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2020 sucks. Lockdowns and social distancing have put our lives on hold and widespread gym closures have turned us from pumped to slumped.

Now that restrictions are finally lifting and weight rooms are reopening there’s nothing stopping us from getting back to the grind and making up for lost time, right? Well, maybe not. Getting back in the gym after a long break can be tough, and the thought of starting from scratch is daunting.

We’ve all heard someone claim that they can eat what they want because they hit the gym every day. And that may be true for them, but have you stopped to consider how hard it is to burn calories compared to how easy it is to eat them?

Lockdown has been tough, and for the Iron Brothers team one of the hardest things has been the closure of our gyms. As we all know, exercise is key to being healthy, getting ripped, and staying lean. Exercise can also boost your mood, increase your energy, and promote better sleep, which are all important elements for keeping it together during COVID-19.

We all know that it’s incredibly difficult to outwork an unhealthy diet. But completely cutting out the food that makes us happy can make it all too easy to go off the rails with our diets. So, what’s the solution? Adding a diet cheat day once a week can satisfy your craving while keeping you on target. Cheat meals or cheat days vary from person to person, but generally speaking it is the practice of deviating from a planned diet for a pre-determined amount of time.

Want to know how to grow muscle mass like the pros? It’s all about hard, relentless training that pushes your body to new extremes on the regular. No one moves the needle by standing in the same place.