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Any serious athlete will tell you that proper nutrition is the key to unlocking the potential of your training program.  No matter how much weight you throw around, hypertrophy will not come if you're not in a caloric surplus.  Likewise, all the cardio in the world will not help you shed any fat if you're eating too much.  But these aspects of nutrition[...]

When looking to increase your rate of fat loss, one important factor that most dieters concern themselves with is trying to reduce feelings of hunger.  A fat loss diet is going to be significantly more difficult to follow when you're feeling incredibly hungry all the time, making it vital that you do whatever you can to prevent these feelings of hunger in[...]

Nick Paniagua, is a 27 year old lifetime natural bodybuilder from Orange County, CA with one of the most shredded physiques around. Louis Kalman from simplyshredded.com got the chance to ask Nick a couple questions regarding his diet/nutrition/supplementation and much more! How did you get started? I started getting interested in fitness/bodybuilding when[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? In 2006, I got deployed to Afghanistan and started lifting weights because I was bored.  I always read the magazines and one day, I just caught the competitive bug and decided to throw on some posing trunks and give it a shot.  I've been learning ever since and plan on doing this for a long time. Where does yo[...]

This isn’t your grandfather’s form of cardio. Recently, high-intensity interval training has surged in popularity, freeing fitness enthusiasts from long hours on the treadmill. HIIT is highly efficient, boosting the metabolism into a calorie-burning frenzy and challenging the cardiovascular system. As a result, all types of athletes, from bodybuilde[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? My son passed away in a tragic back yard accident in the spring of 2006 at the age of four. We are not born with or taught the skills to cope with tragedy.  There are multiple choices that include over eating, alcohol and drugs.  I was counseled by a wise person to embrace something that I was passionate about. [...]

Meet the powerfoods that will shrink your gut and keep you healthy for life The Power of Food These 12 power foods make up a large part of your diet. The more of these foods you eat, the better your body will be able to increase lean muscle mass and avoid storing fat. They have been proven to do one or more of the following: Builds muscle Helps promote w[...]

How did you get started with bodybuilding? Started weight training about march 2007 just to keep fit, luckily meeting a few mates in the gym and after weeks of intense training and growing I was encouraged to compete. At that stage I had no idea what they meant!! I was visualising weight lifting or something but was a lot clearer when I was given a DVD to t[...]

Defense Bodybuilders have been doing incline bench presses for decades to bring up the upper chest. Prosecution Research on incline and reverse-grip bench presses suggests that reverse-grip bench presses my be a better upper-pec builder. Evidence Australian researchers reported in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that when weight-traine[...]