These are the most popular sports
The current sport and fitness trend has been going on for several years. In Germany, too, there are some sports that are particularly popular with people. We would like to take a closer look at them and at the same time get to the bottom of the question why they are so popular. 9 million train in the gym The high number of registrations in the fitness studios fit in perfectly with the current development. The cheap chains in particular succeeded in recruiting new members and thereby consolidating the trend. More than nine million Germans train in the gym and use the location as an opportunity to train their own bodies in a targeted manner. In contrast to many other sports, the focus is on improving individual body functions. While this desirable goal tends to take a back seat in other activities, it becomes a goal-setting maxim when training in…
Nutrition and muscle building
Pretty much every demanding round of debates on the weight bench at home sooner or later revolves around the topic of Diet while building muscle . But which factors really influence muscle building and what is the role of diet in strength and muscle building training? In this article we clarify exactly these questions so that you have more powerful arguments in your hand than your sweaty towel in the next discussion in the free weight area. Successful muscle building – a matter of nutrition? What’s it called so often? You are what you eat? Well, that may be the case for a fairly large proportion of our population. If the beige-gray sweatpants are then combined with the demanding television program at lunchtime, the determined fitness starter package is complete. Or at least almost. Because, as is so often the case in life, the right mix is important. Anyone who…
Does training to failure make sense?
Do I always have to train to failure in order to experience maximum muscle growth? A question that is definitely justified. Everyone knows this feeling when the last repetition goes worse than planned and you enter into a much closer relationship with the barbell than you would actually like. If you are one of the notorious late night buddies and prefer to train alone, it looks pretty bleak for you when an acute muscle failure occurs. Every day you can see countless athletes in the local fitness studios who torment themselves to vomiting during muscle building training and who make their own muscles a slave. Basically, that’s exactly the right attitude – discipline is the most important parameter in strength training. But does it always have to be training to failure so that muscle building is really effective? When does muscle failure occur? Let’s take a closer look at the…
Lose weight after Christmas and New Years
When the last gram of fuel paste from the fondue burner has gone out, the raclette has finally stopped glowing and the remains of the crispy Christmas goose have disappeared into the depths of the black bin, we know: Christmas is over. But how do we get all the “Christmas gains” (attention: pun!) Off our hips again? A classic first world problem. So: How can we lose weight quickly after Christmas? In this article we want to clarify exactly this question. To do this, we not only look at the causes of uncontrolled weight gain (don’t worry, we’re not going back to the historical reasons of Christmas), but also the physiological energy requirements of your body and the theoretical bases with which you can boost your fat burning again . Why do we gain so much weight over Christmas? In view of the countless (excess) calories that we encounter every…