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Protein Fluff

September 22, 2010

Ever since Martin Berkhan posted his “Amazing High Protein Recipes” describing protein fluff, I’ve been experimenting with the stuff. The basic recipe was to put some casein powder, skim milk and fruit (berries) together and whisk them together with an electric mixer until it became a bowl of frothy goodness. Extremely satiating and great tasting, [...]

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Why Body Recomposition is Hard, and How I got it right

September 15, 2010

I said in my previous post about ‘How I mastered eating Leangains Style’, that there were some physiological benefits to eating in a fast-feed pattern. In particular, I was interested in the much coveted goal of body recomposition: simultaneous fat loss and muscle gain. Now that I’ve had some personal experience with this, I’ll present [...]

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How I mastered eating Leangains style

September 5, 2010

I’ll be honest here, I owe a lot to Martin Berkhan’s Leangains system. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the system, it’s basically an Intermittent Fasting scheme. You eat during an 8 hour feeding window, fasting for the other 16 hours. In a way, it’s an eating philosophy. The reason it piqued my [...]

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What Makes A Great Coach Great?

August 22, 2010

Somehow or rather, it’s a common belief that the best person to take advice from, is the person who has achieved the best results in a particular area. Unfortunately, that isn’t true. The false assumption is that there is only one path from novice to expert. The Problem We can’t all emulate the greats. That’s [...]

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A Limit To Health

August 15, 2010

Health, by definition, is the optimal state of being. What that means, is that you either maintain health, or lose it. There are many things in this world that conspire to damage our health, so it’s best to be aware of some. Of course, we run into the problem that there are too many things [...]

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Bodybuilding: The Asymptotic Sport

August 8, 2010

If you remember your High School math, an asymptote is a line that you get closer and closer to, but never ever reach. In some sports, athletes can continue to get better and better. Eg: You could always increased your free throw percentage in basketball. But like it or not, bodybuilding is an asymptotic sport [...]

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Bulk or Cut?

July 31, 2010

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

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

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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