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Reach Your Goals by Understanding Nutrition

The Maximuscle nutrition zone is a collection of information, articles and videos that will help you tailor your nutritional intake for your fitness goals.

In this area, you'll find a collection of meal plans, nutritional advice and recipes to help you reach your #yourMAX.

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MaxiNutrition Meal Plans

Kirsty Hendey - Nutrition Plan

Performance Manager, Kirsty Hendey's, Nutrition Plan

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Tyler Saunders - Simple 3 Meal Nutrition Plan

Tyler Saunders, Ex GB Wheelchair, shares his Nutrition Plan

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Meal Prep 101

Meal prep can seem like a lot of work, but investing an hour or so on a Sunday night to blitz your food preparation can save valuable gym time in the week. Make gains in the kitchen by checking out Maximuscle’s top 10 meal prep tips and tricks.

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Ladies Weekly Protein Nutrition Plan

7 day meal plan for women looking to add protein to their diets

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Sustain and Rebuild: Food Plan to Support Muscle Maintenance

The Maxinutrition Sustain and Rebuild Meal Plan is designed for those looking to maintain their muscle mass. protein helps the development of lean muscle and supports the maintenance of muscle tissue.

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Muscle Building Diet

The Maximuscle Strength and Power Meal Plan is designed for those looking to increase their muscle mass. protein helps both to support muscle maintenance and muscle growth.

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Mass & Size Meal Plan

The Maxinutrition Mass and Size Meal Plan is designed for those looking to increase their muscle mass. protein helps both to support muscle maintenance and muscle growth.

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Lean Definition Meal Plan

The MaxiNutrition Lean Definition meal Plan is designed for those looking for a more defined physique. protein supports muscle maintenance which is key when on a calorie restricted diet.

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George North's Nutrition Plan

We have enlisted the help of Welsh and British & Irish Lions international George North for his take on nutrition and what makes him successful on the rugby field.

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George North's Nutrition Plan

The more you put in, the more you get out. A training mantra that often brings success but from a nutritional perspective the literal translation will likely lead to weight gain. The meaning behind the words however, should be that if taken seriously, nutrition can prove to be difference in achieving your goal.

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Conor Murray's Nutrition Plan

From a recreational runner to an elite rugby player, any training goal is always believed achievable based on the training plan. The importance is often 100% focused on the training type, intensity and duration and any thought of nutrition is left as an afterthought. In truth, to help support goals nutrition should be viewed with a much higher priority.

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Chris Robshaw's Nutrition Plan

Eat like a captain and not like a king. A diet for sport should be calculated, planned and periodised. It has you and your goal at the heart but should be shaped depending on your lifestyle, dietary habits and desire. Nutrition can often seem confusing but in truth it should be very simple and easy.

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MaxiNutrition Nutritional Advice

Nuts about Protein Bars?

Are you looking for a healthy nut based protein bar? Look what we have for you.

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What is Whey Protein Isolate?

Whey protein has been long viewed as the king of proteins, but what is the difference between whey protein isolate and whey protein concentrate? Find out more about how WPI can help you.

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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?

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Weight Loss - Is little and often, still the way to go?

Ask around, either in the office or your friends, someone is on a 'diet'. As we get closer to the summer season and the thought for some people donning swimwear, is somewhat of a scary one.

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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.

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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?

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Progressive Overload

We see people going into the gym nowadays with no structure to their workouts, they don’t 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.

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New Year Resuscitation

New Year, New You. Its that time again when a large majority of us put pen to paper and makes some new year's goals. In not some many days it's also that time when most of those goals are abandoned. With the help of Gareth Nicholas, create a process that you can stick to and make your goals a reality.

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No Pain, No Gain

No pain, no gain! Ever had that feeling, the muscle aches and pains 24-48 hours after a gym sessions. Chances are you are feeling the effects of DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). A completely normal but painful inevitability of training. Here's Gareth Nicholas' top tips to help you get over DOMS and back to training.

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Christmas Feastivities

If you cant over do it at Christmas then when can you? Christmas is always a tricky time to keep the diet in check, but here's some advice from our nutritionist, Gareth Nicholas The sensible approach to the festivities and some hints and tips to beating the bulge.

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The Toll of Christmas Lunch

While we fully endorse having a blooming good festive season, it’s good to be aware of exactly how much toll Christmas day indulgences can have on the body, and how much exercise needs to be done to work it off.

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Christmas Foody Facts

While you’re still in your festive pyjamas considering which wonderful Christmas treats to tuck into first, take a look at the following Christmas foody facts.

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