One macronutrient has taken centre stage in people's quest to grow muscle, and that is protein. This is for a good reason too, as protein contains essential amino acids that our body uses to build muscle tissue. So you can see why this is handy in our line of work. In the health and fitness world, you hear many different things when it comes to how much protein you should be consuming. The big guy in the gym might tell you that you need to eat as much as possible, and he'll have you downing whey protein shakes with ungodly amounts of...

 Gym meals would like to welcome our newest athlete to the team, Lauren Ashleigh. Lauren has many achievements in the sports of powerlifting, strongman (well, strong woman) and figure which include things like pulling trucks and setting deadlift records, to name a few. Below we discuss what drives her, her passion and her mindset. Let's take a look.    Q - So, tell us a bit about yourself?   As an athlete being extremely driven and motivated is something I embrace.  Discipline and a passion for being the best I can be in my chosen sports keep me hungry, and...

As gym goers, we try so hard to get everything right. Eating the right foods in the correct amounts (gym meals), taking supplements meticulously, mapping out our training, getting enough sleep, weighing ourselves, measuring ourselves and everything else that goes into getting gains. These steps are all taken so that the most muscle and strength can be gained. The only type of stress that gets talked about when it comes to training is the impact the physical stress of training itself has on our bodies. This is usually discussed in the context of allowing adequate time for our bodies to recovery from one...

How many times you train a muscle group per week is often a highly debated topic. Traditionally, especially in bodybuilding circles, it's believed that training a muscle group once a week is the best approach to growing muscle. This is mainly due to the belief that if you train a muscle more than once in a given week, it can lead to 'overtraining' and doesn't allow adequate time for your muscles to grow. Although there is limited research on the topic, one summary of research showed that training muscle groups twice per week led to more growth than training them that once...