Trying to understand each body response to each diet and lifestyle change, individually, is certainly a losing battle. …
Mart 21, 2018
In a previous post ( ), I mentioned that the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time seems impossible to…
Eylül 29, 2017
This is an issue that often comes up in online health discussions, and was the topic of a conversation I had the other …
Mayıs 28, 2017
When protein-rich foods, like meat, are ingested they are first broken down into peptides through digestion. As digesti…
Nisan 29, 2017
When it comes to losing fat and maintaining muscle, at the same time, there are no shortcuts. The process generally has…
Haziran 26, 2016
The figure below, from Brooks et al. (2005), shows a graph relating nitrogen balance and protein intake. A nitrogen bal…
Ocak 30, 2015
Doing resistance exercise to failure is normally recommended for those who want to maximize strength and muscle mass g…
Mart 18, 2014
Do overweight folks live longer? It is not uncommon to see graphs like the one below, from the Med Journal Watch blog (…
Haziran 18, 2012
In the two last posts I discussed the idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time ( ) ( ). This post outline…
Mart 12, 2012
The idea of gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time seems impossible because of three widely held misconceptions…
Şubat 27, 2012
It is not uncommon for those who do weight training to see no gains over long periods of time for certain weight traini…
Ocak 02, 2012
The idea that protein powders should be consumed prior to weight training has been around for a while, and is very popu…
Aralık 19, 2011
In order to achieve muscle gain, one has to repeatedly hit the “supercompensation” window, which is a fleeting period o…
Aralık 12, 2011
