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Old-school gym lore suggested that each pound of muscle burned 50 calories per day. The more common figure you’ll hear from sciency folks is 6 calories. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Arecent discussion with Shane Duquette in the MASS Facebook group 1 prompted me to consider something I...

Most people tend to view exercise through the lens of the ‘additive’ energy model: More exercise = more calories burned. But back in 2016, Herman Pontzer and colleagues published a study that put forth the ‘constrained’ energy model: Energy expenditure does increase with added activity, but...

By Aadam | Last Updated: July 7th, 2022 This post is taken from the Vitamin. Every Thursday, I drop some knowledge bombs on your face to help you reach your goals faster while avoiding all the bullshit. We get so caught up in trying to find the “perfect” nutrition, training, or supplement...

Performing cardio, lifting heavy, hell, getting to the gym and warming your body up—they all require energy. Your muscles are much more than physical attributes giving you confidence and your desired appearance; they are your motor. Knowing that, think about this for a second. You’re going on a...

Amongst the countless dieting protocols spoken of and utilized throughout the world of fitness, there is always going to be that one person who likes to be considered just a clean eater. He may not count macros, carb cycle, be on a bulk or a cut, but you bet that he is eating clean! Seriously...

The term ‘energy availability’ refers to whether or not you have adequate energy to maintain not only the energy demands of exercise or sport but also of normal physiological function. You can be at energy balance, maintaining a stable body mass, but be in a state of ‘relative energy...

Does your body have a set point? Introduction To top The Set Point Theory of weight regulation is an attempt to explain why people can maintain their body weight at a relatively stable level for long periods. The Set Point Theory suggests that body weight is regulated by a feedback control...

You are electric. Every millisecond hundreds of thousands of tiny cellular constituents called mitochondria are pumping protons across a membrane to generate electric charges that are each equivalent to the power, over a few nanometers, of a bolt of lighting. And when you consider energy in...

A group of researchers from Colorado must have gotten sick of going to family outings and having to listen to Cousin Dwayne drone on about the success of his intermittent fasting and/or time-restricted diet and how, in soft lighting, you could maybe, from a certain angle and if your eyes were a...

Have you ever wondered how many calories are in a pound of fat? While this generalization is reasonable, it is not very precise. So, how many calories does a pound (of body fat or muscle mass) really contain? Does a static model make sense for projecting calorie intake to lose weight? Let's...

Coenzyme Q10, or "CoQ10," is a ubiquitous coenzyme and antioxidant in humans and animals. Hence, coenzyme Q10 is chemically known as ubiquinone (oxidized form of CoQ10) and ubiquinol (reduced form of CoQ10). The third form of coenzyme q10, ubisemiquinone, exists as a free radical and biological...

The ketogenic diet is one of the hottest diet trends at the moment. Not fat-adapted yet? Not putting sticks of butter in your coffee? Welp, you can't sit with us! (A sarcastic reference to Mean Girls, in case you missed it.) I don't know what's more disturbing – putting sticks of butter in...

"WHAT'S A GOOD FAT LOSS TRAINING ROUTINE?" Train yourself to push your fork away from your mouth. Neither weight training nor cardio do a whole lot to create an energy deficit compared to not eating that piece of salted caramel cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory: Salted Caramel Cheesecake: 990...

Ever been overzealous with a diet or training program? If so, you may recall having low sex drive, moodiness, hunger, sluggishness, and possibly even digestive issues. Maybe you thought you were supposed to get used to suffering during a diet and training program. But if that's the case, then...

Science can make nutrition complicated. Measure the glycemic index of this, the glycemic load of that. How much omega-6's in this? What about omega-3's? While a deeper level of nutrition knowledge can certainly be useful, what we often get through the media are little bits of information that's...

While conventional diets may be fine for the average person, they definitely don't work for bodybuilders. It takes an extraordinary nutrition plan to build an extraordinary physique. After lots of reading, research, and speculation (followed by more screwing up than you'd want to know about) I...

With the vegan and vegetarian lifestyles gaining in popularity, people are somehow telling themselves that a plant-based diet is going to fulfill all of your nutritional needs. Taking a look at other diets such as Paleo that are supposed to be based on what our great ancestors ate, how can you...

When it comes to losing weight, there are a lot of myths out there. Do you struggle to lose weight even after cutting calories? What about unable to maintain that weight loss? Have you gained some weight back after each diet? Many may say metabolic damage is the culprit, and that you are...

by Maggie Ethridge Carbs sometimes—ok, almost always—get a bad rap. With more and more people trying low- and no-carb diets (hello, keto), it’s no wonder dieters get a little mixed up about this mighty macro. But here’s the thing: Carbs aren’t the enemy! In fact, eliminating them altogether...

by K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S. Most of us are painfully familiar with the flu—the nausea, headaches, brain fog, and distinct urge to hide under the covers are not anyone’s idea of a good time. And while flu season is thankfully over, the threat of these symptoms still looms for people who are...