Bulk or Cut?

July 31, 2010
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While there are many people who strive for athletic performance, it’s more like that the the average person just wants to look good naked. That approximately translates to more muscle and less fat (and ladies, you get ‘curves’ by having more muscle as well). After the miracle period of beginner gains, we face a fundamental [...]

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Hunger

July 24, 2010
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Hunger is both real and imagined. First there is the real type of hunger, physiological hunger. It can be measured by changes in hormone levels and is thus quatifiable. Then there is the imagined type of hunger, psychological hunger. It can roughly be estimated by the number of McDonald signs encountered through the day, but [...]

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Ego Lifts

July 17, 2010
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All the washed-up gym rats know what I mean when I talk about the “Big Three”. They are the Squat, the Deadlift, and the Bench Press are all too often touted as the must do for any gym-goer. It’s obvious why people like to do these three lifts: You can move a ton of weight. [...]

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Can We Consume Too Much Calcium?

July 12, 2010

Check out my guest post on jcdfitness.

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Auto-Regulation for Massive Strength Gains

July 8, 2010
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Auto-regulation is a process where you determine the volume and intensity of training for the day, literally based upon how you feel during that training session. The strange (and awesome) thing is, both research and anecdote has proven that training this way seems to stimulate significantly greater strength gains compared to traditional methods. If you’ve [...]

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The Benefits of Boring

July 3, 2010
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Routine is good for the soul Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the Black Swan, once opined that when it coms to investing, one should put 90% of assets into low-risk investments, and the remaining 10% into high-risk investments. That way, one could get the upside of risk; graced by lady luck with a windfall. At [...]

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10 Foods that Sobataged My Fat Loss Efforts

June 27, 2010
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I’ve dieted in the past, and while I kept to “healthy” foods, I still had trouble with adherence. Back then, I created a (mental) list of foods that I must avoid to prevent me from blowing my diet. These were 10 of those foods: Nuts – Pure Calorie Bombs Nut butters – peanut butter, almond [...]

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Lose 10lbs in 12hrs

June 23, 2010
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Here is a simple 3-step protocol to lose 10lbs in 12hours, guaranteed. Step 1: Do some depletion training Head over to the gym and do 5 sets of 20 reps for each major muscle group. Shoulders, chest, back, arms, legs, abs -  feel the burn! Step 2: Go back home and instead of eating anything, [...]

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Get More Sleep

June 18, 2010
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I don’t need to tell you about all the research that has been done about sleep deprivation and its negative consequences. The bottom line is that everyone should be getting a good 8 hours of sleep every night. Yet, most people don’t get 8 hours of sleep a day, and the reason oft quoted is [...]

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The Psychology of Scale Weight

June 14, 2010
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Scale weight is simply that – the weight that you see when you step on a weighing scale. TV shows like ‘The Biggest Loser’ have shown that we’re obsessed with scale weight. As such, many people who embark on a diet use scale weight as the defining factor of reaching their goals. That’s good, since [...]

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