The Current Buzz: CBL
The Current Buzz: CBL
Vince and Julia discuss what's on your mind: Carb Back-Loading.
Peri-Workout Nutrition, Part I
Peri-Workout Nutrition, Part I
A fair amount of research exists about peri-workout nutrition. Unfortunately, there are also a lot of myths. So, what is true?
Weight Gain: Make It Happen
Weight Gain: Make It Happen
God dealt us a metabolism that's fit for an endurance athlete, not someone big and strong. You just have to decide that you're not going to accept it.
How to Avoid the Freshman Fifteen
How to Avoid the Freshman Fifteen
The key to maintaining a healthy body and living a healthy lifestyle lies in the choices we make.
Fasting for Muscle Gains
Fasting for Muscle Gains
Discover the little known secret used by one of bodybuilding's greats that will help you build slabs of lean muscle without the added fat.
Mountain Dog Diet Alterations
Mountain Dog Diet Alterations
John Meadows goes over Dave Tate's Nutritional Plan
Shelby's Diet & Supplements
Shelby's Diet & Supplements
I don't try to spread it out, most supplements/vitamins are taken with my first meal of the day or my last meal of the day.
Mighty Cholesterol
Mighty Cholesterol
Most of our adult life, we're told that this “thing” called cholesterol is an evil demon that clogs our arteries.
A Few Minutes to Flavor
A Few Minutes to Flavor
If you have fifteen minutes to spare, I have some easy tips for preparing what I call “flavor bases,” flavorings that you have on hand and can add to whatever you're making for flavor and texture. They don't add much in the way of calories but taste great and can be tweaked to mix things up when you get bored.
If You Were Thinking, You Wouldn’t Have Thought
If You Were Thinking, You Wouldn’t Have Thought
Holistic health. Why isn't this realm of information mentioned on here among powerlifters and bodybuilders?
Yolks
Yolks
Please give your body the favor and nourishment of providing it with natures most simple yet most powerful food of all.
Nutritional Guidelines from Sam Byrd
Nutritional Guidelines from Sam Byrd
The hardest part about eating right is not chewing, it's food prep.
Deconstructing Dizenzo
Deconstructing Dizenzo
With Dizenzo’s permission, we plopped him down on the virtual therapist’s couch and did a tag-team psychoanalysis on some of the mental struggles he is going through with his fat loss diet.
Getting Dirty Diet: If It Fits Your Macros
Getting Dirty Diet: If It Fits Your Macros
While the former clean eating method is the one most commonly associated with bodybuilders and athletes, the second method, known as “if it fits your macros” or the catchy acronym “IIFYM” is rapidly gaining popularity in training and nutrition circles.
Why the Microwave Is Affecting Your Progress
Why the Microwave Is Affecting Your Progress
Fast food is ubiquitous. Growing up, we had the big three fast food joints—McDonald's, Burger King, and Wendy’s. Now, there may literally be ten fast food joints in your town.
Raw Milk: Friend or Foe?
Raw Milk: Friend or Foe?
Many of us assume that the pasteurized milk we were given by our parents is the best option.
Diet Talk
Diet Talk
I hit my lunk alarm of 290 pounds. It's amazing how quickly I can pack on weight.
Five Meals in Five Minutes Each
Five Meals in Five Minutes Each
Here are five meals that can be prepared in five minutes or less using natural, organic foods that aren't man-made!
Lessons from My Father
Lessons from My Father
This article is about the things I learned from my father growing up and how they’ve impacted my fitness.
Cacao Chip Meal Replacement Bars
Cacao Chip Meal Replacement Bars
Warning: These are dangerously good. You can go ahead and plan on devouring the entire pan.
Pride Kills Progress
Pride Kills Progress
Everyone has his 'go to' exercise or routine.
Basic Nutrition: Part 1
Basic Nutrition: Part 1
The energy derived from foods when they are oxidized in the body is measured in kilocalories (thousands of calories).
Top 10 Mouth-Watering Shakes
Top 10 Mouth-Watering Shakes
Whether you are looking to gain weight, or lose it - these shakes are amazing...and they were designed by our readers.
The Whole Foods Diet
The Whole Foods Diet
If there is one diet that is causing mountains of discussion and misinformation, it's the Paleo Diet.
Logic Does Not Apply IV: Exercise for Weight Loss
Logic Does Not Apply IV: Exercise for Weight Loss
If exercise does affect fat loss, we could create very simple experiments to determine the amount.
Dud to Stud: Week 48
Dud to Stud: Week 48
My favorite side-effect from adding carbs back in my diet, was the strength increases.
The World of Nutrition and Exercise Science: Popular Diets, Part 1
The World of Nutrition and Exercise Science: Popular Diets, Part 1
This series will discuss primary research, research reviews, and other science related (specifically exercise and nutrition research) information.
The Five Pillars of Successful Dieting
The Five Pillars of Successful Dieting
Ask anyone on the street what a calorie is and most will know at least something.
Intermittent Fasting: Big Help or Big Hype?
Intermittent Fasting: Big Help or Big Hype?
Can you actually build muscle and lose fat faster by going long stretches without eating?
So I’ve Got Hashimoto’s…Now What?
So I’ve Got Hashimoto’s…Now What?
It's definitely an uphill battle, but one you can win if you take care of yourself and listen to your body.
The Most Important Supplement You Aren't Taking
The Most Important Supplement You Aren't Taking
Ask any real lifter and he will agree upon the importance of max effort work in the can.
How to Find the Right Nutrition Coach
How to Find the Right Nutrition Coach
Please make sure your diet coach has your health as their No. 1 priority!
Carb Back-loading
Carb Back-loading
Everyone’s eating them first thing in the morning, or cycling them, some people are going anabolic—having carbs just on the weekend—and still others are having just one Carb Nite® a week.
The Hulk Factor
The Hulk Factor
Weakness just bit you in the ass.
Logic Does Not Apply III: A Calorie is a Calorie
Logic Does Not Apply III: A Calorie is a Calorie
It’s time to attack one of my personal favorites, the saying that a calorie is a calorie.
Mexican Fiesta Dip
Mexican Fiesta Dip
You can eat this on its own, with tortilla chips, wrapped in a corn or flour tortilla, or however you would like.
Low Carb Spaghetti
Low Carb Spaghetti
Fills you up without the guilt.
Recipe: Protein Carrot Cakesters and Sweet Potato Rounds
Recipe: Protein Carrot Cakesters and Sweet Potato Rounds
These are possibly my new favorite thing ever. This is a Jen original recipe.
The Modified Warrior Diet
The Modified Warrior Diet
This article is intended to give a brief background of the original Warrior Diet and provide a consolidated source for the recommendations and guidelines of my modifications.
Recipe: Protein Scones and Cookie Dough Balls
Recipe: Protein Scones and Cookie Dough Balls
You can get creative and add dried fruit, shredded coconut, nuts, or whatever you want to these.
 Recipe: Oattie Cookie and Chocolate Chewies
Recipe: Oattie Cookie and Chocolate Chewies
These are amazing and one of my all-time favorite recipes.
Dud to Stud - Week 19
Dud to Stud - Week 19
I am currently in week 19 of a fat loss diet with Shelby Starnes.
Strong(her) University Part II: Nutrition 101
Strong(her) University Part II: Nutrition 101
I’m going to assume that you need to lose some body fat, want to gain some muscle, get strong(her), improve your health, and feel like a million bucks.
Explosive Nutrition: Part II
Explosive Nutrition: Part II
In Part I we discussed that when it comes to performing well aerobically, explosively and mentally, carbohydrates provide the fuel our bodies prefer, not fats.
Dieting Success While Traveling
Dieting Success While Traveling
We all have the ability to eat healthy when we have access to our kitchen stocked with various healthy foods, food scales, measuring cups, and everything else we need to make healthy choices; things get very difficult when we have to travel for social reasons or work obligations.
What Women Should Never (but often) Do While Trying to Get in Shape: Part 2 – Dieting
What Women Should Never (but often) Do While Trying to Get in Shape: Par...
Dieting has become an out-of-control, multi-billion dollar industry that thrives on people’s confusion and dependence.
5 Tips for Anyone Who Wants to Improve Performance and Look Better Naked Part 4 - Supplements
5 Tips for Anyone Who Wants to Improve Performance and Look Better Naked...
This translates into being able to gain strength and lean mass more easily and perform at your highest levels.
The Final Dud to Stud Week 11
The Final Dud to Stud Week 11
Want to be the next stud? Read the bottom of the article.
Explosive Nutrition: Part I
Explosive Nutrition: Part I
In sports, being explosive is really just the quality of being able to generate great power over a short time frame.
Bulk, Cut, Bloat: The Basic Science of Weight Manipulation and Powerlifting
Bulk, Cut, Bloat: The Basic Science of Weight Manipulation and Powerlifting
Mark Rippetoe has re-popularized “GOMAD”—Gallon Of Milk A Day—as another bulking strategy.
If You Are Fat, Stop Telling Me how to Diet!
If You Are Fat, Stop Telling Me how to Diet!
I’m constantly amazed by how many fitness gurus give nutrition advice that they can’t follow themselves.
Prepping for a Powerlifting Meet
Prepping for a Powerlifting Meet
Friday I kept protein and fats the same again, however carbs were completely eliminated.
How to Keep the Bloat
How to Keep the Bloat
Meat Loaf is also great to make and while the meat loaf is being made in the oven you can make some rice in the microwave.
Dud to Stud "First Impressions"
Dud to Stud "First Impressions"
Training has been awesome. Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if I got stronger and/or gained muscle in the first 3 training sessions.
We Selected a "Dud"
We Selected a "Dud"
Look for updates here as he progresses from Dud...to Stud.
All Natural, Unhealthy Whole Grains
All Natural, Unhealthy Whole Grains
How did we get by on just meat, fruit, nuts, seeds, and water?
24 Weeks Down - 10 to Go
24 Weeks Down - 10 to Go
Arms have always been a weak point for me, and they still are though they've improved quite a bit this year.

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