Consider cycling your calories in a manner to manage your end goal. That end goal is to MAXIMISE fat loss, MINIMISE muscle loss and to OPTIMISE compliance.
Being able to train at a high level of intensity and hold onto as much strength as possible is one of the most important factors in maintaining lean tissue. Since it isn’t just a weight loss contest, the goal in the contest prep is to maintain as much lean tissue as possible whilst dropping as much body fat as possible.
Only when we set measurable targets can we measure our success or failure. Otherwise, it would be like aiming to save money but not setting any targets like how much, or by when. How will we track our savings progress and know if we are successful in the quest to save some pennies or not?
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Informed eating isn’t just one thing, it’s not the newest named diet. Infact, it has been around in various forms for a while but nobody has really known how to qualify it.
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You have probably seen some gurus on instagram haranguing about how if you just listen to your body, you’ll will instinctively know how to maintain a healthy weight and achieve your fitness goals.
This is not intuitive eating.
Intuitive eating is a non-diet, weight-neutral approach to eating that is designed to help individuals break the cycle of chronic dieting
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There are some ‘fitness professionals’… more than I care to admit, who still refuse to accept evidence that contradicts their current practise because it sucks being wrong. These people would rather be right than be a good coach.
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When it comes to tracking your nutrition, the two most important factors to consider are accuracy and consistency. Just because you enter it into your MFP doesn’t mean it gives a true representation of what is actually happening.
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All the food we eat comprises of important nutrients and provides us the energy we need every day to do things. Yes, it is termed as calories (or kilojoules). This word triggers so many people, but it is simply a word we use to equate energy
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Embarking on a contest prep is not for the faint-hearted. While the glitz and glamour of the stage photos may give off the illusion that the competitors are all happy and feeling their best, the internalised thoughts are often very different…