Gold's Gym SoCal Blog

If your gym goals include gaining muscle mass, you've probably heard of bulking. As the name implies, bulking is when you consciously consume extra calories to build muscle. There are two ways to bulk up: clean bulking and traditional bulking, sometimes called dirty bulking. Whether you're new to bulking or looking for a new approach, we're here to explain the difference.

Your fitness goals need fuel, and the fuel most likely to help you keep your fitness goals on track is the one you make yourself. Research from Johns Hopkins University found that people who cooked their own dinner 6 to 7 times a week consumed fewer calories, fat and sugar on an average day compared to those who only cooked dinner once a week. Regularly preparing a meal after a jam-packed day can feel daunting, but meal planning can eliminate a lot of that hassle and keep you away from convenience foods that could compromise the gains you’ve been making at the gym.

Bodybuilding is a rigorous and complex sport that requires a rigorous training regimen, a disciplined diet, and the right supplements. To help support muscle growth and recovery, bodybuilders should incorporate dotFIT products into their nutrition plan and workout routine. Not only are dotFIT supplements specially formulated to support bodybuilding goals, but they can also be conveniently purchased at Gold’s Gym SoCal locations.

We’re going green this month, and it’s not because of St. Patrick’s Day. Ok, maybe a little bit, but before you grab that green outfit and pint glass, reach for those green veggies between workouts because they can do it all. Too often we associate stacking a diet with vegetables with losing weight, but they’re actually loaded with valuable micronutrients, fiber, minerals, amino acids, nitrates, complex carbohydrates, and phytonutrients crucial to making those strength gains.