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Sometimes ‘less is more’, particularly when it comes to building muscle or losing weight. It’s not always about consuming poverty macros, starving yourself, living in a calorie deficit or going ‘beast mode’ in the gym by pounding your body into submission. Here’s a...

You don’t burn as many calories as you think after a ‘big’ or ‘heavy’ leg day. Certainly not enough to warrant that big cheat day Think about it, you’re working out for approx 15-20 mins out of a 60 min workout, with regular selfies, Facebook check ins and insta...

Would achieving your ‘ideal’ bodyweight make you happy? . Have you ever looked back at pictures of when you were younger and thought ‘I would love to look like that again’, the question is do you remember your reaction when you first saw the picture? Were you self...

You don’t have to live life like a bodybuilder to lose body fat. I was guilty of living the ‘bodybuilding’ life and living in the trenches.., thinking I had to do ❌hours of cardio ❌live on poverty macros ❌Live the the Tupperware life ❌Have no social life ❌Eat clean...

Is your social life causing you to have a beer belly? Like most most other young people in their 20's, I ate and drank too much most weekends which left me feeling lethargic and bloated. During that time however, I had started weight training and the results were...

INSULIN Those Insulin Fairies Are Gonna Get You So say the Low-Carb Zealots and Fear Mongering "Gurus" The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model proposes that insulin drives nutrients to be stored as fat, leaving the rest of the body with low energy, causing you to overeat due...

Things to consider for female fat loss 1. Calorie cycling It’s a good idea to increase or decrease calorie intake depending on the time of the month. If you struggle with cravings around your period and want to eat every bar of chocolate in sight, it may be worth...

Wondering if you're in starvation mode? If so, you can officially stop wondering, BECAUSE YOU'RE DEFINITELY NOT IN STARVATION MODE. Here's why... Basically, the person has created a caloric deficit that is TOO LARGE (typically as a result of "not eating enough"), and...

Are you guilty of blaming your ‘slow’ metabolism for not losing weight? As illustrated in the picture, the core of our metabolism is resting energy expenditure, which is referred to basal metabolic rate (BMR). This is the amount of energy your body expends when...