Health, Exercise & Fitness | Physiology & Nutritional Education
Health, Exercise & Fitness | Physiology & Nutritional Education
The Myth: “You shouldn’t mix protein and carbs in one meal because they need different digestive enzymes, and the pH for protein digestion conflicts with the pH for carb digestion. This causes poor digestion, bloating, and inefficient nutrient absorption.” The…
You can absolutely keep doing intermittent fasting while losing fat and still retain muscle. The most important thing is that you hit your daily protein target (about 1.6–2.2 g per kilogram of bodyweight) and stay consistent with strength training, since that’s what signals your body to hold onto muscle even while in a calorie deficit.
You can definitely use sugar and milk with your pre-workout coffee, but adjust based on your goals.
So in conclusion, Stamina or Endurance? In essence, neither is strictly "better"—it depends on your goals.
Stamina and endurance are crucial for different types of physical performance, but they train and challenge your body in different ways. Stamina is more about short-term power, while endurance is about long-term resilience.
Exercise produces little change in the proportions of fast and slow fibers in the muscle, this is because exercise does not change the types of myosin enzymes formed by the fibers.
Dead hang variations include different grip styles, engagement techniques, and intensity levels that help improve grip strength, shoulder health, and overall upper-body performance. Understanding these variations allows you to choose the right approach for your training goals.
Drinking electrolyte fluids restores these vital minerals and the water content hydrate you, restoring plasma concentrations.
Latissimus dorsi are your 'lats' muscles and this is a flat V shaped muscle connecting your arms and shoulders at the side to your vertebral column at the back and running down all the way to the hips where it shares attachments. It’s the largest muscle in...
Breathing with your diaphragm triggers a deep breathing pattern filling your lungs with air more efficiently. Many people do tight, shallow chest breathing and not engaging your diaphragm effectively...
Firstly, as lower and upper abs are the same muscle called rectus abdominis (Ra), you can't isolate the two areas of the same muscle. Most well known abs exercises activate more muscle fibers in the upper region of RA.
No, they are only opposite sides of a single long muscle called rectus abdominis (RA).
No, absolutely not. Your abdominal muscles (rectus abdominis) known as a six pack is just one muscle group out of many in your core. Two groups of muscles lie in the core, the outer or superficial muscles and the inner…
There are a variety of exercises you can do to strengthen your core right at home. Needing only a small space on the floor, or using furniture like chairs or tables to support you while your core is still weak.…
In your core area you have all your vital organs except your brain. Your central nervous system is in your spinal column. Your heart and lungs in your chest, stomach in abdomen and many vital veins and arteries going through…
The core region consists of your abdomen, ribs, back, pelvis and hip. Core exercise is any exercise that engages your abdominal, side, back/spine and pelvic muscles. These muscles are needed to strengthen your core and stabilize your hips, pelvis and…
