Short answer – yes! The healthy version of the world’s favourite chocolate coconut treat shares an almost identical taste to the original and is super easy to make!
Keto Bounty Bar Recipe Ingredients
Filling
200 g desiccated / shredded coconut unsweetened
2 tsp vanilla
4 tbsp granulated sweetener or to your taste
4 tbsp coconut cream
6 tbsp coconut oil melted
Sugar free chocolate coating
100 g coconut oil melted
6 tbsp powdered sweetener
45 g cocoa unsweetened
2 tsp vanilla
Directions
Mix all the filling ingredients together until well combined. Spoon into a square dish lined with baking parchment/paper. Place in the freezer until firm enough to cut.
Remove from the freezer and cut into bars, squares or roll handfuls into balls. Place each one on a baking tray lined with baking parchment/paper. Place the baking tray with the coconut bars back into the freezer to completely freeze and set. Mix all the coating ingredients together and mix well. Dip each frozen bar, square or ball into the sugar free chocolate coating and place on a lined baking tray. Store in the freezer for up to 1 month and the fridge for up to 1 week.
The Immortal Training approach to training the abdominal group is always functional. That means that we aren’t going to waste our time focusing on a bunch of small movements like crunches and sit-ups. And if we do include any of those exercises they will be tweaked in a way as to engage the core correctly. Working together, the core muscles’ main job is to anchor and balance the body, in most cases, while the bigger muscles work. You may notice that when you go to perform a dead lift, bracing your abs is the first thing that happens. This is an example of how the core works – typically, never alone.
DO I NEED ANY EQUIPMENT?
Here’s what you need…
Kettle Bell or Home Made Kettle Bell (see video)
Resistance Bands
LET’S GET IT!
Watch the video below to for instructions on how to perform each exercise.
The goblet squat is a great move for beginners that are just learning how to squat. It can also be done with kettle bells and dumbbells just the same, so it is a very versatile exercise.
Main Muscles: Hamstrings, Gluteus Maximus, Quadriceps
Key Points:
Keep your back straight, chest high & core tight
Stand over the cable
Hold the close grip attachment on the heels of your palms in front of your chest
Core strength is best built whilst balancing a weight in an overhead position. In this case with a barbell. Exploding upwards from the floor as to defy gravity with this movement improves the transition of strength into power.
Muscles Focused: Abdominals
Key Points:
– Lay flat on the floor with your knees bent
– Take a wide grip on the barbell (outside of shoulders width) with your elbows locked out
– Drive your lower back into the floor using your core strength to explode upwards whilst keeping your arms locked with the bar above your head
– Keep your chest high
Most of us are not athletes. We are just everyday people leading everyday lives, trying to structure productive gym sessions in with our careers, family, social lives, etc. In order to maximise your time and results in the gym you should be following a split routine, so that you are able to break down each muscle group by itself, one by one, once per week, while still allowing enough time for muscle repair and recovery. Whether you are training to increase strength, size, or endurance, the split routine structure works best for all.
With that being said, today’s focus is on hypertrophy – increasing muscle mass – so your sets should be between 6 and 12 repetitions, which should be the foundation of your routine, but there are some pretty badass techniques that you can throw into the mix that will help break down even more muscle fibres. Thus adding more mass to your physique as well. These techniques are best used in moderation as to avoid adaptation, which can cause a plateau in growth.
Drop Sets
Repping out to muscle failure (until the muscle is no longer able to exert enough force to complete another repetition) and then immediately dropping the weight slightly in order to rep out again, up to three times in quick succession.
Pre-Exhaust
Perform your first set to muscle failure in order to exhaust the muscles, so that you will have to use lighter weights than you would normally use for the remainder of your session.
Negative Reps
Use a weight near your 1RM and only perform the negative part of the movement. A good way to make sense of this is by using the bench press as an example. Have an experienced gym buddy stand over you to assist as a spotter. Lift the bar from the rack and lower it down to your chest using a slow, controlled movement. Then allow the spotter to lift the weight for you. Repeat for 5-6 reps.
Forced Reps
Use a weight so heavy, so that you can only complete the negative/eccentric part of the movement, using a spotter to help you lift it, and repeat.
Forced repetitions are similar to negative reps, because you are supposed to complete the negative part of the movement solo. The only difference is that you and the spotter lift the weight together, but the spotter helps just enough for you to complete the repetition. Sometimes something as mediocre as a gentle tap on the bar is all that’s needed.
Super Slow Reps
Slow down your tempo to 5 seconds on both the concentric and eccentric parts of the movement. This will keep the muscles under tension for longer, adding a completely new dynamic to your workout.
Super Sets
Perform two or more exercises back to back without rest. This is a great way to increase the intensity of your workouts. Jumping from one exercise to the next will help increase your cardiovascular fitness and burn body fat. And there are so many angles to approach super sets.
One way is to super set is by choosing exercises that use opposing muscles, such as a chest and back . Another is by super setting assisting muscles, like legs and back, or chest and triceps. You could super set exercises for the same muscles. The possibilities are endless!
Pound for pound, pull ups and chin ups are the best when it comes to back exercises. However pulling your own bodyweight requires a lot of strength, so what can be done in order to obtain this ability? And furthermore, which technique works best?
For those that are not yet strong enough to do pull, or chin ups, it is best to start with pull downs, using a lat pull down machine. It works just like a pull/chin up, except you are pulling the weight towards you instead of pulling your bodyweight up. Be sure to increase the resistance in increments over time as you get stronger.
Furthermore let’s talk about the differences between each movement and their benefits.
Difference in Grip
In order to do pull ups you will need to take a wide grip, outside of shoulder width, with your hands in a pronated (palms forward) position. Chin ups should be shoulder width, or closer, with hand supinated (palms up).
Difference in Movement
Pulls require adduction of the arm, as it comes from a raised position down to your sides, whereas chins require flexion of the arm, bringing it down and back under the shoulder.
Different Muscles
Both exercises work lats, biceps and rear deltoids, but differ in the level of involvement for each. Because of the wider grip and pronated grip your biceps will be less involved with pull ups. Pulling with a wider grip will mostly engage upper lats since your hands are outside of shoulder width. On the other hand, you can use chip ups to involve biceps and lower lats more.
Conclusion
You will find that you are able to perform chin ups before you are strong enough to do pull ups and this is due to the added involvement of the biceps and rear deltoids. Typically, pulls will add more width to your latissimus muscles while chins will increase the density. If you are looking to build a solid back all-around then a variation of both exercises is the way to go!
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