Still confused about dietary carbohydrates? Many people are. Here are some common misconceptions about carbohydrates and why they’re still an important part of a healthy diet – if you choose the right ones. Find out how to make smarter carb choices.
Do you have a strong hand grip or a weak one? The answer to this question is more important than you think. The strength of your hand grip says something about how strong you are and how much muscle mass you carry on your frame. It even says something about your overall health. Find out more.
Women who are ectomorphs often have difficulty building lean body mass. This article gives tips for building lean body mass if you’re a “hard-gainer” and the importance of resistance training and good nutrition for building “curves.”
Find out the link between muscle soreness and muscle growth and whether one is necessary for the other.
Are your fitness goals conflicting? Are you unknowingly making it harder to meet your goals by the type of exercise you’re doing? If you’re trying to build lean body mass, doing extra long periods of steady-state cardio may be sending the wrong signals to your muscles and making it difficult for them to grow. Find out why.
Whether you’re trying to build lean body mass, strength or endurance, there are certain principles that impact the results you get. Understanding these principles will help you train in a way that maximizes the results you get. Find out more about the three principles of fitness training.
Are you trying to build strength or is your goal to increase muscle size? Your approach for each should be different. This article discusses how training for size (bodybuilder style) differs from training for strength (powerlifter style) and how to maximize muscle growth.
Are you struggling to build lean body mass? If so, you may not be doing enough to keep your body in an anabolic or muscle-building state. Need some guidance? Here are four things you can do to keep your body in a muscle-building anabolic state.
Are you struggling to lose body fat and build lean body mass? It may not be your diet or the way you’re exercising. Another factor that can affect your body composition is an elevated cortisol level. Here are five things that increase cortisol levels and make it harder to get into shape.
Not seeing results from your strength-training program? It may not be your diet or your exercise program – it could be the medications you’re taking. Two common types of medications that many active, young women take can have an impact on your ability to build lean body mass. Find out what they are.
Think you have to lift heavy to build lean body mass? A new study challenges this assumption. Find out what new research shows about lifting lighter weights and the effect is has on body composition and strength. You may be surprised.
Growth hormone is a hormone produced naturally in the pituitary gland of the brain. It has a variety of important functions, and it even plays a role in building a lean and defined physique. Find out why role growth hormone plays in body composition and how to boost levels of it naturally.
