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GROW

I am gonna talk a little bit about muscle hypertrophy and muscle mass for performance! PHYSIOLOGY   Have you ever thought what happens to your muscle fibers after a workout? It goes through a process of repair, with proper nutrients the muscles go through a process to form new muscle fibers. When the process of muscle growth is greater repair than breakdown it’s called hypertrophy or muscle growth. And this happens while you rest. Not lifting weights or training. Below is a basic guide of how you could maximize muscle growth, bear in mind that muscle growth is not gaining fat mass. We all need muscle growth as some degree. And the ladies who are reading this, you need it more than anybody to maintain healthy body weight and to improve performance. EXERCISE SELECTION  There are many different beliefs, some talk about theories like muscle confusion or more. With reference to the most common findings following the basics is the key for clean muscle growth. So what are the basic exerci

MAXIMAL AEROBIC FUNCTION (MAF)

If you are an endurance athlete, this is something for you to consider. If you have thought pushing harder in every training session will improve your long term results you are preparing yourself for overtraining and damage. Away from the concept of no pain no gain there is something which is quite interesting to improve performance. MAF Heart Rate Training is the way forward. What is Maximum Aerobic Function (MAF) The philosophy is developed by Dr. Phil Meffetone, a famous endurance coach who trained Mark Allen (six time Hawaii Ironman World Champion). Maffetone philosophy came from his observation that many endurance athletes were frequently training at extremely higher level of intensity which led them to overtraining injuries from excessive stress. The revolutionary system challenges the thought of no pain no gain and lung screaming endurance workouts frequently which has led many athletes to many unfortunate set back in their career. 180 - AGE This is your magic number, if y