The one thing everyone wants to know is: How much muscle can you build? Or Gains? The answers range from 1 lb a day (Tim Ferris) to 1-2 lbs a month (sane people). But the truth lies somewhere in the middle. There are several factors at play: Your current age? How long have you been training? […]
Do yourself a favor by keeping these blunders at bay. Making the same mistake over and over again — consider yourself an expert at torpedoing your efforts in the gym. There are two culprits: a violation of basic principles and actions harming immediate progress. But in order to avoid either from happening you have to […]
Today I decided to offer my highly personalized opinion to the matter of other personal trainers and if you’re getting your money’s worth! Please take everything you read with several pounds of salt, as I am obviously biased when it comes to my industry. First things first… A personal trainer should be licensed by one of the more […]
Can’t get to the gym on those busy days? Then squeeze in a quick lunchtime workout. In a time crunch? Then why not workout during your lunch, it’s a great idea but it can be hassle. You have to get to gym, change, workout, shower, and change again. Changing and showering, that easily takes away half […]
Today’s newsletter builds on last weeks, in the sense that once you figured out your caloric intake and macro nutrient breakdown, nutrient timing does have its’ value. Disclaimer: You can time the nutrients all you want, however, if your calories are off it still will not matter! That being said let’s assume you used last […]
Since I get a lot of questions to the tune of “how do I know what to eat?“, I decided to cover the subject again in today’s Newsletter even though I covered this topic at greater length in a previous article I wrote for Muscle & Fitness but this being the age of Facebook & cliff-notes, […]
No tall tales here! Leverage more gains with this useful approach. THE TALL MAN’S DILEMMA Arnold Schwarzenegger — when we talk bodybuilding, he’s the man. Where do we start when we look at what made him so dominant? I look at his height. He’s the only Mr. O standing at over six feet tall. That’s taller […]
Building muscle while losing weight is the equivalent of Alchemy in the Middle Ages, (the cliché of medieval alchemists being able to “turn lead into gold”), Can one do it? At first glance, no.Gaining muscle requires a calorie surplus, losing fat a deficit. Henceforth the two must be mutually exclusive. This is more or less true, expect […]
Hi, This newsletter is for the overly ambitious reader (so all of you)but especially my personal training clients in NYC ; have you thought about training twice a day? First of all, training twice a day requires some basic foundations in order to be successful: You should have trained properly for at least the last […]
Hi, Cleanses are hot right now and have been for a while. Basically any celebrity from Snooki to Paris Hilton has had a cleanse that promises more energy, better gut health, overnight riches and of course better sex with less body fat. The latest craze being a charcoal cleanse, where people actually drink charcoal (endorsed […]
