The Vegvisir

“No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable.”  – Socrates This post aims to give you the fundamental toolkit to understand nutrition and its application to bodybuilding. You might have the best workout in the world but if you do not have the correct application of nutrition this would be a waste as nutrition is 70% of weight loss/gain and exercise is only 30%. This post is aimed at: Understanding what body type you are Understanding the fundamentals of nutrition Understanding why timing is essential for nutrition Understanding when and why to bulk or cut What body type am I?  The first step is to understand what body type you are. This is imperative as it will allow you to not only tailor your workout but, more importantly, the nutritional intake you should be aiming at. Good indicators of your body type includes:

My current project is based on surmising essential reads and formatting it into digestible and short YouTube videos. This was born out of the fact I am not reading anywhere near as much as I used to - this layers on an additional level of commitment to read at least one book a month. I hope you will embark on this journey alongside with me - please search for The Bookmind (We are on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube) I thought I would start with something that always interested me - personality. According to DISC theory there are four types of personalities out there -  I have created a quiz you can do below to show you which type - or rather color - you are. Check it out below.  I have also made a deep dive into each personality type on my YouTube channel, The BookMind, so please take a look if this is something that interests you too!   Instructions: On a row by row basis identify the word you feel is best used to describe you.  In each row assign 4, 3 , 2 or