Now that we know what macros are, what do we do with them? How do we use them? First we need to determine what our macros are before we worry about counting them. Your numbers can vary widely depending on your goals. Whether you’re cutting fat, or gaining muscle. This can be a painstaking process because there are multiple ways …
What are MACROS?
Macros are incredibly important especially when training towards a significant goal that involves fat loss or gaining lean muscle mass. This article is part one in a series on macro and micronutrients. In future articles we will go more in depth on how to count macros, meal plans around macros, and intermittent fasting while counting macros, as well as any …
How to Train While You Are Sick
Training While You Are Sick I get asked fairly regularly “Should I train when I’m sick.” Especially if the client is making consistent progress. They don’t want to lose all their gains. I recently went on a trip to Las Vegas (I know it was fun as hell and I’ll be back in September for Olympia if anyone wants to …
AM I MAKING GAINZ EVEN IF I’M NOT SORE AFTER MY WORKOUT?
tl;dr: Muscle soreness does not equal gainz. You don’t need to be incredibly sore to achieve progress. It’s Monday morning and you wake up feeling refreshed and great even though you crushed your leg workout yesterday. Like seriously crushed it. In your mind you’re dreading getting out of bed, because your legs are probably dead, and you’re positive you’ll fall …
My story of cancer, 3 big whales, and why you shouldn’t be wasting your time with minnows.
At first I had no idea what he meant by it. Meaning it took a second to click. I was having breakfast at a small diner with one of the greatest minds in the strength and conditioning field Daniel John. If you’ve ever met him you know he’ll bend over backwards to help just about anyone get that whale, yet …
Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl Recipe
Who doesn’t love a good burrito bowl? Especially a good chicken burrito bowl inspired by chipotle? Join the Conversation on Facebook [[CHIPOTLE CHICKEN BURRITO BOWL]] (Follow the link below for the recipe) Hey family! This is one of my favorite… Posted by Devan Nielsen Fitness & Lifestyle on Sunday, January 24, 2016 If you like this recipe make sure you …
Easy Home Made Chili
It’s been almost a year since I’ve put up an awesome chili recipe. So here you go. I threw this up on YouTube and Facebook as well so make sure you follow me in both places. Let me know what else you’d like to see.
Take Next Level Action and Crush 2016
2015 was an amazing year, but I by no means crushed it. Most of the year I took mediocre level action, and achieved mediocre results. I waited until November to actually start crushing it. Just in November I completed my foundations level 1 at Gym Jones I finally hired Jason Tremblay from (@thestrengthguys) as my coach. I’m only on week …
4 Reasons You’re Not Losing Fat
Your Diet Sucks I don’t care if you’re on the paleo diet, keto diet, slow carb, whatever you want to call it. If you’re eating too many calories, you’re not going to lose fat. In fact if you’re eating too much you’ll probably gain more fat. When it comes down to this or that, you need to eat less food. …
How to Measure and Track Your Fitness Progress
If you want to make the biggest improvement you can when it comes to fitness, whether that be a fat loss, or muscle gaining goal you need to start tracking and measuring. I wasted 10 years of training not using this advice. As soon as I started tracking what I teach you how to track all of my numbers shot …