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Question: I need your help. I am 37 year-old female about 128 lbs. with my last bodyfat at 18.7%. I lift 3 days a week, two with a trainer (who refers to me as a hard gainer). He continues my workouts @ 15 reps per set for all body parts with a decent amt of weight. I have not been able to budge...

I’m dieting for my first contest and it’s eight weeks away. I’m six feet tall and 225 pounds and based on how much fat I’m carrying, I should come in around 210 or so. It’s a natural show, so I’m not worried about being too skinny. A few people tell me I’m eating too many carbs. On training...

IntroductionDeveloped for use by bodybuilders, the ketogenic diet is an effective method of losing fat rapidly while preserving muscle mass. One variation of this diet is the Palumbo Keto Diet, which follows a very rigid diet plan at specific intervals. Note that any keto diet must be followed...

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Macro Problems It is becoming very common in todays world for people to talk about just hitting daily macronutrient goals. Doesn’t necessarily matter when, or how, as long as the end of the day the numbers add up to the imaginary guideline...

by Cade Thomas It is becoming very common in todays world for people to talk about just hitting daily macronutrient goals. Doesn’t necessarily matter when, or how, as long as the end of the day the numbers add up to the imaginary guideline you set for yourself at the beginning of the day. While...

Are Saturated Fats the Hero, Villain or Not Bad? For anyone who hasn’t been keeping up with all the posts here at Burn the Fat Blog, the team at Examine.com wrote our “most liked’ post ever a few months ago, in which they talked about the...

by Geoff Roberts If It Fits Your Macros, or IIFYM, has been a hot topic over the last several years in the bodybuilding industry. For those of you who are not familiar with this diet, here is a simple explanation. IIFYM is a diet strategy in which the dieter sets certain macro-nutrient goals...

What Should Peak Week Really Be Like For Bikini Competitors?Many people have misconceptions about what Peak Week really is for the Bikini athlete. Some refer to it as a “dry out”, which means a ton of asparagus, low water levels, dandelion root and very low, if any carbs. Other coaches focus...

Chris Aceto Flex Wheeler was known for achieving drastic changes in his physique in less then 10 days. One reason for this was the implementation of successful carbohydrate depleting and loading. The system, which requires large but temporary changes in carbohydrate, sodium and water...

One thing I'm a bit confused about is timing of marcos... now for cutting, I realize carbs early in day are good, and cutting carbs closer to bed time advisable, but what if for some reason you under eat until say mid day, and you have already trained, is it OK then to add carbs and maybe some...

Hardcore Bulking Introduction – by Gavin Kane Off-season; a bodybuilder’s favorite time of year and the favorite words whispered after a recent contest. So the time is here, what are you going to do about it? First step is to determine what you want...

Most people attribute eating turkey, which is high in the amino acid tryptophan, to being tired. This isn't entirely true. Tryptophan is the body's source of serotonin, the "feel good" neurotransmitter. Most anti-depressants, as well as street drugs like Molly affect serotonin levels. The...

Glycolog, while it is a nutrient partitioning agent that is designed to help you absorb carbs and protein more efficiently, it's actually a very strong PUMP product. GlycoLog increases insulin secretion and stimulates glycogen production. The main benefits of glycogen for a pump are its ability...

How Do Steroids Build Muscle? How do steroids work to increase muscle growth? Anabolic steroids help to stimulate anabolic effects in the body by plugging into the protein receptors that are on or in cells that help to create new proteins within the cells. This results in an increase in RNA...

Bodybuilding Q&A - Victor Martinez You’ve said that you don’t eat a lot of carbs. Do you still eat more on days you train larger body parts like back and legs? Also, something Evan said once stuck with me about carbs and I wanted your opinion. He didn’t think it made sense to eat more carbs...

You can starve and build big muscles. You can starve your body of carbohydrates and make your body crave muscle building protein. I am sure most of you reading the title "Low Carbs Big Muscles" are scratching your heads thinking I have lost my mind. I mean, how can you possibly build massive...

POST-WORKOUT NUTRITION: WHAT SHOULD YOU BE TAKING AFTER A HARD WORKOUT? Post-Workout Nutrition: What Should You Be Taking After a Hard Workout? The Guerrilla Chemist, Chief Science Officer-Blackstone Labs, MS Organic and Biochemistry You just finished a brutal workout. You trained...

NUTRITION LEAN PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATES (6-8oz) (10-14oz) White Fish- Tuna (Ahi) White Rice Chicken- Turkey (Breast) Pineapple Liquid Egg Whites Pineapple juice Greek Yogurt PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER FEEDING THE BEAST MEAL 1: 1am-2am. My internal clock goes off at this time. 3ius HGH...

By Anthony Ricciuto B.Phed. C.F.T. S.P.N. F.T. At the present time the most written about macronutrient is the carbohydrate. This macronutrient has gone through some major changes over the years. Well, the carbohydrate hasn’t actually gone through physical changes, but the way dieticians and...