Nutrition

How to build muscle and size

For some people, gaining weight in the form of muscle rather than fat can be a frustrating task. If you follow our top 8 tips, however, you'll pack on lean muscle and size far more easily and be well on your way to achieving your physique goals.

Progressive Overload

We see people going into the gym nowadays with no structure to their workouts, they donÔÇÖt follow a programme and therefore end up choosing a workout to do from YouTube or Instagram hoping to see results. This is not the best approach to take with your training; but this is progressive overload comes in.

Training Fasted For Weight Loss

There are many methods and ideas about the best ways to lose weight. Intermittent fasting (IF) is becoming very popular, but for some IF is hard to stick to, especially when training and performance are crucial. Many exercisers utilise fasted training as a way to lose weight or for weight management and here's why...

An Apple a Day - The importance of Vitamins and Minerals

Micronutrients have been becoming bigger in stature with wide spread supplementation, in particular the antioxidant claims being of specific interest for both health and exercise. But is there any truth in antioxidant supplementation for exercise support and performance?

A Calorie is a calorie

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing! In the case of nutrition, no truer words have been said. Turning to the internet for answers, often only complicates and confuses nutritional information. Let our head nutritionist, Gareth Nicholas, share his wisdom on why calories are not the be-all and end-all.

High Fat, Salt & Sugar

It's on, it's off, it's postponed... The goverenment strategy in reducing childhood obesity is to tackle the location, promotion and advertising of high fat, sugary or salty (HFSS) foods. This potentially opens the door for the protein bar revolution to continue it's growth and popularity among shoppers. BUT are they a healthy alternative or just papering over the cracks?