Mike Matthews
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Mike Matthews Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Fitness, Weight Loss, Muscle Building, Healthy Liftstyle
- Best Sellers
- Bigger Leaner Stronger, Thinner Leaner Stronger, The Shredded Chef
- Career Focus
- Author
- Affiliation
- Muscle For Life
Hi,
I'm Mike and I believe that every person can achieve the body of his or her dreams, and I work hard to give everyone that chance by providing workable, proven advice grounded in science, not a desire to sell phony magazines, workout products, or supplements.
Through my work, I've helped thousands of people achieve their health and fitness goals, and I share everything I know in my books.
So if you're looking to get in shape and look great, then I think I can help you. I hope you enjoy my books and I'd love to hear from you at my site, www.muscleforlife.com.
Sincerely,
Mike
Mike Matthews Books
Bigger Leaner Stronger
http://www.muscleforlife.com/books/bigger-leaner-stronger/
Thinner Leaner Stronger
http://www.muscleforlife.com/books/thinner-leaner-stronger/
The Shredded Chef
http://www.muscleforlife.com/books/the-shredded-chef/
Muscle Myths
http://www.muscleforlife.com/books/muscle-myths/
Cardio Sucks
http://www.muscleforlife.com/books/cardio-sucks/
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What is the Best Protein Powder for Building Muscle?
With so many options out there, what is the best protein powder for building muscle? In order to get an answer to that question, let’s first take a look at protein itself. There are two main sources of protein out there: whole food protein and supplement protein. Whole food protein is, as you guessed, protein that comes from natural food sources, such as beef, chicken, fish, etc. The best forms of whole food proteins for building muscle are chicken, turkey, lean red meat, fish, eggs, and dairy.
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6 Ways to Naturally Boost Your Testosterone Production
Boosting your testosterone levels is one of the easiest ways to get bigger, leaner, and stronger. That’s why millions of guy take dangerous steroids, and millions more buy products that claim to be able to boost testosterone naturally (but do very little, in reality). So, are there healthy, scientifically proven ways to increase your testosterone production without taking drugs or wasting ungodly amounts of money on fancy supplements? Absolutely. There are six easy, healthy ways, actually. If you incorporate all into your daily routine, you can notice quite a difference. #1
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5 Ways to Break Through Weight Loss Plateaus: Part One
Have you hit a weight loss plateau? It’s time to learn why, and what you can do about it. Fat was practically falling off your body just a few weeks ago, and now you’re wondering if your scale is broken because no matter what you do, your weight won’t budge. What gives? Why did your routine suddenly stop working, and what can you do to push through this weight loss plateau? Understanding Weight Loss Vs. Fat Loss... “Weight loss” is a tricky little devil because it doesn’t differentiate between changes in fat, muscle, and water.
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The Real Battle We Have to Win to Get Into Shape
Before you can build the body of your dreams, you need to learn how to defeat the only force that can really stop you. “I’m going to really stick to this training program and diet and completely change my body!” thinks the wannabe athlete. “Oh man, I need to tweet about this before I forget.” Twitter is loaded, 140 characters are carefully crafted, and the announcement is sent. “I probably should write a quick blog post about it, too,” he or she thinks. A few hours later, a few thousand words are posted, and a few minutes are spent basking.
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5 Ways to Break Through Weight Loss Plateaus: Part Two
Picking up where we left off, here are the remaining 3 ways to blast through your plateus and supercharge your weight loss: 3. Increase Your Cardio If you know that your daily caloric target is good and you have absolutely no calorie creep, then you should increase your cardio. You can add another day if possible (I don’t recommend more than 4 days per week if you’re also weight training), or add time to each day (I like to add 10 minutes to each session and see how my body responds).
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8 Healthy, Pre-Packaged Snacks Perfect for Losing Weight or Building Muscle
Quick, healthy, and tasty snacks are an easy and enjoyable way to meet your dietary numbers every day. We all wish we could always have fresh, delicious, low-calorie foods within arm’s reach…but that’s just not the case. Packing fresh foods and transporting them around every day is a hassle, and especially so among those of us that travel quite a bit. Therefore, I decided to put together a list of my 10 favorite pre-packaged snack foods…and all are under 150 calories, so you can decide how much to eat based on your weight goals. 1. Fage Total 0%
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Stubborn Fat Sucks! 4 Strategies for Losing It For Good
Belly fat, thigh fat, hip and butt fat…Here’s how to lose stubborn fat fast. Fat loss is simple enough–consume less energy than you burn every day–but trying to lose stubborn fat frustrates many. Have you ever noticed that certain areas of your body get leaner quicker than others, and that some fat just refuses to go away? If you’re a guy, chances are you’ve struggled with your stomach area (and particularly the lower part of your abs and your obliques), and the lower back region. If you’re a woman, chances are you’ve struggled with your belly, thighs, hips, and butt.
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Use Stevia as a Zero-Calorie Sweetener with Benefits
Stevia is a healthy, tasty way to sweeten just about anything and control blood sugar levels. Regular consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (and particularly carbonated soft drinks), can lead to weight gain and increase your risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Not to mention the daily highs and lows that come with regularly spiking your blood sugar levels.
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Use Cinnamon to Improve Insulin Sensitivity
Cinnamon not only tastes great, but it improves insulin sensitivity… While many of us know spices like cinnamon, tumeric, chili pepper flakes, and ginger as mere flavor boosters, they once had medicinal uses. In fact, the molecular structures of many drugs are based on natural substances. Cinnamon is an example of an everyday spice that has an impressive roster of benefits, primarily due to a substance it contains known as “cinnamaldehyde“–the molecule that gives it its signature taste and odor (and the sweeter and more pungent the cinnamon, the more cinnamaldehyde it has).
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Muscle Growth, Fat Loss, and Your Genetics
Genetics are often praised and cursed, but how much do they really affect muscle growth and fat loss? This one gets tossed around a lot. Genetics are a favorite scapegoat for people who can’t effectively build muscle or lose fat. But what are they, exactly, and how much do they actually influence your results?
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The “Hardgainer’s” Guide to Guaranteed Muscle Growth
The “hardgainer” gripe is common among skinny guys everywhere. It’s time to put it to rest. Some guys believe that their bodies are genetically programmed to stay scrawny and weak, regardless of how hard they train or how much they eat. Sometimes they turn to steroids and sometimes they just quit. While it’s true that some people naturally have an easier time gaining muscle than others due to hormone levels and genetic predispositions, nobody is doomed to have a forever-frail physique.
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Stretching Before Aerobic Exercise or Weightlifting: Yes or No?
Stretching improves flexibility, but does it prevent injury, increase strength, speed, and muscle growth, and accelerate recovery? The common reasons for doing stretches that involve holding stretched positions for various lengths of time, or static stretches, before exercise are the beliefs that they help prevent injury, make you stronger and faster, reduce muscle soreness, and accelerate recovery.
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