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Tim Ferris’s book The 4-Hour Body aims to tell us how to achieve maximum results with the least amount of effort required. Essentially, he attempts to give us the ‘minimum […]

For optimal muscle building (hypertrophy), most sets will fall somewhere between five and 20 reps per set as long as each set is performed close to failure. Failure is defined […]

One of the questions we get asked very often (by men) following a DEXA scan is: “what percentage body fat do I have to be before I see my abs?” […]

This blog contains two responses to the Netflix film Game Changers from Bodyscan consultants Kevin Garde and Rob Webster. Kevin is a Nutritionist and Founder of PRISM Nutrition. Rob is a […]

Many people come to Bodyscan to discover their resting metabolic rate (RMR) and, from there, their maintenance calories and a daily calorie target to lose fat (or gain muscle). Of […]

Measuring fat loss and muscle gain with DEXA will increase your chance of success When something moves or changes very slowly, it can be difficult to be sure if anything […]

The amount of energy you burn each day, in calories, is known as your TDEE – your total daily energy expenditure. It’s the sum of how many calories you burn at rest […]

Every fitness magazine, every Sunday newspaper supplement is bombarding us with ‘get fit quick’ programmes or promising us ‘beach bodies’ that take little effort. Most of these articles hinge around […]

We see many clients at Bodyscan who lose a lot of fat but who also lose a great deal of muscle too. Sometimes so much that their body fat percentage […]