Building Muscle Slowly | Brad Pilon's 'Eat Blog Eat'

January 9, 2014
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Building Muscle Slowlyby Brad PilonThis post was created simply because I was feeling sorry for myself this morning.I wasn’t making any gains. Lifting weights was stupid. All I was doing was maintaining – complete waste of my time.(Yes, I was being a baby)So I took my measurements… then compared them to all of my older measurements.At first, it looked like I had confirmed my suspicion – no growth ever!  …But on further inspection I realized that I had been making slow but steady improvements all along.I then pulled out the records of my DEXA scans at plugged them into a new row…As you can see, I was mistaken –  Slow but steady gains, slow but steady improvements in my circumferences.This is why we keep measurements – because without measurements we are just guessing. And weight on its own is a terrible way to measure progress… On each and every one of these measurement days I weighed somewhere between 170 and 180 pounds, but weight fluctuates so much it’s really not a valuable measurement tool unless it is accompanied by your circumference measurements.So lesson learned -Our eyes (and emotions) can deceive us… don’t trust them Over the last 3+ years with Eat Stop Eat, How Much Protein and Adonis Styled Workouts  I’ve been slowly adding muscle 5 pounds of muscle makes a big difference. I’ve managed to keep my body fat levels fairly stable (as measured by DEXA and my waist circumference)

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Is HIIT Primarily For Weight Loss Or Muscle Building? ~ Weight Loss …

June 15, 2013
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Most gym users who want to know how to build muscle can’t seem to get any further forward due to the amount of conflicting information out there. One such area of confusion is HIIT.This is a form of cardiovascular activity with a major twist. Today we’re going to look at this in more depth and answer the question everybody is asking. Is this a good form of exercise for muscular growth? If most men were honest, they’d happily admit that they don’t do enough cardiovascular exercise.

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Resistance Training: From Skinny Fat to Skinny and Toned Fast …

June 20, 2011
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In the past, there were only two body types – you were either classified as fat, or skinny (the luckier type, obviously). But over the last few months, even thin folks are beginning to doubt just how healthy they really are. A new piece of jargon is making its way into fitness and nutrition vocabulary. The term “skinny fat”, which at first would seem like a ridiculous and conflicting concept, is being featured in morning talk shows, explained by nutrition and bodybuilding experts and is ultimately getting several opinions (and knitted eyebrows) from everybody else. To clear the confusion, here’s how to describe, in lay man’s term, characteristics that give one the skinny fat syndrome: If your BMI (basal metabolic rate) is within normal range and your body type is thin, but your body fat percentage is higher than normal limits If you are thin but have localized bulging areas and fatty deposits,  such as thick thighs, butt, hips or flabby arms If you are thin or may appear proportioned but you have love handles or a muffin top If your clothes make you look lean, but you are really flabby when naked If you are thin but your diet consists of junk, processed, and cholesterol – laden  foods In short, individuals who are “skinny fat” only appear skinny, but they have much too less muscle mass and more unhealthy fat in their bodies

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