Is Aspartame going to kill you?
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by Cam
4y ago
Aspartame was originally invented in 1965, but the restrictions on it’s use weren’t lifted by the FDA until 1996. Even though the EU and FDA have declared that it is safe to consume, many anti-aspartame activists hold the belief that it can cause the following symptoms. cancer seizures headaches depression ADHD dizziness weight gain birth defects lupus Alzheimer’s multiple sclerosis The FDA has been wrong before, can we trust that Aspartame is safe to consume? What is Aspartame? Aspartame is an artificial sweetener, used in many diet related foods as a replacement for sugar. It’s a ..read more
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Compound vs. Isolation Exercises and Why You Should Care
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by Cam
4y ago
The long and short of it is, if you’re not doing compound lifts, you’re missing out on gains. For decades, body builders have been doing bicep curls, tricep extensions, calf raises, and more. All of these single joint exercises allow you to focus on specific muscles and capture that sought after pump. However, research shows that while you can increase strength and muscle size with single joint movements, it’s far superior to focus on compound lifts. Before you go and scream at me, check out the rationale and where your accessory lifts have a place in your workouts. Multi-Joint ..read more
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Who else should I follow?
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by Cam
4y ago
If you’d like to read more and learn on your own about fitness, diet, and how your body works, check out the links below. These are the people that I follow or have followed to learn everything I know! I will try to continuously add to this list as I discover new, good sources of information. Youtube Channels AthleanX: good beginner lift information Shredded Sports Science: good scientific background behind why things are they way they are. Omar Usif: evidence based powerlifting/bodybuilding Jeff Nippard: natural bodybuilder that reviews research, discusses form, and more ..read more
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Making Weight Loss Stick
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by Cam
4y ago
I’ve written about a similar topic recently, in my article Why You Stopped Losing Weight. I realized though, that this article isn’t as much about maintaining weight loss, but instead the issue of stalled weight loss. Making weight loss stick for the long term is more of a psychological and habitual issue. Taking a step back, let’s talk about how you’re actually losing weight. ANY diet that successfully allows you to lose weight is because of a calorie deficit. I don’t care if you think your body is just “fat”, if you are taking in fewer calories than you’re burning, you’ll lose weight. Y ..read more
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How to Progress with your Training
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by Cam
4y ago
This topic took me a long time to grasp, despite how easy it can be to describe. I also think that progression is something that we can easily just state as adding more weight. We take so much time determining reps, sets, volume, etc, why do we not take a systematic approach to progression and more specifically, progressive overload? As a beginner, you don’t have to be very specific. You advance so quickly that you’re basically adding more weight to each movement every week. However, there’s an important step as you progress towards intermediate that forces you to periodize your progressio ..read more
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Why Sleep is by FAR the Best Supplement
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by Cam
4y ago
I don’t think anyone will argue that sleep is good for you, but despite it’s obvious good, we still seem to live in a society that is constantly sleep deprived. While we know sleep is good for us, what happens when we don’t sleep? The short answer is, a TON. And, it’s all terrible. Keep on reading to check it out. Effects on Weight Loss The good news is, you can lose weight! The bad news is, it’s not the weight you want to lose. A 2010 study measured the weight loss, and body composition of participants who slept for 8.5 hours, and 5.5 hours. The results were substantial. Both gr ..read more
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Why You Stopped Losing Weight
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by Cam
4y ago
Many of us get into fitness in order to lose weight, and focus on dieting to do so. I’ll be writing more about weight loss in the future, but for now the graphic below by Bret Contreras does a really good job showing how diets allow you to lose weight. In a nutshell, in order to lose weight, you must force your body to use energy that is stored as fat by consuming fewer calories than your using. Many of us have started dieting, and seen some decent results. Then, all of a sudden the weight loss stopped. There are two processes that are most likely the cause of this plateau. Change ..read more
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Is Bigger Always Stronger?
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by Cam
4y ago
As with most things with fitness, this is kind of a gray area. Probably more black and white than other topics, but there is still some guey gray areas in the middle that we still don’t know much about. There are a few different components that I’ll touch on in this article that will hopefully help you follow the rabbit hole of this thing we call the internet. Do Bigger Muscles Equal More Strength? When powerlifters are talking about hypertrophy (muscle growth), they’re generally talking about myofibrillar hypertrophy. This is the increase of the myosin and actin proteins within the my ..read more
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What is Hypertrophy and How To Train for It
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by Cam
4y ago
If you’ve been lifting for long enough, even in isolation, you’ve probably come across people talking about hypertrophy. If you haven’t googled it by now, hypertrophy is simply the increase of size of skeletal muscle through the growth of the component cells of muscle. Specifically, myofibrils and/or sarcomeres. How Hypertrophy occurs is a much more in depth topic, that I will cover in future articles. For now, head to youtube and check out Shredded Sports Science. James Linker has a great series on hypertrophy/muscle growth and walks through all of the science in detail. For this arti ..read more
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Training Splits, Explained.
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by Cam
4y ago
Training splits provide you a framework to being to program your own training. At the end of the day, splits are just a way to organize your training, and ensure you’re getting the right amount of weekly volume for each muscle group while giving yourself enough time between workouts in order to recover. As a side note, these weekly plans I’ve laid are just one option of how to run these splits, and are dependant on how many times you’d like to hit the gym. Push / Pull / Legs Also just called Push/Pull, this training split focuses on muscles that push one day, pull the next, and fina ..read more
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