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  1. Reide

    Those little bean bags from primary school?

    You know the things from sports class? Where can you actually buy some? I wouldn't mind some because I have a few parents interested in fitness classes for their kids. Aka they want me to make sure they sleep. I checked Rebel sport and they said they only have them at Christmas for some reason.
  2. Reide

    Sleep

    I got the vivofit 2 and it told me I am sleeping for 6.5 hours on average. I sort of knew this anyway but is this a bad thing? I literally cannot sleep longer.
  3. A

    Use The RPE Scale To Rate How Hard You Should Work Out

    The RPE scale challenges you to gauge how hard you think you’re pushing yourself, based on a numeric scale. The American College of Sports Medicine defines RPE as “feelings of effort, strain, discomfort, and/or fatigue experienced during both aerobic and resistance training“, but uses a scale of...
  4. Ringstinger

    G'day Everyone

    G'day everyone, stumbled upon the forum whilst looking at information about getting back into the weights. A little bit of background on me. I was in the Army from 2003 - 2008 and was really into fitness but without all the intricate side of things like macros and one rep maxes etc. At my...
  5. A

    Does It Matter How Many Reps You Do When You Work Out?

    So, your workout has you doing 4 sets of 5 reps for this exercise, 3 sets of 8 after that, and — oh, thank goodness — only 2 sets of 50 to finish it out. Well, hey, the good news is that these rep numbers aren’t just based on a sadistic desire to see you huff and puff. Here’s how they differ and...
  6. B

    November 2015 Newsletter - our latest updates

    Hi there, This month we’re rewarding customers who spend over $250 with a free bottle of ZMA Complex Capsules. If you’ve been saving up for a big order you can look forward to keeping an extra $30 in your back pocket! ZMA Complex Capsules contain three compounds that are often lacking in most...
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    Steps to Get through Your First NPC Bikini Competition

    If you are new to NPC and have been prepping for your first bikini competition, here’s what you can expect 48 hours before the show until show time. Step 1: 48 Hours Before Your NPC Bikini Competition In addition to keeping on your diet and workout plan, make sure you get your manicure and...
  8. A

    The benefits of beer for runners

    Beer contains antioxidants.The barley and hops used in beer contain flavonoids that, when consumed, fight oxidative stress in the body. Antioxidants play a key role in recovery and in overall health, and the antioxidant levels in beer (especially darker ones) are found to be equivalent to those...
  9. A

    Scientists have discovered why running makes you happy

    If you're a big runner like me you know what I'm talking about when I describe that euphoric feeling you get in the middle of your workout — when your feet feel like they are floating over the ground and you can almost hear the air dancing past you. It turns out it's not all in your mind...
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    September 2015 Newsletter - our latest updates

    Recently reformulated, Pre Workout 101 has been selling like hotcakes and the Strawberry Lime flavour has been getting amazing reviews. So our Product of the Month for September is a free 200g pouch worth $20! Just by placing an order over $250, you can try 16 serves of our premiere ASADA...
  11. O

    Evolve Anabolic Injection

    Hey everyone Feel like I'm in a bit of a rut with my body and at the gym atm so revamping my workouts, reassessing my diet and have resumed taking supplements which I have always done until recently. However, I just purchased Anabolic Injection and now I'm worried I bought the wrong thing...
  12. Penn

    real question cholesterol

    Doctors tell us all the time high LDL cholesterol is a risk to heart disease. what do you think that really means?
  13. H

    How Important to sleep is weight loss & Gain

    Hi All, Pretty easy one here but wondering how important everyone considers sleep to weight loss and gain. I know guys that sleep 6 hours a day and still get fine progress yet I know others that do the same and show nothing this goes both ways with loss and gain! Any thoughts ?
  14. Shrek

    Full body.

    These are good. I'm going back to full body. Very busy at work. I wanna sleep more. Train 3 days only, but hard. http://ditillo2.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/full-body-workouts-cs-sloan.html?m=1 Full-Body Workouts by C.S. Sloan In the era of go-for-the-pump bodybuilding we’ve forgotten one of...
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    July 2015 Newsletter - our latest updates

    This month all orders over $250 will receive a free 120 capsule bottle of Creatine Nitrate worth $25! Primarily used before heavy lifting, Creatine Nitrate combines the proven effectiveness of creatine with the increased blood flow to muscles that nitrate provides. Our Creatine Nitrate...
  16. Puggy

    CNS Stimulants - help CNS gains? Or just mask fatigue?

    CNS Stimulants range from Caffeine to the Amphetamine family. Probably someone with experience or from a medical background could answer this. Do CNS Stimulants actually improve CNS gains or do they just mask fatigue while they're active?
  17. C

    comments and suggestions on balancing life and training etc

    Hello everyone, just wanted to share part of my story and perhaps if others have felt the same and can share their thoughts and what they did. I would appreciate if we can stay on topic. Some information about myself: In the younger years i was relatively skinny. Around 2009 i started going...
  18. Repacked

    Anabolism - systemic or localised?

    One question which I cannot seem to find an answer to, and it may be that I am not phrasing it correctly is - is anabolism systemic or purely localised? Let me elaborate... One of the main premises that proponents of high frequency training espouse is that recovery and hyper-anabolic activity...
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    The Ideal Amount Of Sleep For Each Age Group, According To The Experts

    It seems like a question that’s as old as time itself: “How much sleep do I really need?” The non-profitNational Sleep Foundation and a panel of 18 prominent medical scientists and researchers reviewed over 300 sleep studies to try and finally answer it. The short answer is, of course, “it...
  20. Puggy

    Nootropics Log

    Hey all, I'm thinking there will be some fellow Nootropic users among us. A bunch of preworkouts have some form of Nootropic in them. I've been experimenting with some new supplements. I'm not a big believer in supplements, but I stumbled across something on the net, that I thought was far to...
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