Blogs — muscle recovery

Building an aesthetic, healthy and strong body is at the forefront of most gym goers goals. It is no secret that gaining significant amounts of muscle takes consistent hard work. However, this process is often over-complicated, with many people 'spinning their wheels' and making no progress. Here is some quick and straightforward tips to ensure you are making as much progress as possible! 1. Progressive Overload - This term is commonly cited within the gym community, but what does it actually mean? PO simply means to progressively make what you are doing in the gym harder. Whilst this can be achieved through...

Cream of Rice – What’s the hype about? Over the last 5 years cream of rice has infiltrated the fitness industry by storm, with nearly every mainstream brand now supplying their own product. But what’s all the fuss about, isn’t it just powdered rice? In essence, yes. Cream of rice products are powdered rice. However, many companies add extra ingredients, such as digestive enzymes and multivitamin complexes which add to the nutritional value of rice. The main selling points for cream of rice products are that they are flavoured and provide a simplistic, tasty method of getting easily digested carbohydrates...

Hell Yes, would be my simple reply. There are many myths surrounding glutamine in sport, including, in particular, its ability to improve the efficiency of strength training. Glutamine has been for long known as a very effective product to support muscle mass development. The good reputation of the substance was, however, undermined by results of a certain test, which were interpreted with lots being remained unsaid or misinterpreted. So, what is the truth? What is glutamine and how does it influence the synthesis of muscle fibres, hormones, muscle growth, immunity, endurance and fat burning? What is glutamine? Glutamine won publicity...