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Tag: Calorie Surplus

How to Stick to Your Diet: Meal Prep for Busy Professionals

November 5, 2024
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Whether your goal is to lose fat, build muscle, or create healthy habits, meal prep is the key for how to stick to your diet and make progress.

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Batch Cooking, Calorie Deficit, Calorie Surplus, MEAL PLAN, Meal Planning, Meal Prep, Meal Prepping, Protein, Shelf Life

The Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle: Maximizing Your Progress

September 9, 2024
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The Ultimate Guide to Building Muscle

Learn all the information you need to build MASSIVE amounts of muscle in the ultimate guide to building muscle.

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Posted in Nutrition, Training Tagged Build Muscle, Calorie Surplus, Muscle Growth, Progressive Overload, Protein, Rest Days, Sleep

Should You Eat Less on Rest Days While Bulking?

November 6, 2023
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Should You Eat Less on Rest Days While Bulking?

In this article, we’re going to talk about everything nutrition-related for bulking, and answer the following question: Should you eat less on rest days while bulking?

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Build Muscle, Bulking Diet, Calorie Cycling, Calorie Surplus, Calories Burned, Lifting Weights, Muscle Gain, Progressive Overload, Rest Days, Strength Training

How Many Calories Do You Burn In A Workout?

November 7, 2022
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How Many Calories Do You Burn In A Workout?

If you’ve ever wondered about how many calories do you burn in a workout, I’ll teach you everything you need to know in this article!

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Posted in Training Tagged Body Composition, Burn Calories, Calorie Deficit, Calorie Surplus, Calories Burned, Cardio, Fitness Trackers, Lifting Weights, Weight Gain, Weight Loss

What Kind of Alcohol is Best for Weight Loss?

December 12, 2021
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By: Chris Gates Everything you put in your body will impact your weight loss goals. Food, drinks, supplements, or any tiny licks, bites, or tastes you have throughout the day. It all counts. And one of the biggest culprits that can derail your progress is not accounting for alcohol. I’ve received this question a lot […]

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Alcohol, Calorie Cycling, Calorie Deficit, Calorie Surplus, Calories, Liquid Calories, Sustainable Weight Loss, Water Weight, Weight Loss

How Big Should My Calorie Surplus Be to Build Muscle?

November 10, 2021
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By: Chris Gates If you want to build muscle, you need to do a few things correctly. You need to train smart, and train hard. You need to recover from that training so that you can continue to train hard. You need a nutrition plan that supports both what you’re doing in the gym, and […]

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged Build Muscle, Calorie Surplus, Calories, Muscle Building Diet, Muscle Growth, Nutrition, Protein, Sleep Quality, Strength Training, Training Volume

How Much Weight Should You Lift to Build Muscle?

August 22, 2021
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Chris Gates Fitness · 55. How Much Weight Should You Lift to Build Muscle? By: Chris Gates To build muscle, you need to be strength training. But how much strength training should you do? How heavy should you lift? How intense should it be? How much is too much, and how little is too little? […]

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Posted in Training Tagged BODYBUILDING, Building Muscle, Calorie Surplus, Hard Sets, Muscle Growth, Muscle Recovery, Proper Form, Relative Intensity, Strength Training, Training Volume

What to Eat After a Workout to Build Muscle

June 14, 2020
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How to Meal Plan to Lose Weight

Chris Gates Fitness · 23. What To Eat After A Workout To Build Muscle We know a few things about building muscle: You need to train hard You need to eat protein You need to consume more calories than you burn (in most cases) Seems simple, right? But so much nuance goes into getting these […]

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Posted in Nutrition Tagged BODYBUILDING DIET, Build Muscle, Building Muscle, Calorie Surplus, Calories, MACROS, Post-Workout Nutrition, Protein, Protein Shake, Supplementation

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