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It’s a common observation that most diets fail, but the reason they fail isn’t about the weight loss. In fact, most diets are successful in that regard if the dieter has any degree of discipline and motivation. The reason most diets fail is that the dieter fails to keep the weight off. You can...

Feeling sleepy after chowing down on a juicy burger and fries is expected. Same with a plate packed with Thanksgiving Day foods. But if you’re experiencing a food coma regularly— especially if you’re eating clean—you may be wondering what the cause could be. Postprandial somnolence, the medical...

Do you want to build muscle, enhance your fitness, or improve your athletic performance? How about getting complete nutrition from food products and avoiding toxic chemicals? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, there is no better option than creatine. Creatine is one of...

Pre-workout supplements are extremely popular in the fitness world. Taking pre-workout can enhance your energy levels and endurance, making them perfect for a wide array of activities, including bodybuilding. But whether you’re a bodybuilder or trying to get lean, professional, or a newbie at...

By Bret Contreras Eat, Lift, and Condition to Lose Fat and Maintain Muscle By Marc Lewis and Travis Pollen With summer just around the corner, fat loss and concurrent muscle preservation is on just about everyone’s mind. The trouble is, there’s a whole lot of gimmicky — not to mention...

Getting really lean is a common goal, which a fair number of people regularly achieve, and it’s easy to find trainers and books to help you do so. However, getting lean and staying lean is often viewed as a holy grail, at least in bodybuilding-centric circles. People pursue this goal for many...

Weight loss is a common goal for people who wish to improve their health, compete in a physique sport, or make weight for a strength sport with weight classes. However, weight gain is an equally valid and important diet goal, and should be approached just as strategically. This article discusses...

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...