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The Bedtime Protein Shake We all kinda-sorta know that having a protein shake before going to bed is a good strategy to build muscle, but it’s still satisfying to read a scientific paper that says we’re not just right, but really right. It’s particularly satisfying when that paper is a big...

Beginners trying to lose body fat don't need to follow an advanced fat loss program in order to get results. If you're fat, you're fat, and following an advanced training program won't necessarily speed up the process. All you really need to do is move. The same can be said about newbie...

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...

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...

When it comes to building muscle mass, the food you put into your body is equally (if not more important), than what you do in the gym. To increase muscle size and density it’s inevitable that you’ll have to pick up heavy weights and move them around with great intensity, but if you aren’t...

Collagen protein is an important source of energy for your body. But did you know that it has many other benefits? From lean muscles to smooth skin, collagen offers a lot! There are two main kinds of protein: Whey and Collagen. Both provide great benefits but they do different things. We’re...

In choosing a high-protein, low-carb diet, there's so much emphasis on your three square meals that it can be easy to overlook appropriate snack choices — despite the fact that snacking accounts for one-third of our daily energy intake. Snacking doesn't have to put a damper on your fitness...

Whether your goal is to lose weight or build muscle, the path is actually quite a bit more straightforward than you might presume: controlling energy balance (i.e. calories in vs. calories out) and exercising accordingly. Yet, the war between clean eating and flexible dieting, aka if it fits...

What you eat and when you eat can make a world of difference before a tough workout or competitive event. Fine-tuning your pre-workout meal will ensure your body has the nutrients it needs to perform at a high level for hours on end. Even better, it will help maximize the effects of your...

THE "BEST" PROTEIN POWDER? NOT SO FAST! What's the best protein powder? Well, the Men's Health website recently posted an article that listed what they thought were the 15 best protein powders to "help you build muscle." Presumably, the two co-authors sampled the entire spectrum of powders in...

Legendary fitness pioneer Jack LaLanne knew intuitively that his body needed protein to grow muscle, only he didn't have the luxury of modern protein drinks when he first started exercising. Instead, for a brief six-week period, he tried drinking a quart of beef blood from the slaughterhouse...

This is the art of volumizing: Choosing foods that seem to take up more space in your stomach, but won't make YOU take up more space. You'll feel like you're eating a ton because you're satiated, but you're actually consuming a reasonable amount of calories. And by replacing sugary ingredients...

If you're trying to reach a certain physique goal and you're not paying much attention to what you're eating, you're essentially playing ping pong in the dark. You might occasionally score, but mostly you'll just be swinging wildly. To save yourself years of frustration, sub-optimal gains, and...

Eggs are a constant source of research and differing opinion, since they are such a staple food for millions of us, but much of the information that is written about eggs is focussed on “regular” people and only looks at topics such as cholesterol as relates to heart disease, or simply how many...

The thermic effect of food (TEF) is the energy expenditure above the body's resting metabolic rate due to the cost of processing food for use and storage. Basically, your body has to burn calories to break food down. Your system has to work much harder to assimilate nutrients that aren't...

Maybe you've got a grandparent or two that you care about, or some parents that are getting close to being grandparents themselves. You might have seen how they faced war, economic instability, and personal hardships, but none of it came close to defeating them. No, it wasn't until old age and...

ARE MY CREATINE GAINS JUST WATER? Most people gain weight so rapidly after starting to take creatine that logic tells you that the weight gain is almost all water. That may be largely true after you first begin taking it, but even then, the increase in weight appears to be proportional to the...

When the coronavirus hit, they were one of the few countries that had plenty of personal protective equipment (PPE) to go around. Sure, a lot of it was old and was probably decorated with characters from the old Howdy Doody TV show and the Flintstones, but it worked just fine. So it makes...

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... Turn raspberry cheesecake into cookies with just three ingredients. Eat your coffee. Make mocha chip cheesecake cookies. They're low carb and caffeinated. Make banana-banana cookies using oats, bananas, and banana protein powder. Make high protein icing from just...

Intense training activates protein synthesis, but only if the right nutrition is there to support it. If you read the article John Meadows and I wrote called Maximize Protein Synthesis, or if you've read anything that T Nation's been saying on the subject for years, you're likely familiar with...