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Soreness & Over-Training

Is soreness keeping you from training at a consistent basis? Initially, you’ll probably have constant soreness through any new strength training program. That’s okay! The soreness will subside once recovery increases and proper adaptation has taken place. Soreness is your body’s way of saying, “I need more carbs and protein.” So feed your muscles constantly!…

Recommending An Entire Cheat Day? GTFO You AREN’T Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

Fellow Trainer Pet-Peeve: Recommending your clients to have an entire Cheat Day… Ok first off, this annoys the shit out of me when I hear a fellow personal trainer tell their clients to have an entire cheat day. 1. You need to be LEAN to enjoy a cheat day, so your system can take the…

★Nutrition During Serious Injury

Many individuals get lost when they become injured, especially lost with the nutrition plan they should follow. Many think the simple way and say “fuck it, I’m just going to be relaxed about it, and just eat what I want until I am 100% healed again”, and some just think “I am going to completely…

Why Is Sleep Important for Weight Loss?

By Anna-Sofie Hickson Sleep is a crucial element for retaining energy and stamina throughout the day. In addition, sleep supports the balance in hormone levels, which significantly affects body weight and body fat. A good night’s sleep allows your body to resolve the physical and mental stresses of the day and provides your body with…

★TDEE Total Daily Energy Expenditure “What and how much should I eat?”

This has been one of the most common questions I get asked everywhere “What and how much should I eat?” First off, this is different for EACH and EVERY SINGLE one of us out there, depending on our individual goals. So I am just going to base this answer off of if I was talking…

★#REBUILD 2016 – PREVIEW INTRO

About to start my ‪#‎REBUILD‬ SERIES. I will post all training and nutrition logs on my blog here: https://www.mvp-athletics.com/blog/?cat=13 I will be posting daily logs of my ‪#‎rebuild2016‬ process, and there you can view all food, supplements and workouts for that certain day. I will log daily for about a month, then Ill goto weekly…

★Electrical Muscle Stimulation Therapy

As many of you readers/followers know, for the last 4 months I have been dealing with 2 serious injuries that I have been recovering from; both left and right arm distal bicep tendon ruptures. I am now roughly 19 weeks post-op on my left arm, and 12 weeks on my right arm. Throughout this recovery process…

★Know When to ‘Shut. It. Down.’ and Back Off The Gas

When we go into the gym to begin our training for that day, we all have the mindset of pushing past our previous limits, and taking our intensity up a few notches if possible. With that comes different physical sensations when our muscles/tendons start taking on extra load/intensity. These sensations all must be carefully listened…

Deadlifts on Leg Day? Don’t Waste Your Time

Ok, this is a thing I have been seeing here and there, so I feel it is time to address it with my personal opinion. (My opinion do not associate with powerlifting, as the 3 main lifts are squat, bench and deadlift. All of which may require to be trained in 1 session to test…

Close-Grip Barbell Shrugs

Want to try a different variation of shrugs, to target the traps a little bit differently? Try these Close-Grip shrugs. I totally forgot about these, but since I am not healthy enough yet to start training with heavier weights (distal bicep tendons ruptured), I am utilizing this movement since it doesn’t require as heavy of…