Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions. To achieve any goal, you need to collect and analyse data.
Without it, you wouldn’t know
In other words, without data, you can’t make the right adjustments to your plan. You could still accomplish your goal, but you’d probably run into one of these two scenarios:
However, having data isn’t enough to secure effective and efficient results. Inconsistent and unreliable data, or data that you’re interpreting incorrectly, can be just as damaging as the absence of it. For example, with fitness goals such as fat loss and muscle gain, a common mistake is to focus too much on day-to-day fluctuations on the scale, which are normal, and too little on your average weight increases or reductions over a longer period of time, which is what matters most for these fitness endeavours. This multi-part article series will provide you with the knowledge to assess your bodyweight data in order to achieve fat loss or muscle gain. In Part 1, we’ll delve into:
In the rest of the series, we’ll cover how to adjust your diet and training protocol in response to changes in bodyweight.
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Positivity, confidence, and persistence are key in life, so never give up on yourself. If you’ve been reading this blog since 2019 (hats off to you, OG Reader!), you might remember “Hardgainer, Now What?”, an article I published in January 2019.
Over two years later, I decided it was high time to revamp the original post, tackling the topic from a new perspective: What are some key aspects of training and nutrition, which hardgainers typically struggle with, and which could have a dramatic impact on your physique? First of all, a hardgainer is someone who thinks they struggle to build muscle or to put on any weight at all. They usually look like the typical “skinny kid” and believe they have “bad genetics” for muscle growth. I view myself as a hardgainer and, at some point in my bodybuilding journey – and sometimes to this day – I’ve had all three of the issues I’m going to cover in this article. What’s more, over these past years working as a coach, I noticed that many clients who wanted help building muscle, were facing similar hardships. So I’m going to share:
Ready for the brain gains? One month on testosterone therapy versus three months In this month’s update on my journey as a transgender bodybuilding trainee, I’m going to talk about my experience with medical transition from female to male and the effects this has had so far on my training, nutrition, and body composition.
At the time of writing, I have been medically transitioning for four months, from March 13th 2020, but I will primarily reflect on the first three months. The aim of the article is to cover:
The purpose of this piece is to share my experience in order to educate transgender and non-transgender individuals alike, and to provide anecdotes and observations on how medical transition can change training, nutrition, and body composition in a transgender person who trains to improve their physique. As a final disclaimer, I want to point out that this is only my experience. I am not a medical professional, so I am not going to offer any form of advice. Anything I share in this article is personal, individualised to me, and meant to inform, not make recommendations. Without further ado, let’s delve into the update. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. In my last post, I covered what to expect during your first weeks on a fat loss diet.
In this article, I aim to tackle the opposite: What can you expect in your first weeks on a muscle-building diet? I am 10lbs heavier in the picture on the right. Useful Links: July 2019 Update | One Month Update | Three Months Update
I haven’t written a “bulk update” since July 2019 because there was nothing new to add. I continued to eat, gain weight at what I considered an appropriate pace, train hard, and learn more about myself as a lifter, which helped me design better and better programs for myself overtime. No one likes to read a story that starts well and ends well, so I figured I would wait until something interesting came along. Well, what came along was a world-wide pandemic and an order from the British government to maintain social distance and stay at home as much as possible. My gym and all others in the UK closed down at the same time as many other fitness facilities across the world. I haven’t done a home workout since September 2018, when I moved from London to Portsmouth, went back to university, and joined a local commercial gym. At the time, I was only three months into serious lifting, so a pair of adjustable dumbbells still posed an adequate challenge to my strength. I am a bit further along my training career now, so, at first, working out at home felt like a problem rather than a solution. How was I going to make progress? Was I going to make progress? How much would I eat? Read on to find out what I chose to do and why. |
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