Anything good in life is either illegal, immoral or fattening. In other words Murphy’s law. Losing weight isn’t even half the battle. The real struggle begins with maintaining it. 

You’ve done it, you’ve lost weight. You’ve made the necessary compromises and engaged in months of “eating clean” and “training dirty”. It was hard work, you leveled up so take a minute and pat yourself on your back. You have every right to be proud... Continue Reading

You’re busting your butt off at the gym, your diets on track, you see results initially and then everything comes to a standstill. There’s no more improvement. So what do you do? You hit an extreme. You either give up or you go all out, diet harder and/or train harder. But, nothing happens. You’ve hit a plateau.

Cutting to the chase, nothing stagnates progress more than a regimen. And the definition... Continue Reading

Ever wondered why your body looks a certain way?

Well, there’s a simple system used to classify the different body types; called “somatotype”.

The Types:

• Ectomorph
• Mesomorph
• Endomorph.

Most individuals display a dominant type, while some may even exhibit the characteristics of two groups.

Aside from the apparent differences in body type, the differences even boil down to the manner in which individuals tolerate certain food groups and/or burn fat. Ectomorphs torch more fuel, on a pound... Continue Reading

We all have at some point had a twisted love-hate relationship with the weighing scale. You’ve been training well and eating right. One day you step on it, it shows a lower number and you rejoice – the next day the meter doesn’t stop at your desired weight. You gained a couple of grams – so you get frustrated and question whether what you’ve been doing is actually working. Your... Continue Reading

“Eat like a caveman,” they said. But is it really that simple to track back 10,000 years and mimic the choices of those hunter-gatherers?

Do people who adopt the Paleo lifestyle, give up their modern day luxuries and hide in caves?

Of course not. Neither do we need to engage in the physically taxing part of hunting for food, nor do we live in caves. Our meats are factory farmed and vegetables... Continue Reading