By now we all know the benefits of water especially those associated with performance. A dehydrated body is an underperforming body. Even a slight deficiency in water can impede our ability to sustain effective workouts and set new PRs. Here I want to talk about the underutilized benefits of water before and during training. The … Continue reading Water and Workouts: Your Overlooked Tool for Better Results
Early in my lifting days, I created a set of seven training principles to take with me to the gym every day. I was in my mid-teens and deep into exploring this new world of lifting and reshaping my physique. These aren't specific in the sense of sets, reps, and exercises. It's more of a … Continue reading My 7 Personal Principles of Training
I get quite a few questions messaged to me about training, diet, supplements, and motivation. So instead of keeping all my answers private, I'll be posting a few here (with permission) so that more of you can benefit. If you have a question of your own just go to the contact page and fire away! … Continue reading I’m Trying to Lose Fat But Am Gaining Water Weight on Creatine, What Do I Do?
As more and more research on depression and anxiety comes to the forefront it's interesting how much we can help ourselves with improving our wellbeing. Case in point, I came across an interesting article by Dr. Eva Selhub posted on the Harvard Health Blog by Harvard Medical School entitled Nutritional Psychiatry: Your brain on food. … Continue reading How Food Can Affect Your Mood
The word diet can be a dirty word these days. Everyone is in their own dogmatic corner preaching their doctrine of choice. And anyone who isn't a fellow believer is flat-out wrong. I'm not here to preach a specific "diet plan." I'm just a huge believer in keeping things simple. I've dieted for bodybuilding shows … Continue reading Diet Plans: How to Build Muscle and Lose Fat
Fitness advice is all over the place right now. Between social media and your local gym bro, it's easy to believe everything and nothing at once. Everyone has an opinion that is preached as fact, but the small army of real, scientifically-backed, results-driven individuals is drowned out by the perpetuating noise. Without droning on about … Continue reading Training Plans: How to Build Muscle and Strength
Trying to lose those last few inches of fat around your waist isn’t only tough for most of us, but it seems almost impossible when you’re over 40. For some reason, we feel as though our bodies know how old we are and take all of the stereotypes as doctrine. It’s tougher to build muscle, … Continue reading 7 Tips to Lose Love Handles Fast for Men Over 40
Do you think it's a never-ending uphill climb to a leaner physique after 40? Here's another article I wrote from Fitness Volt detailing some of the most important principles about getting lean after 40. Can You Get Lean After 40? Enjoy!
I'm never one to give anyone a completely overhauled diet plan, especially when I barely know their habits, likes, or dislikes. Lifestyle can dictate a ton when it comes to fitness, health, building muscle, losing fat, and any other life-improving action. I like to instead look at what someone is doing and give suggestions. Here, … Continue reading My Current Diet (Full Eating Plan)
I won't even begin to mention the never-ending wormhole that is the subject of which diet is best and worst. Everyone has their own opinion about the countless plans, programs, and protocols so I'm not touching that gorilla. So if you've dug into your tribal diet corner refusing to budge even an inch then stop … Continue reading How People Really Lose Weight: My Observations
Brad Borland 