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- May 2012

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Protein Shakes
Strength Training for Distance Running
Athletic Hypertrophy Training
Get Ripped For The Summer Part 2
Get Ripped For The Summer
Detraining
Nutrition and Sports Supplements for the Hard Training MMA Fighter

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Protein Shakes

The range of protein powders available is truly bewildering. How do you know you are getting the right protein for you – and your wallet?

Strength Training for Distance Running

At first it might appear as though training with heavy weights and distance running are worlds apart. Why would the distance runner need to get weight on the bar and bust their gut in the gym when they could be out pounding the roads and getting more miles in?

Athletic Hypertrophy Training

One of the goals for many athletes with regards to their strength and conditioning is to build muscle mass. But there is the key word in all this….and this is that training athletes needs to be functional! Just simply adding mass for the sake of it is not intelligent training when you also consider that athletes need to produce force relative to their body weight in order to move quickly and to endure the demands of their sport.

Get Ripped For The Summer Part 2: Nutrition and Supplements for a Beach-Ready Body

If you’ve read Part 1 of this series you will already have the tools and knowledge to burn serious amounts of fat in a short space of time. But any experienced bodybuilder will tell you that training is only half the battle. The rest of the war is waged in your kitchen, or during your lunch break, or last thing at night before bed.

Get Ripped For The Summer

Metabolic conditioning is not a new concept but it is becoming increasingly popular as athletes try is and see fast results. Met-con forms the basis of new ‘get fit fast’ workout systems popularised in the States such as ‘P90X’ and ‘Insanity’ as well as the more hardcore and less living room friendly Crossfit system. Research suggests that short periods of maximal anaerobic activity with brief rest periods are more effective for burning fat, increasing cardio-vascular fitness and boosting your metabolic rate. These bursts of activity should last no more than two minutes followed by a short rest interval.

Detraining

One of the key questions that I’m often asked is how fast do you lose strength, power, speed, hypertrophy, conditioning etc when you stop training. Now I’m not big time into showing research and graphs etc in my writing, I’m all about results, but in this case I thought it appropriate to share some potentially very useful research results on the subject of detraining.

Nutrition and Sports Supplements for the Hard Training MMA Fighter

Mixed martial artists are some of the hardest training athletes in the world of sport with professional fighters training several hours per day, six days a week with a mixture of technique, strength and conditioning. Many ‘white collar warriors’ like to train hard too: MMA gyms up and down the country are packed with those who love the intensity, strength and skill required to train in MMA.

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