stands for in M.E.Dication. M.E.D is something I always look for when planning someone’s training, nutrition and lifestyle protocols for best results. M.E.D stands for ‘Minimum Effective Dose’. As the

Don’t Get ‘A’ Grip

For all round muscular development and strength gains, grip position plays a big factor. The ability of our shoulder and wrist to internally and externally rotate allows us to assume many different grip positions. There are 3 main grip positions: Supinated – Palm facing up, Underhand grip Pronated – Palm facing down, Overhand grip Neutral/Semi-Pronated

Pre-Workout Making Your Skin Tingle?

Pre-workout products are a combination of various ingredients designed to improve your workout. They are popular as an energy kick due to the majority of pre-workout products containing caffeine. If you have ever used a pre-workout you may have experienced skin tingles or itchiness. Why does this happen? This itchiness or tingling skin is caused

What Is A Calorie?

Calories are often hailed as the be all and end all of nutrition. Want to gain weight? Eat more calories. Want to lose weight? Eat less calories. It’s that simple right? Unfortunately it’s not always that simple and I’ll explain why. Before I do I want to add that measuring calorie intake and increasing or

Understanding What Catabolic & Anabolic Mean For Your Results

Every second of the day our body will either be in a catabolic or anabolic state. If you are trying to lose body fat or build muscle then you need to understand these terms. Catabolic and anabolic states indicate to us whether we are building or burning nutrients. These terms I mentioned briefly in our

The Best Nutrition Plan In The World

The best nutrition plan in the world. This is what we are all searching for isn’t it? The best nutrition plan to help us drop fat, build muscle and have optimal health. You can stop searching because I have some news. There is no such thing as the ‘best’ nutrition plan that works 100% of

Eating Better But Feel Worse? 3 Reasons Why

Have you started eating better but feel worse?  It is far more common than you think. Many weight loss journeys have a similar trend. There is an initial rush of motivation and drive to achieve your goal. To drop weight, people will often change as many things as possible to see results. This often entails

Understanding Your Training Program: Rest Periods

Rest periods are a vital part of your training program but are often overlooked. People will fall for 1 of the 2 following mistakes: Mistake #1: Thinking that rest periods between sets are a waste of time and that less rest is always best. Mistake #2: Taking too long during rest periods and not achieving

Understanding Your Training Program: Tempo

Tempo is often underrated when it comes to a training program. It refers to the speed that you perform an exercise and will have a tremendous effect on what stimulus your muscles will recieve. If you are training to improve strength then your tempo should be different than if you were performing a higher repition