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One of the common questions that will always be asked is “should I bulk or should I cut?”

Just do a quick search on the bodybuilding.com forums and you’ll get a mound of results from many young(er) guys promulgating the next step in their fitness journey.

Many beginners, primarily males, will often be exposed to strength training or bodybuilding by a friend, magazine, an old book or whatnot.  Within a few days, an obsession with resembling the models they see in the media beats against their brain incessantly until they can no longer recite their ABC’s. Read on…

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Intermittent Fasting for Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, and Easy Maintenance

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Photo Credit: ground.zero Intermittent fasting is a dirty set of words, often scoffed at in many fitness, health, and bodybuilding circles.  However, it’s gained some popularity over the last few years, albeit slowly as a means to better health, improved performance and most importantly a healthier, more laid-back lifestyle. I’ll never forget when I first [...]

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The Vacation Diet: How To Maintain Your Weight While Traveling

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My monstrous peanut butter + devil’s food birthday cake from last night Regardless of your goals, maintaining a steady diet is fairly easy when you’re in the comfort of your own home and regular routine.  However, when the summer rolls around or the boss sends you out for work, traveling can pose a major issue [...]

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The Digg of the Fitness Niche? – FitMarker fills the Social Media Void

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If you’ve been online for any period of time, the terms social media, social bookmarking and even social media marketing probably ring a bell.  I’m willing to bet everyone here has heard of Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Digg, StumbleUpon, Myspace, Delicious, etc.  The list is virtually endless. In lieu of simply being aware of this social [...]

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Sneaky Ways To Trigger Muscle Growth

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Photo Credit: Katie Tegtmeyer Thanks to Chris from ZenToFitness for this guest article. Muscle growth is easy at first but then it becomes elusive, time passes with little change in body composition in spite of good eating and hard training in the gym. For me it even comes to a point that my muscle size [...]

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