For muscle gain, calories are the single most important variable in a diet. Calories will meet your energetic demands and when you put yourself into a hypercaloric diet, you will set yourself up well for muscle gain. You need excess calories to build muscle tissue, mass cannot be creating from nothing:
Strength athletes know the importance of having more muscle, and the leaner you are, the more muscle you can carry while staying at the top …
How to Use the Diet Priorities to Your Advantage: A large portion of most peoples' training efforts are directed at the goals of getting leaner, putting …
Originally Posted at RenaissancePeriodization.com Sugar is obviously evil, right? With all of the media focus on the dangers of sugar and other anti-sugar propaganda out there, …
It seems that you can’t look anywhere on the internet without being bombarded with fitness individuals showing off their ice cream, cookies and other fun …
Protein, carbs and fats are the three macronutrients that compose your calorie intake - unless you drink enough alcohol to count that as a major …
We’ve likely all been there before, your diet is going perfect for awhile and then you have a trip planned or a business dinner/meeting. For …
The wait is over, Part II of Become Your Own Nutrition Coach is finally here. In Part I, we discussed a number of introductory points, …
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