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The Main Differences Between Dirty and Clean Bulks
Bulking is not as simple as it may at first seem. The whole idea behind it is to create a prolonged state where the body has a surplus of calories, and within this time, training is specifically centred around muscle growth; it’s essentially the opposite of a weight loss diet. But, within this concept, there […]
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The Difference Between Sore Muscles and an Injury
If you feel the strain during a workout, then chances are you’re experiencing acute muscle soreness, and in this case the smart advice is to stop. After a few hours, you’re likely to get the next phase which is Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness. After around 24-72 hours, however, it generally tapers off and you’re once […]
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The Best Time to Work Out
Believe it or not, there are actually several unexpected variables that affect the success and efficiency of our workout routine without us even thinking about it. These aren’t so much the ‘internal’ issues such as our weight, metabolism or the like, but more around when we work out and how we split up our exercise. […]
Self-Lifting: 5 Tips on How to Lift Without Assistance
Self-lifting brings additional challenges. For a start, you don’t have any kind of ‘buddy system’ in place; nobody to spot you, spur you on or offer advice. And it makes the gym session that little bit less social as you’re effectively going solo. Furthermore, you run the risk of injury and nobody being there to […]
Muscle Soreness: How to Get Through It Quicker
Ask any gym goer or general fitness enthusiast and they will tell you that after a hard day’s exercise, they really feel it; the joints are stiff, the chest and heart have done more than their fair share, and, more often than not, the muscles are completely sore and tender. We accept it as ‘just […]
Are Sore Muscles the Proof for An Efficient Workout?
There are a wealth of opinions online about what sore muscles actually mean for you before, during and after a workout. Fitness enthusiasts and wannabe alpha males will tell you it means you’re doing the right thing and that you need to keep going, in line with that ‘no pain, no gain’ mentality. Other safe […]
