Eating for Mass Along with the Mr. Olympia competition, pro football, and the return of The Walking Dead, the fall season also happens to be the time many lifters begin to consider bulking up in order to unveil a bigger and stronger body the following spring. Trouble is, adding mass while achieving the strength gains and a physique you’re content with can be tricky to pull...

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Lose Fat The number one reason that people start to work out and improve their eating habits is to lose fat. Sure, everyone also wants to improve his or her health condition and get more physically fit but let’s be honest here: We all want to look better. Losing fat, improving your fitness level and health condition are usually all wrapped up into one. You lose...

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Eating quality food post-workout is crucial…you know, if you expect to make gains and stuff. The science on recovery is a little War-and-Peace-y in its complexity but you can boil it down to a few nutritional musts: in order to optimize your results, you need to replace the amino acids and glycogen lost during your workout. Starting the muscle building process by increasing...

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We had nutritional questions about putting on mass, and celebrity trainer Gunner Peterson had answers. Next Eating for Mass Along with the Mr. Olympia competition, pro football, and the return of The Walking Dead, the fall season also happens to be the time many lifters begin to consider bulking up in order to unveil a bigger and stronger body the following spring. Trouble is, adding...

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Get the scoop on this essential macronutrient for optimal muscle gains and training performance. We’re guessing you’re fond of protein shakes because they help repair and regrow damaged muscles. Score one for you. But aside from knowing that, do you think your knowledge about protein could fit into a shaker bottle? If not, this Protein 101 refresher will help bring you up to speed. For...

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Get freakin’ huge with (more) of the right food and supps at the right times to drastically accelerate muscle growth. There is no “proven” laboratory formula for gaining quality muscle weight but the commonalities of every weight-gain nutrition regimen are the same: high calorie, high protein. It’s going to take more than skinless chicken breasts and organic spinach to put on appreciable amount of muscle and...

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