YOU WHAT YOU EAT

Admit it, you want to be big and strong. We all do. And with all of the hype around strength training supplements and diets, it seems like it’d be the easiest thing, right? Take this colorful drink or only eat protein, and you’re well on your way to becoming the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you’ve been training for any appreciable length of time, you know that it’s much harder than it appears. Those quick fixes never work. So, with all of this misinformation on the Internet, where do you start? Let’s talk about nutrition and supplementation to start seeing some huge gains in the gym.

HOW DOES A MUSCLE GROW?

At the end of the day, a muscle will respond to demands. When we ask our muscles to lift weights, their response in the longer term is to get stronger. And the opposite is also true — place no demands on them, and they’ll get weaker and smaller. These demands we place on muscle tissue causes damage, and while repairing this damage, the result is getting stronger