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  1. 01dragonslayer

    Adjust Your Nutrition to Get Shredded

    Starting a diet is pretty simple. Decrease food intake (by either reducing the amount of calories you are currently taking in or using a formula to determine your estimated caloric target), add in a day or two of cardio, and you are right on track to a leaner physique and an increased frequency...
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    How to Start Flexible Dieting (IIFYM)

    What Are “Macros” Before we go any further, the first step is to learn the basics. Macros in a nutritional sense, is short for Macronutrients which are Protein, Carbohydrate, and Fat. These are the three nutrients that provide energy in the form of calories. Protein, carbohydrates and fat add...
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    Nutrition for the Strength Athlete

    Let’s face it, most of the quality nutrition information that comes out of the bodybuilding community is geared towards bodybuilders. But the problem is strength athletes don’t necessarily need to eat like that. In fact, most strength athletes would benefit from NOT eating like the typical “bro”...
  4. 01dragonslayer

    The New Rules of Flexible Dieting

    Why Flexible Dieting? “As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.” – Harrington Emmerson Almost every food has been...
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    HUNGRY WHILE CUTTING? 12 WAYS TO REDUCE HUNGER ON A DIET

    HUNGRY WHILE CUTTING? 12 WAYS TO REDUCE HUNGER ON A DIET Sean Nalewanyj General Nutrition, Nutrition If you’re feeling hungry while cutting, trust me, you’re not alone. Regardless of what type of dieting method you employ or how your training plan is specifically structured, fat loss...
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    Nutrition Labels Are Inaccurate (and the Math Behind Why It Doesn’t Matter)

    This is an article I meant to write a while back when this article on Precision Nutrition about nutrition labels was first making the rounds, but I never got around to it. Let me start by saying that I really like PN, I respect what they do, and I have a load of respect for John Berardi’s work...
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    How to Stop Binge Eating: The 7 Steps You Need to Follow

    This is What We Call ‘Binge Eating’ At some point in your life, you find yourself shoving enormous amounts of food down your throat: But there’s a problem: binge eating makes us come up with excuses for our behaviors: It can also lead to binge eating disorder: And if you reach that point...
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    WHO GETS FATTER? NIGHT OWLS OR EARLY BIRDS?

    A BIG FAT DEBATE Nutrition experts are always having the same argument: Is fat loss just a matter of "calories in, calories out" or do other things have a bigger long-term impact, like how food quality and macronutrient choices affect our hormones, eating behaviors, and ultimately our body...
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    6 GIANT MYTHS ABOUT CALORIES

    Debunking the Biggest Untruths Damn You, Wilburn! Sometimes I wish Wilburn Olin Atwater hadn’t become a pioneer in the field of nutrition. I’d have been happier if he’d instead become a chimney sweep, corset maker, rag picker, or some other respectable late 19th-century profession. Atwater...
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    6 CONVENIENT FOODS FOR MUSCLE GROWTH

    Who has time to cook a few extra chicken breasts every few days? Who has time to make a big pot of rice or potatoes? Someone should invent a kitchen appliance where you just throw the meat and starches in overnight and BAM, cooked food for the week. That would be amazing. That's a zillion...
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    THE 7 SIMPLE MUSCLE-BUILDING HABITS

    Help Yourself to Hypertrophy Is your main goal to build muscle? Then here’s what to do (and what not to do) to pack on the pounds. 1. Don’t Diet Every few years, there’s a resurgence in meal reduction diets. Their premise? The optimal way to gain muscle is to greatly reduce meal frequency...
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    THE FOOD THAT REALLY MADE AMERICA FAT

    FAT DOGS AND FAT AMERICANS Barney's got a problem. He looks like a Wookie from Star Wars, but that's not the problem I'm talking about. He's fat. Blubbery even. When he walks around on his four legs, it sounds like two beefy men in their slippers shuffling towards the refrigerator in the hopes...
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    RIPPED IN 4 WEEKS

    If you're carrying a little more fat than you'd like right now and you've got something coming up – a vacation, a photoshoot, a Tinder date – we've got you covered. Here's some advice from five fitness experts who know a thing or two about fat loss and physique transformation. But first...
  14. 01dragonslayer

    THE FOOD THAT REALLY MADE AMERICA FAT

    FAT DOGS AND FAT AMERICANS Barney's got a problem. He looks like a Wookie from Star Wars, but that's not the problem I'm talking about. He's fat. Blubbery even. When he walks around on his four legs, it sounds like two beefy men in their slippers shuffling towards the refrigerator in the hopes...
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    The Contrary Diet

    Eat More But Lose Fat and Gain Muscle Bodybuilding’s holy grail, its equivalent to the quest for nuclear fusion, has always been the diet that allows you to put on muscle while cutting fat. Oh, some of the keto people will tell you they have that covered with their diet, but aside from being...
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    Recipe of the Week: Hamburgers for Every Diet

    First, let’s start with just a classic hamburger recipe then modify it three ways: vegan, high calorie, and low calorie. For our classic recipe we adapted this one from the Betty Crocker website. INGREDIENTS 2 pounds lean ground beef 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce Salt and pepper to taste...
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    Recipe of the week: Chili for Every Diet

    Did you know that there is incredible controversy over the “right” way to make chili? The debate arises over the inclusion of beans in this classic recipe. If you are from Texas, forget about including beans, they do NOT belong in chili! If you are from anywhere else, the bean issue is up for...
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    Determining the Best Protein Powder for Weight Loss

    So you want to lose a few pounds and heard whey protein powder may be a good idea. You heard right, a good source of protein can aid nearly all aspects of weight loss. For instance: The Atkins diet is basically a high protein diet. The Ketogenic Diet requires significant protein. And high...
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    Calories Burned Standing vs. Sitting: Does Standing Burn Calories?

    Given the world's rapid transition to work-from-home positions and online jobs, many people face the plight of sitting behind a computer for lengthy amounts of time daily. Intuitively, it takes more energy to stand than it does to sit, but how many calories does standing burn, exactly? Recent...
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    Wondering How to Lose Weight Fast? Read This First!

    A common mistake people make when they want to get to a healthy weight is trying to lose body fat too quickly. This either results in a person sacrificing their muscle mass and/or health problems that make their eating habits unsustainable. The verb "can" has no intrinsic limit in the context...
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