Category Archive for "General Nutrition"

Without question, the single most important factor at play when it comes to losing body fat consistently is dietary control – managing what you eat, and how much you eat throughout the day. A good combination of weight training and…

I couldn’t even begin to count the number of times I’ve this same basic dialogue with one of my readers… “Sean, I’ve been trying to put on muscle for the last 6 months, and even though I train hard and…

“Should I eat less calories on rest days vs. workout days?” This is a question I receive on a surprisingly frequent basis, and I figured it was time to make a specific post addressing it. The idea of consuming more…

What is the best approach to take when it comes to your mass gaining diet, a “clean bulk” or a “dirty bulk”? You’ll hear various definitions for these two terms depending on who you speak to, but for the sake…

If you’re feeling hungry while cutting, trust me, you’re not alone. Regardless of what type of dieting method you employ or how your training plan is specifically structured, fat loss ultimately comes down to one central thing: maintaining a net…

If you’re truly serious about transforming your body in the fastest and most efficient way possible, proper dietary tracking is key. Unless you have incredibly good genetics or just happen to get lucky, trying to maximize your muscle building and…

Everyone, from beginners to advanced lifter, could use some bodybuilding diet tips. When it comes to effectively gaining muscle and losing fat, both training and nutrition are equally important pieces of the overall puzzle. You can’t have one without the…

Balancing your bodybuilding program with your career, friends, family and other hobbies/pursuits is hard work enough… the lastthing you need on top of this is to waste valuable energy on redundant, ineffective nutritional techniques that do nothing but make your…

Do you consider yourself a “hardgainer” who can’t eat enough calories to bulk up? There are several smaller details that go into planning out a complete muscle building diet, but your total daily calorie intake is the ultimate bottom line….

To count or not to count? The idea of “counting calories” seems like a tedious task. It tends to conjure up negative images of food obsessed individuals revolving their entire day around their diets and tossing individual blueberries onto a…