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 | Sep 13, 2018 | Fitness, Fitness Advice, Training Tips
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 there will be no difference in the long run [2]  If you burn more fat during exercise, your body makes up...
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 27, 2018 | Fitness, Fitness Advice, Training Tips
I get hundreds of questions a week from people struggling to achieve their fitness goals. I thought as well as answering all of these questions with the individuals I would also post answer on my blog. There are a lot of common questions and issues I see and I will...
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...
