Layton's Life Choice

     Today I had a workout set up alongside Brandon McConnell, who is into strength training and powerlifting as well. I love pushing my body to its limits. But I was scared, or maybe I should say, my anxiety was a little high. I knew it would be different than the normal routine of just working up progressively to a set of reps or a certain amount of weight and then just finish out with some assistance exercises.  I knew I was stepping out of my "comfort zone".  That is a lot of our problems as people, we are too afraid to step out of that said comfort zone and grow (and Im not just talking about muscles growing.) We become too content on being complacent and this stagnates our ability to adapt to new things. (I still struggle with it to this day).      As I said, I knew I was stepping outside of my comfort zone and was a bit apprehensive when I got there. The gentleman and his wife were nice to both my brother and I and were very knowled...

         Going to the gym and having the proper mental approach is vital for making progress and strength gains. But what you do outside the gym is just as important, if not more so. (rest, recovery, sleep, etc). But what you put into your body food wise is the key to helping with your gains.  You can not eat junk food and expect to help you gain solid or lean muscle mass or get huge strength gains. You need proper foods that have good protein such as eggs, chicken, tuna, whey protein, red meat and foods with excellent carbohydrates, oats, whole wheat, orange juice, etc.        This also takes a lot of mental approach. I myself am not a huge eater, but I try to have a little something every 2-3 hours (namely what I listed above).  I was in a facebook group for motivational powerlifting and asked the people besides the lifting aspect itself, how many calories, protein, and carbs do they intake a day. A lot of people were g...