Since 2007 Eat Stop Eat has always been a method of losing fat that involved one or two 24 hour fasts per week. For almost 2 decades now, Eat Stop Eat has stood the test of time as a highly effective style of eating that has been able to help so many people lose weight in a manner they found to be relatively easy. In fact, since the initial writing of Eat Stop Eat in 2007 … [Read more...] about Anabolic Fasting – The Natural Evolution of Eat Stop Eat
Muscle Building
Heat and Exercise Recovery
During intense, intermittent exercise and throughout prolonged physical activity, your muscles rely mostly on something called glycogen for energy. This means glycogen replenishment is essential for exercise recovery Now, you may be wondering, what the heck is glycogen? Most of the carbohydrates you eat are converted to glucose. When the body doesn't need to use all … [Read more...] about Heat and Exercise Recovery
Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet?
Firstly, let me be clear - Diets work. Saying anything less is disingenuous. They may not work as well as we would hope, but they absolutely work. All those ‘Diets Don’t Work’ headlines are nothing more than clickbait. However, there is a problem with diets… and that problem is what happens after the diet. At any given time, more than a third of Americans are on … [Read more...] about Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet?
Dear Fitness Experts
Dear fitness experts - Stop acting like you are one in a million. We’re actually a dime a dozen. It’s time to stop pretending. Pretending like we’re the only one who ever got into shape. That we’re the only one who is good at deadlifts. That we’re the only one with big arms, great abs, or a great bench. We’re not—we are a dime a dozen. And within that dime—that … [Read more...] about Dear Fitness Experts
Protein Intake and Body Weight
I do not understand the idea of prescribing protein intake based on body weight. It makes no sense to me. Prescribing protein intake in such a manner suggests that the protein needs of a 28 year old 6’4” man weighing 220 pounds with 10% body fat is the same as a protein needs of a 28 year old 5’6” tall women weighing 220 pounds with 50% body fat. This then suggests … [Read more...] about Protein Intake and Body Weight