THE BASICS OF BUILDING MUSCLE – KINGDOM GYM BROOKVALE

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WHAT IS HYPERTROPHY?
Today i start a series of posts on Hypertrophy, to start the series I guess we should discuss what Hypertrophy really is & how it happens.

HYPERTROPHY PART 1.
Hypertrophy is an enlargement of the actual muscle fibres.
There are two ways to create hypertrophy, one is through tension (mechanical stress on the muscle).
The other way is through cell swelling.
Tension causes myofibril hypertrophy, enlargement of the cross sectional area of the myosin & fibrils.
Cell swelling causes sarcoplasmic hypertrophy, as Arnold so famously called it..the pump❗️

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Addiction, Obesity & Eating Disorders

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Addiction, Obesity & Eating Disorders

An addiction is just an unmet need in someone’s life that usually all comes back to a safety & security issue in their childhood.
Avoid that one will fill usually with a substance, over or under eating or highs like sex & exercise.

It does not matter what the addiction is to, it’s what’s causing the addiction at the ground level that needs to be addressed.

Anything that is done regularly enough that you can’t stop doing that causes you “any” kind of pain or suffering is considered an addiction.

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Meal Plans For Fat Loss

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FAT LOSS RESULTS

The same person with varying body fat % requires different approach’s to a meal plan that works long term, so as a client begins to get results things need to begin to also change with what they are eating.

The current body fat % of a client is one of many things factored in regularly to an effective meal plan for lasting FAT LOSS.
That’s why it is very rare to find someone that has lost a lot of weight following the same approach to FAT LOSS from start to finish “& kept it off” 
The body is constantly adapting & changing how it responds to the different macro-nutrients & the total amount consumed as it gets leaner or gains weight.

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