Advanced Theory of Hydration and Glycogen Replenishment
Dextrin is not the loveable serial killer from the HBO show. Highly Branched Cyclic Dextrins seem to be the cutting-edge carb source.
Wake Up to the Benefits of Melatonin
Besides improved sleep, there is a variety of positive strength and muscle-enhancing effects.
Gluten for Punishment
I see you sitting there with a smug look on your face as you drink your gluten-free water. You ain't so smart.
A Year of Eating for Strength
Fill your calendar and your stomach with this annual guide for progress-driven nutrition.
Post-Season Dieting Discussion
I grill Ken Skip Hill, debrief Agent X, and de-shell Shelby Starnes to find the optimal diet plan after a bodybuilding show.
Nutrition Strategies for Busy Lifters
No BS guide to packing in your food without having to resort to the drive-thru.
What's For Lunch?
With diverse goals and backgrounds, the members of team elitefts share what's in their lunch pail.
A Modern Approach to Contest-Day Eating for Strongman
That stack of bottomless pancakes you had for breakfast won't taste so good coming up after the medley.
Creative Ways to Prepare Ground Meats
Tired of eating the same bland burger? We show you how to beat your meat!
The Cost of Healthy Eating
Are those muffins and breakfast burritos taking a toll on more than just your budget?
Is Bacon Healthy? Don't Be Stupid
Bacon blasphemy: If you worship at the temple of pork, you sing the praises of a false God.
Seven Juicy Dieting Morsels
Seven things to consider when going to that dark and lonely place called dieting.
General Fitness vs. Athlete Nutrition
Kristin shares how she approaches the nutritional needs of her clients.
Diet Clean-Up Checklist
Looking to take your diet from haphazard and crappy to functional and goal-promoting? Kristin steers you in the right direction.
Equivocation, Obliquity, or Prevarication?
Find out why Skip got banned from Kroger (and it has nothing to do with an inappropriate toe-tapping incident in the men's room stalls).
Fast for Spring
Not exactly a new concept, but the value of fasting has gained popularity in recent years. What are some of the pitfalls and basics of food restriction?
Ten Simple Tips to Get Bigger, Stronger, and Smarter
Straightforward diet and training fixes approved by Coach X.
Metabolic Damage or Adrenal Fatigue?
Lately, everywhere I turn someone is blowing off about metabolic damage.
#I'mBulking #NoYouAreNot #YouAreAFatAss
The chances of you getting ripped without cardio are pretty slim.
Forgotten Bulking Ideas of the Past
Looking to fill out the size schmedium Strong(er) shirt? The answers may not be in the use of a cutting-edge supplement protocol.
Did You Eat Your Bacteria Today?
When you hear "bacteria," most people think of infections, but are there pros to probiotics?
Integrative Bodybuilding: When It Comes to Diet, One Size Fits One
Tell people what they want to hear and you can sell them just about anything.
The Education of a Tactical Meathead: Getting Jacked and Making Money (P...
He is back with more advice on getting jacked and pocketing that per diem cash!
A Lion in Iron: Fallacies in Female Diet Mindsets (Part 1)
I have found that female clients typically have certain mindsets regarding nutrition
The Research Meathead: Pre Workout Stimulants and Supplements (Part 3)
Many of these stimulants and supplements claim to enhance performance during training to deliver more mental focus, energy, endurance, strength, and fat loss.
Integrative Bodybuilding: Unnatural Acts of Dietary Supplementation
Is Vitamin C an unnatural supplement?
Just Sayin: Do Not Bitch
Have some eggnog and tell yourself that you will be back to beast mode soon enough.
Learn to Train 7 Roundtable (Part 4): Harry Selkow
Team elitefts Learn to Train 7 roundtable panelist Harry Selkow sends a message to his younger self...live with intense action.
Low Carb vs. No Carb
I followed all of the rules and got huge. It was more fat jacked than truly huge.
Just Sayin: Quit Overanalyzing and Eliminating Foods from Your Diet
If you look hard enough and long enough, you will find something negative about almost any food.
Learn to Train 7 Roundtable (Part 2): Dr. Eric Serrano
Team elitefts Learn to Train 7 roundtable panelist Dr. Serrano describes seven male hormone therapies.
Learn to Train 7 Roundtable (Part 1): Mark Dugdale
Team elitefts Learn to Train 7 roundtable panelist Mark Dugdale addresses nutritional strategies when traveling.