Author: Alyssa

  • How Many Calories Do You Need And Why?

    You need to consume lesser than how much you burn for weight loss. However, going too much brings more harm than good. How much is too much?

  • Difference of Strength vs Hypertrophy Training

    When it comes to strength, the ultimate goal is to improve ones ability to lift heavier or with harder difficulties. Whilst hypertrophy, it depends more on how you provide enough stimulus for your muscle to grow. Often done by individuals tht wish to improve better body composition or gain weight in a healthy way. What…

  • Mini Cut Part 2 : How To Plan a Mini Cut

    A comprehensive mini cut plan should consist of the calorie deficit and the overall goal. With these ideas in mind, you can further set back those deficits into daily deficit, be it either through diet or exercise according to every individual. The maintenance after the cut often being overlooked however that is the most important…

  • Mini Cut Part 1: The Basics

    A mini cut is often used as a fat loss strategy in between your bulking phrase to avoid excess fat gain. The big difference between the mini cut and the traditional cut is the time span and the rate of progress. As the name mini cut appears, the phrase for mini cut needs to be…

  • What Happens When You Take A Week Off Gym?

    This time is a great opportunity to talk about rest week since I’m taking one week off from the gym. I see people workout continuous for months or even years without taking a break. We tend to think that the idea of taking a break sounds counterproductive to your progress. However, is this the truth?…

  • Carbs vs Protein, which is more important in Muscle Building?

    There are debates about the effectiveness of carbs vs protein in muscle building. To determine, let’s look at how both of them work.

  • Muscle Fibre Type I, Type IIa and Type IIb (Which type of muscle defined hypertrophy?)

    If you’ve been on my blog for a while, you might probably be into hypertrophy training. But is there any definition of a true effective hypertrophy training really means? Besides of you need to train with weight? Does it mean that bodyweight exercise isn’t hypertrophy and you should not ever consider it? In this post,…

  • The Ultimate Abs Talk (Part 2): Abs Training Guide

    Form my last blog post, I explained about different factors to having visible abs. [If you haven read about it, check it out!] Now As I said, the key to having a well-developed abs muscle is training. Therefore a practical guide might help you achieve your goals easier. Abs are not made in the kitchen,…