The truth about BCAA’s: They’re unlikely to hinder your training, however they won’t enhance it either. The good news? There are alternative protein supplements available on the market that CAN enhance your training performance and subsequent physique results.

If your goal incorporates weight loss, then this infographic illustrates a few important points to bear in mind when trying to “go on a diet” and how to actually do it successfully!

For decades now artificial sweeteners have been abundant in our food environment, and with this has come decades of randomised control trials, systematic reviews, and meta-analysis which have researched their effects on human health outcomes. So the question is… are they safe?

The process of getting stage lean and “conditioned” for a bodybuilding show is multi factorial. For simplicity, we’ve broken down this process into five main components. Swipe through the above to read our best advice on how to nail the conditioning criteria for your next bodybuilding season!

Some claims in the fitness industry have merit… and some, well… don’t. Swipe through the above to bust five common bodybuilding myths, and understand that while they sound good in theory, they don’t hold up in practice.

Don’t ditch your goals in December! Today is the first of the month, meaning that there’s still 31 days left in the year of 2022. Despite this being >8% of an entire year’s worth of potential progress, some people are convinced that December should be a “write-off” simply due to an increased number of social events (namely Christmas and New Years Eve).

Despite the name, this is not a time you want to be taking “off”. Swipe through to read our five top-tips for how to maximise your results and maintain momentum during the off-season!

As a result of swinging the pendulum, the human body responds naturally via hunger and appetite hormones when it feels as though it’s entering “uncomfortable” territory. On one end this could entail an individual pushing their bodyweight upward 15% of their stage weight during a building phase, which would result in a suppression of appetite hormones and hunger cues. On the flip side, someone approaching near 5% of their stage weight during a dieting phase is likely to experience an up-regulation of appetite hormones and internal hunger signals.

In the case of food manufacturing, when a nutritional constituent of a product is removed, then in most circumstances an alternative nutrient will take its place. Therefore, if something is marketed as being “low” (e.g. carbs), then this implies something else must be higher in contrast (e.g. fat).

As fun as it may seem on social media, competing in a bodybuilding competition for the first time should be viewed as a very serious decision. There are key considerations to bear in mind before committing to a prep and prematurely announcing how many “X” number of weeks out you are. And yes, the importance of these heavily outweigh the colour of your stage bikini/trunks or whether you carb-up on rice cakes or cereal.