Keep it simple- Eat Clean and Push Protein
Whether you are looking to gain weight, lose weight, or lean-out... a pure and simple diet is your best choice.
How Do Bodybuilders REALLY Eat and Train?
Each athlete is different, but there are several aspects that most competitive bodybuilders agree upon when it comes to diet and training practices.
The Selkow Diet
If you want to be like the Barefoot Buddha of the Iron, you must keep your nutrition in check. But that doesn't mean you can't have any fun.
Tough Love: You and Your Diet
You asked about what to eat, elitefts™ responded. We didn't sugarcoat it, either.
The Weekly Caloric Method
Your body isn't a robot, and you shouldn't treat it like one. Learn how to track your calories the proper way in order to get into the best shape of your life.
Peri-Workout Nutrition, Part II: To Carb or Not to Carb
I’m going to discuss two schools of thought on this issue: to immediately carb-up post workout or to prolong or completely avoid carbs post workout.
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?
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.
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.
Quick Thoughts on the Science of Lifting
It’s something to be concerned with if you’re a competitive athlete because folks are obviously getting busted.
Mighty Cholesterol
Most of our adult life, we're told that this “thing” called cholesterol is an evil demon that clogs our arteries.
The Research Meathead
Due to a wide variety of factors involved, it isn't yet possible to formulate any definitive recommendations concerning protein intake for maximizing sports performance.
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?
Iron Subculture Podcast (Episode #5)
We have our first Listener Feedback segment and I also check in with the three new members of Team elitefts™: Mickey Manley, Chad Walker and Marshall Johnson. The episode is one hour and eleven minutes.
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
The hardest part about eating right is not chewing, it's food prep.
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.
The One-Drop Method
Thinking fondly of my favorite brain hemorrhaging Smolov sets and the growth one can literally feel, I chose to include one single drop set in this spirit.
If You Won’t Take the Medicine, Don’t Ask for the Prescription
Imagine going to the doctor to get attention for an illness, receiving a drug prescription from the doctor, and tearing it up and throwing it in his face because you don’t take prescription drugs.
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.
Comparisons
“What can I do to improve, so the judges have no choice but to place me in first next time?”
Raw Milk: Friend or Foe?
Many of us assume that the pasteurized milk we were given by our parents is the best option.
Cheat to Get Ripped
Bodybuilding preparation is based in tradition, not science. This leads to physiological problems when trying to get ripped.
The Creatine Facts
One of the longest standing controversies in the world of health, fitness, and athletic performance is whether or not one should take creatine.
Training and Dietary Considerations for Women
A person’s physique reflects her genetic component compounded with the sum of the decisions she's made in regards to her health.
Eat Up!
I think that this concept, with the right foods, is one of the best for fighters and combatants.
Kroc's NPC Michigan State Championships Show
We often learn more from our failures than we do from our successes and I definitely feel this is the case here.
EFS Classic: My Epiphany of Strength
This article is a culmination of my 35 years of learning about strength, including the cliff notes to all my training logs and a brief look inside my mind.
Iron Subculture Podcast (Episode #3)
Josh Bryant discussed strategies for getting strong and big Metroflex-style. Kori Propst discusses the psychology of dieting. Plus much, much more...
Retreating to the Cave
If you’ve heard of the Caveman diet or the Paleo diet but have no idea how to get back to the cave, this article may be for you.
Fast Tips for Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting has recently emerged as a hot topic, particularly for those seeking an effective tool for reducing or maintaining body fat levels.
Basic Nutrition: Part 1
The energy derived from foods when they are oxidized in the body is measured in kilocalories (thousands of calories).
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
If exercise does affect fat loss, we could create very simple experiments to determine the amount.
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
This series will discuss primary research, research reviews, and other science related (specifically exercise and nutrition research) information.
Warrior Contest Prep 101
It’s universally agreed that there are many ways to skin a cat in regards to preparing for a physique show.
Cherry Juice...Recovery Aid?
On the face of it, cherry juice may just appear to be the latest in a long line of super foods.
Drinking the Weight Loss "Kool-ADE"
Five years ago, I grew tired of being a member of the “bloat crew” and decided to do something about it.
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?
Can you actually build muscle and lose fat faster by going long stretches without eating?
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
Ask any real lifter and he will agree upon the importance of max effort work in the can.
Some Things Never Change
When you get rid of the smoke and mirrors, you always, always, always come back to the basics.
McMillan's First Bodybuilding Competition Write-up
I have to say that this 20 week training/dieting/cardio cycle for this bodybuilding show was by far the hardest thing I've ever done.
How to Find the Right Nutrition Coach
Please make sure your diet coach has your health as their No. 1 priority!
Just for Fall: Pumpkin Spice Muffins (Low-Carb/Gluten Free)
I love adding pumpkin to my baked goods and oattie pancakes because it adds moisture, great taste, minimal carbs, and it's chock-full of fiber and carotenoids.
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.
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.