Visual Impact Muscle Building Results: Phase 2

After a highly successful Phase 1 of Visual Impact Muscle Building, Phase 2 wasn’t quite as impactful. However, the blame falls squarely on my shoulders rather than on the inadequacy of the program to generate results. Phase 2 is focused on a mix of sarcoplasmic hypertrophy and myofibrillar hypertrophy. In other words, the goal is to get bigger and stronger. I certainly got bigger and stronger…the problem is that I also gained fat in the process. The reason for the fat gain is simp

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Weight Loss vs. Fat Loss: Is BMI or Body Fat Percentage More Important?

Over the past couple weeks, my wife has experienced the difference between weight loss vs. fat loss. She started Visual Impact for Women and didn’t lose any weight for the first two weeks. Did she fail for not losing weight? It’s hard to tell without knowing how much was fat loss vs. muscle gain. It really highlights the challenges in assessing your results. This also got me curious as to whether BMI or body fat percentage was more important for overall health.
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The Best Workout Programs and Best Diet Plans

As the year comes to a close, I thought now would be a good time to review my favorite workout programs and diet plans. So what are the key components of the best workout programs and best diet plans? In general, I think any good program provides some background and guidance as to why it is effective. That should in turn help the reader understand and even construct their own workout program or diet plan. Additionally, I find that the best workout programs and best diet plans lay out a r

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Visual Impact Muscle Building Results: Phase 1

I’ve long advocated Visual Impact Muscle Building as the best way to gain muscle mass. After successfully going through the program a while back, I decided that now was the appropriate time to tackle it again in full force. You can read my complete Visual Impact Muscle Building review but the brief overview is that the program is a 3 phase approach focused on strategically gaining muscle in the right places while avoiding fat gain. Phase 1 is all about sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. This in

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Martin Berkhan’s Leangains Guide: The Best Muscle Building Diet Plan?

If you’re looking for a way to gain lean muscle mass, then I highly recommend Martin Berkhan’s Leangains Guide. While my work and family schedule prohibit following all of Martin’s recommendations, I’ve recently tried to implement as many as possible from the Leangains Guide. Most people will have a hard time believing that a diet centered around intermittent fasting constitutes the best muscle building diet plan, but I’ve seen excellent fat free muscle mass gains when pairing the

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Intermittent Fasting to Lose Weight: Results from John Berardi

I’ve been a long time advocate of intermittent fasting weight loss approaches. While my experience and the experience of others clearly show how effective intermittent fasting for weight loss can be, the results and research from Dr. John Berardi go one step further. For years, Dr. Berardi has eaten meals every 3-4 hours and helped 100,000+ clients lose weight by doing so. He decided to experiment with intermittent fasting after reading numerous success stories. As a researcher, Dr. Be

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Feeling Hungry After Exercise

It’s a sensation many people experience one time or another…feeling hungry after exercise. Personally there are days I feel like a bottomless pit after exercising. Other times I lose my appetite and don’t feel hungry after exercise at all. Are the calories burned exercising going to waste on those days when I do eat a lot? Am I suffering from the “reward syndrome” where I feel like I can eat more after exercising because I burned more calories than normal? These are common qu

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