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Tuomas Anttila
Jul 1, 20234 min read
Overcoming Appetite Struggles During Bulking Phases
Struggling to eat all your calories during a bulk? You may not be implementing these 3 things. Read more to find out!
Tuomas Anttila
Jun 11, 20232 min read
Post-Workout Food Commandments
Consider these commandments etched into stone tablets. Okay, perhaps a tad extreme, but important nonetheless. What you put into your...
Tuomas Anttila
Jan 13, 20233 min read
3 Common Reasons Why You're Not Building Muscle
1. Not eating enough food This one is painfully simple. If you’re a hard gainer, you know what I’m talking about. Surprising though it...
Tuomas Anttila
Nov 20, 20225 min read
Ergogenic Aids: Creatine, Caffeine & Carbs
The term ergogenic aid refers to any substance that can increase the capacity for bodily or mental labour, especially by eliminating...
Tuomas Anttila
Nov 8, 20224 min read
7 Days to Maximise the Effectiveness of your Fat Loss Phase
Fat loss isn't complicated. As long as we adhere to the fundamental principle of calories out exceeding calories in, we're going to lose...
Tuomas Anttila
Oct 6, 20224 min read
Intermittent Fasting 101
Google intermittent fasting and the first few hits you’ll get are from Hopkins medicine, Healthline, and Mayo Clinic. While I have...
Tuomas Anttila
Sep 5, 20223 min read
Training Around Injuries
Injuries are inevitable.
If you train long enough, something is bound to give. Amongst long-term trainees, it's almost a running joke that
Tuomas Anttila
Aug 22, 20222 min read
Discipline?
I go back to this book whenever I feel like I'm slacking on the things that are important to my health, self-development, relationship, and
Tuomas Anttila
Aug 13, 20225 min read
Interpreting Weight Fluctuations when Dieting
It takes practice and experience to be able to look at weight objectively. It’s easy to throw in the towel when, despite your best...
Tuomas Anttila
Aug 2, 20222 min read
Fat.
People have conflicting views on fats in their diet. These are usually shaped by the prevailing guidelines of the time, which are not...
Tuomas Anttila
Jul 14, 20222 min read
Captain Obvious: Protein
I'm going to start calling these types of newsletters by the name Captain Obvious because EVERYONE "knows" about these things. Last week...
Tuomas Anttila
Apr 18, 20225 min read
Managing Stress in Training for Peak Performance & Recovery
As humans, we're constantly fluctuating in and out of homeostasis or equilibrium when it comes to the state of our nervous system. On one...
Tuomas Anttila
Mar 9, 20224 min read
The Diet After the Diet: How to Navigate Post-Diet Nutrition
How to go about managing your nutrition after you've finished dieting to set yourself up for long term success and continue progressing.
Tuomas Anttila
Feb 25, 20223 min read
Gut Health: Common Causes of Digestive Issues & How to Approach Resolving Them
At one point or another in each of our lives, we've experienced some degree of digestive issues, whether that be bloating, feeling gassy...
Tuomas Anttila
Dec 15, 20206 min read
Nutrition and Training Misconceptions about Fat Loss
“Calorie calculators tell you all you need to know about setting up your calories and macros” There was a time when I used calorie...
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