by Muscle Prodigy | Apr 11, 2018 | Fitness Tips
What is HIST? H.I.S.T. or High Intensity Stimulation Training is a protocol I coined and created to define optimal training based on the musculature in the body in addition to the hormonal environment from which everything in terms of weight loss and muscle mass...
by Muscle Prodigy | Oct 9, 2017 | Fitness Tips
To fully stimulate the muscles, you should incorporate both compound and isolation exercises. Nevertheless, if your main goal is to build muscle, you should focus on compound movements and use the isolation exercises as secondary or a supplement. You should always do...
by Muscle Prodigy | Oct 9, 2017 | Fitness Tips
If you want to really build up your physique, you need to sprint. Sprinting will reduce body fat and strengthen you more than long distance running due to the maximal recruitment of muscle and short maximal energy bursts. Research suggests that sprints can burn 9X...
by Muscle Prodigy | Oct 9, 2017 | Fitness Tips
Here’s the proper rep range and intensity to perform based on your goals: Primary Goal – Increasing Strength: Strength – Under 6 reps (80-100% of exercise volume) Hypertrophy – 6-15 reps (0-20% of exercise volume) Endurance – 15+ reps (0-10% of exercise volume)...
by Muscle Prodigy | Oct 9, 2017 | Fitness Tips
Every 2-3 months, you should take a full week off from the gym. You need to understand that intense weightlifting puts a tremendous amount of stress on your body. It’s not just your muscles that are affected. The entire neuromuscular system, as well as immune...
by Muscle Prodigy | Oct 9, 2017 | Fitness Tips
Fat burning is a systemic process. Most people think you’ll get abs buy just doing ab exercises. You don’t get abs by only relying on ab workouts. You should understand that doing exercises that target a certain region does NOT cause fat to burn away in that...
