It would seem that calories have been all the rage in recent years and in many dieting programs. It is hard to enter the supermarket and find a food package item that does not list how many calories it contains per serving. However, what is a calorie really? You might be surprised to find out that a calorie is actually referring to a unit of energy. This is why we use calories to also refer to the amount of exercise we have performed in a given workout period. For instance, today you burned two hundred calories from running. What this really is referring to is the amount of energy you put into whatever exercise you were performing.

Now that the basic run-down on this subject has been explained, let’s move on to how calories relate to the world of bodybuilding. If you want that ripped appearance, the best thing you … Continue Reading >>>