Beyond Muscle: Understanding Protein

Horizen Gym | Finding Balance: Merging Training, Lifestyle, and Priorities

Sebastian Prentice — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Listening to Your Body: The Key to Sustainable Progress

A common pitfall in fitness is ignoring subjective feedback from your body in favor of rigid adherence to training schedules or numerical goals. While consistency is vital, there’s a fine line between dedication and overtraining. High-performing athletes and recreational enthusiasts alike benefit from learning to differentiate between pushing through discomfort and risking injury or burnout.

Horizen Gym | Pushing Limits: The Role of Intensity in Training and Growth

Sebastian Prentice — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

True progress in training-and in life-comes from testing your limits. In this episode, we explore the importance of intensity in hypertrophy training, the science behind muscle adaptation, and why legendary bodybuilder Dorian Yates' approach proves that effort trumps volume.

Horizen Gym | What Children Can Teach Us About Movement: Reclaiming Effortless Mobility

Sebastian Prentice — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

The Importance of Sprinting

Sprinting is one of the most primal and effective forms of movement. It’s something we all did as kids without even thinking about it. Whether it was running away from a game of tag or chasing after a ball, sprinting was second nature. But as adults, sprinting can feel daunting, often associated with injury risks or the need for a warm-up routine.

Horizen Gym | Beyond Muscle: Understanding Protein

Chad Hellestoe — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 04:00:00 GMT

Proteins are essential for life, made up of smaller units called amino acids. These amino acids link together to form polypeptide chains, which fold into specific shapes to create functional proteins. Your body uses these proteins for everything from muscle repair to hormone production, metabolism, and even gene expression. When you ingest protein, your body breaks it down into its amino acid building blocks. These amino acids are either used to create new proteins (in a process called protein synthesis) or for other tasks, like energy production.