by davidkingsbury | Oct 8, 2018 | Building Muscle, Fitness Advice, Muscle Mass, Online Personal Training, Personal Training, Training Tips
Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of cells in your body. Â In the fitness world, when we talk about hypertrophy, we’re talking about muscle hypertrophy, or getting bigger muscles. Your muscles are made of myofibrils: long rods of muscle tissue, which...
by davidkingsbury | Aug 24, 2018 | Building Muscle, Online Personal Training, Personal Training, Training Tips, Weight Training
Do all of your sets and reps need to be in the “hypertrophy” rep ranges for maximum muscle gain or muscle maintenance? For muscle building and muscle maintenance the majority of your training should be based around standard hypertrophy rep ranges, rest...
by davidkingsbury | Jul 24, 2018 | Building Muscle, Fat Loss, Personal Training, Progressive Overload, Training Tips, Weight Training
Muscle building is a complex issue with rep ranges being one of the most highly discussed and disputed topics. The basic rule of reps is: Heavy weight and low reps for strength; Moderate weight and moderate reps for increasing size; Low weight and high reps for...
by davidkingsbury | Jul 11, 2018 | Fitness, Fitness Advice, Personal Training, Training Tips
What is intermittent fasting? Intermittent fasting covers a number of methods of adapting food intake to provide periods of fasting. The two most common are: Alternate day fasting – eat one day, don’t eat the next. And Time restricted feeding – fast 16-20...
by davidkingsbury | Jun 26, 2018 | Fitness, Fitness Advice, Personal Training
Fasted cardio is exercising on an empty stomach Why? People say it means you burn more fat. What does the research say? Fasted cardio increases fat burning compared to fed cardio while exercising[1]. However, a 2014 study showed no difference in the long run[2] If...
by davidkingsbury | May 11, 2018 | Online Personal Training, Personal Training
I wanted to give you an in-depth review of what online personal training is all about, how it works and whether or not it will work for you. But first, here’s a quick intro into how, when and why I got into world of online coaching. I have been a personal...
