Cheat Meals, Refeeds, and Triple-X Eating
Could abandoning your diet be the secret to a leaner physique?
Nutrition Thoughts on Carb Intake
An interesting analysis of research on the effects of different glycemic index and glycemic load protocols.
How to Dial in Your Bodybuilding Condition
This is the introduction of my journey, explaining the training and nutrition I am implementing, to complete my goal of winning the overall at a National-qualifier.
The Protein Chef: Turkey Chilli Recipe
We're trying to survive winter. Derek Howes his helping with his quick-and-easy bodybuilding recipes for inexperienced cooks.
The Real Paleo Diet
You're just as close to the diet of a Paleolithic man when you go through a drive through as you are when you eat only meat, nuts, and berries.
Is That...Breast Milk in Your Blender Bottle?
Maybe you should clarify before trying a drink of your friend's new supplement.
Nutrition Rules for Endurance Athletes
A little extra weight usually helps strength athletes, but how can you drop unneeded baggage for aerobic activity?
Beer, Boobs, Guns and...Other Things Bros Like
The journey of a thousand pounds begins with the first ounce.
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.
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.
3 Ways the Platform Prepared Me for the Stage
How becoming Strong(her) made me a better figure competitor.
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.
Ten Simple Tips to Get Bigger, Stronger, and Smarter
Straightforward diet and training fixes approved by Coach X.
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.
NYSC Undercover: Fred Duncan and Coach X Hypertrophy Roundtable (Part 1)
Lift consistently and the demand is perceived as worthy of increasing muscle to handle the work.
Iron Subculture Podcast: Fred Duncan — Common Dietary Trends Debunked
With dozens of well-marketed diets to choose from, we discuss the pros and cons of some of the more common choices
21 Days to Effortless Fat Loss
With most of the US population being obese, these questions come from everywhere and everyone.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Lenny
“OK, you need to go out and get a can of sauerkraut, but ditch the cabbage, and set the juice aside."
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.
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.
Post-Pregnancy Tummy Flattening
I'm a huge fan of stabilization exercises, standing ab exercises, and the like.
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.
Comparisons
“What can I do to improve, so the judges have no choice but to place me in first next time?”
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.
If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Shopping with My Wife
You can replace “wife” with any other word of endearment for your “significant other” that you’d like, but I need to tell you of from my perspective, I did something along the way VERY right.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Diet Reviews: Mediterranean Diet and 'Eat Right for Your Type'
Jamie briefly reviews two popular diets—the Mediterranean diet and ‘Eat Right for Your Type.’
Atkins’ New Diet Revolution: Under Investigation
Many people who have followed Atkins’ New Diet Revolution now realize dietary fat isn’t the sole reason people are fat nor is it the evil often promoted by low fat diet advocates.
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.
Calories: Count Everything or Ignore the Incidentals?
Those extra/uncounted calories can really add up.
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.
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.
Bench Press and Dieting for Bodybuilding
It all started two years ago—I was training in double ply meets mainly for the bench press
Second Hand Training - Two KILLER Workouts
It doesn’t take long for this to get around when you post on an online training log.