Current Nutritional Setup
My goal with this strategy is to bring up my metabolism and raise my caloric level.
Understanding the Impact of Hormones
You can have the best plan in the world, but if your hormones are out of whack, you'll be spinning your wheels forever.
Problems with Popular Nutrition and Weight Management Programs
To optimize program effectiveness, a variety of factors should be considered.
Five Recession Proof Foods for the Serious Athlete
Here are five foods that stay in the affordable range while giving you excellent nutritional value.
Training for the Fat Guy
Because I have written a few articles on gaining mass and getting big, it’s only fair that I send some love to the fat guys who want to get in shape and feel better about all that mass they (hopefully) gained from all the time spent eating big and training as heavy as they could.
Working with Kiefer
After about 5,762,987 trillion text messages and half as many e-mails back and forth between Kiefer and myself, we came up with a plan.
The Effect of Whey and Soy Protein Supplementation on Lean Body Mass (LB...
Extensive research has been done on soy and whey protein supplementation in conjunction with resistance training
Random Thoughts on Nutrition and Training
Detric shares some random thoughts on nutrition and training with readers.
Logic Does Not Apply Part 1: Meal Frequency
No one trusts an idea that hasn’t been built upon smaller, proven steps.
Youth Nutrition
Parents don’t hesitate to hire a trainer or buy the latest supplement, yet they barely pay attention to what their own child is eating.
Gourmet Muscle Shake: Turtle Almond Nut
This is a modified version of a turtle shake Dr. John Berardi gave me to try years ago.
How to Get Yolked: One Whole Egg at a Time
If they worked for the Italian Stallion, you would be a fool to not give them a try.
How to Eat for Maximum Football Performance
Football players are completely clueless about nutrition.
A Person with an IQ above Room Temperature: Interview with Matt Lovell
If it were a cake, it'd be made from a Paleo sponge with special biochemistry icing!
Protein Requirements and the Athlete
Nutrition and recovery are of equal importance and a missing ingredient in today’s athletes.
Meet Day Eats
Here’s a good meal plan to ensure adequate energy and hydration for a powerlifting meet.
Dieting Food Prep For Meatheads
Prep Scale: Simple - Open bars, crack drink and eat. How complicated is this?
The Final Hours and Results
Here are my updates from my final hours of contest prep and the results.
Five to Thrive: Five Tips for Nutrition Success
Seth has five tips to keep you on track to losing weight and staying healthy.
The Importance of Nutrition for the High School Athlete
Jeff discusses why it’s important for high school athletes to know the difference between a good choice and a bad choice when it comes to nutrition.
Your Metabolism is the Key!
To understand the metabolism, think of your body like a furnace. Your metabolism controls the temperature in your body as well as your metabolic rate.
The Extinction of Health
“Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.” —Bruce Lee
Five Key Supplements
Green tea has a host of powerful effects that make it very helpful for dieting.
Dirty Versus Clean Dieting: A Roundtable Discussion
Should bodybuilders eat clean (non-processed whole foods) all the time when preparing for contests?
Is Bottled Water Safer than Tap Water?
“Much is being made of the benefits of natural water, but all water needs to be processed so that we can drink it.” —Kevin Prior, water and wastewater chemical scientist
How to Add Cardio and Diet to Your Powerlifting Regimen
I feel a man should be able to lift heavy shit, bust out 10 or more pull-ups, and get up at any given time and bang out two or three miles.
Nutrition Q&A (Part 5)
I aim to increase lean muscle mass toward the end of the year, which matches my diet of all out craziness due to the holidays. What can I do to maximize muscle mass while minimizing or even preventing putting on a bunch of body fat?
Eating Healthy for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and some of you may want to continue eating clean this week. Below are some healthy recipes Julia Ladewski and Jason Adams use for Thanksgiving – or for any day of the week.
Starvation and Survival
How long can I survive without food? How do I increase survival time without food?
Seven Simple Steps to Get Lean and Get Healthy
As a trainer and Poliquin certified BioSignature practitioner, I work with all types of clients with a wide array of ailments. People often contact me to rid themselves of the prescription medications to which they have become reliant.
Gaining My First 20 Pounds
There are many articles about gaining (quality) weight and its importance in performance in strength-related competitions.
Training Q&A (Part 3)
Providing the right building blocks and supporting an anabolic hormonal environment through sound nutrition will accelerate recovery from injury.
Spotlight on Nutritionist Dr. Chris Fox
My name is Dr. Chris Fox. I'm a chiropractor who specializes in spinal rehabilitation. I'm 35 years old, I've been lifting since I was 13, and I've been seriously bodybuilding since I was 20.
Nutrition for Optimal Performance
In a perfect world, athletes would eat real food in balanced amounts of carbs, proteins, and fats about every 2–3 hours. We would also eat the proper foods before and after training to give fuel for the workout and fuel for the recovery after the strenuous exercise.
Nutrition Q&A
I’ve been using the Dietary Fat Loading plan since the article was posted about a month ago, and I’ve seen a 10-lb drop in body fat based on a caliper test.
Development of Division 1 Football
We believe the initial year in our program is the most critical to an athletes’ over all development. During this period, the strength and conditioning staff must implement the foundation for development.
The Big "T"
Testosterone decreases protein degradation and increases protein synthesis, and most evidence concludes that it has a significant effect upon muscle tissue.
Stop Wasting Your Time!
You are wasting your time! That’s right. I said it. You are spending countless hours in the gym and hundreds of dollars on organic foods and exotic supplements, and you’re wasting your time!
elitefts/Troponin Nutrition Seminar
I can confidently say, “If you’ve attended one elitefts seminar…well, you’ve really only attended one elitefts seminar. And you have no idea what you’re missing if you don’t attend more.”
My Journey into Bodybuilding
Well, the diet has started! I decided to cut my off-season down by a few weeks and start dieting. I felt like I was getting to a point where adding more weight would make getting into shape too difficult to accomplish, so I started dieting January 1.
Ten Nutrition Tips for Parents of Young Athletes
It’s your responsibility as parents to start developing good habits for your children in all aspects of life. Nutrition is no different.
Benching with the Big Boys When You’re Not
The last five years of my life have seen significant changes, the least of which has been my body weight.
Ten Tips for Show and Go
I’ve trained many high school athletes. They all come to me wanting to perform better, look bigger, be stronger, and run faster. I’ve seen athletes put on 30 lbs of lean muscle, increase their vertical jump by six inches or more, and slash time off of their 40 all while increasing their
agility and flexibility.
Transforming Together (Part 2)
In March of 2009, I was contacted by Nate and Donia, training partners from Iowa who were looking to get into better shape. Eight months later, they both competed in their first competitions (bodybuilding for him and figure for her) with completely transformed physiques.
Transforming Together (Part 1)
In March of 2009, I was contacted by Nate and Donia, training partners from Iowa who were looking to get into better shape. Eight months later, they both competed in their first competitions (bodybuilding for him and figure for her) with completely transformed physiques.
Sixteen Rapid Muscle Growth Tips (Part 2)
Let us remind you that immediately following training, it is vital for you to take your 100% MR and Muscle Synthesis right there on the gym floor.
Citrulline: An Ergogenic Nitric Oxide Stimulator?
We’re always on the lookout for the next ergogenic supplement, but only every so often does one catch our eye.
Carb Cycling for MMA Fighters
As MMA fighters, we’re constantly looking for ways to improve our game. We sharpen our skills, improve our conditioning, and increase our strength, all with the goal of being better warriors. However, many of us fail to take advantage of a very important key to success in the ring (or cage)—optimal nutrition.
Sixteen Rapid Muscle Growth Tips (Part 1)
Gaining lean muscle tissue is never as simple as it seems. However, there are some sure fire ways to increase your rate of progress.
Spud Speaks: More News From Marc Bartley
Saturday was great because there was no cardio to do. I was drained from the week, and it took about two hours to get going. I usually do light upper body and then a dynamic speed pull day, but since I couldn’t get it going, I did some reverse bands, thinking that would be easy.
Neural Performance and Recovery with Carnitine-L-Tartrate
In this article, we’ll take a look at the theoretical basis for CLT to improve something even more elusive—neural performance and recovery.