If you believe the title of this post, then you are making a concerted effort to ignore reality. Consider the findings from a recent study: – Obesity has risen 400% in the Caribbean Islands over the past two decades. – Caloric availability has gone from around 2,000 calories per person in 1961 to over 2,700 [...]
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People are still under the belief that carbs make you fat. Some in the low carb crowd go as far to say that even if you ate 4,000 calories a day, as long as the diet was low carb, you wouldn’t get fat. Unfortunately, this contention is pretty much untestable because no one could eat [...]
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If there is one diet change that works wonders for people, it’s making sure they eat protein at every meal. If you eat five times a day, eating a lean protein source at each meal would get you well over 100 grams of protein per day. Consider: – A six ounce chicken breast will have [...]
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The problem for skinny guys is that it is very hard to develop muscle and put on size, that’s why we are called “hardgainers”. Here are some tips for how hardgainers can put on some size. 1. Train three times a week. Skinny guys can’t handle huge volumes of work because it’s very hard to [...]
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In the first post about protein synthesis and post workout nutrition I explained what protein synthesis is and how it works to return your body to an anabolic state. To recap: – Both muscle protein breakdown and muscle protein synthesis are ongoing events. They happen simultaneously throughout the day. – If there is more protein [...]
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