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Can You Build Muscle Without Gaining Fat? Lean Bulking is The Answer!

Do you want to pack on some serious strength and muscle mass? Then you need to “BULK”! The problem is, if you don’t do it the right way you might just end up wasting a bunch of time and end up gaining more fat than muscle. But we aren’t going to let that happen. You’ll learn everything you need to know in this article about how to bulk without gaining extra fat, the best exercises and how to train while bulking, and how to set your calories, protein, carbs and fat to make the most of your bulk. Let’s go!

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What is "Tracking Macros", and How To Use It To Lose Fat & Gain Muscle

If you want to take control of your nutrition and get serious about fat loss or building muscle there’s really no better way than tracking macros.

If you’ve been on the interwebs in the last few years and googled anything about nutrition you’ve probably seen the term “MACROS” OR “MACRONUTRIENTS” pop up.

Maybe you rushed out to Whole Foods and headed straight for the Macronutrient aisle so you could start taking advantage of this new superfood for fat loss! Sadly, you couldn’t find a bag of macros, but you found this article and that’s even better!

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What Snack Bars Have The Best Taste, Calories, Protein, Carbohydrates and Fat?

You know grabbing a candy bar isn’t the right option, so you head to the snack bar aisle in the store.

There you stand, under the bright LED lights overhead completely overwhelmed by the sea of choices.

Should you get the plant based protein bar?

Is the paleo one healthy?

Maybe it’s like wine and you just pick one with a cool looking label?

Well, the fact is, some of them taste like dirt, some have a ton of calories and some of them are trying to trick you into thinking you’re eating less calories than you really are.

We pulled 10 different snack bars off the shelf and we’re tasting, looking at the labels and giving you our opinion of which are “best” and which ones to avoid.

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Is Fasted Cardio Good For Fat Loss?

Are you looking for a short cut to fat loss or a way to squeeze every little drop out of every detail in your journey to get lean?

If you are, you’ve probably heard the term “fasted cardio”.

Is fasted cardio the “hack” that you need to be doing to shed that extra fat?

Is it the key thing that you’re not doing that could help you make more progress with your weight loss?

Or is it just another myth that you shouldn’t let distract you from the basics of fat loss?

Let’s dig in and find out.

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Use Your Hand as a Guide For Portions - Get Enough Protein, Carbs and Fat Per Meal

If you’re trying to improve your health, lose weight or just learn what a balanced meal looks like, you’ve come to the right place.

Do you have a hand on the end of your arm? You’re in luck! Even if you don’t you’ve probably seen one and that’s good enough!

Here’s how to use your hand to build a meal that has a balanced portion of protein, carbohydrates (both starchy carbs and non-starchy carbs and fat) without weighing and measuring the ingredients.

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What’s The Best Yogurt? Greek? Icelandic? Almond? Oatmilk? Find out with our yogurt taste test and nutrition break down.

There are approximately 8,459 options when it comes to yogurt and fauxgurt (I made that up).

Some are rich and creamy, some are sad and runny and some taste like chemical waste.

The differences don’t stop there. Some are high in carbs for no good reason, some are high in protein and some have none at all.

We taste tested 13 different yogurts (and some yogurt wanna be’s) to give you the good, the bad, and the not so tasty truths about each of them. One was so bad Blakley had to spit it out.

Find out our thoughts on non-fat yogurt, 2% yogurt, Greek yogurt, Icelandic yogurt, Almond yogurt alternative, Oatmilk non-dairy yogurt and even yogurt made from a coconut.

Let’s do it.

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