diet problem

Your Diet Isn’t The Problem – You Are: How Human Nature Causes Smart Nutrition to Fail

“It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle.” Is it, though? I rarely hear this statement coupled with practices that don’t look and feel like a diet.   Let’s scrap all of the differences between very restrictive diet plans and those that give us looser guidelines for a moment. Despite there being enormous differences between sketchy,…

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quick fat loss

The Quick & Dirty Fat Loss Method

You’ve put on a little more extra weight than you’d like. You had one too many burgers, a few too many ice-creams…I’m not judging, it’s cool. But your abs are starting to fade a little, you’re feeling a bit “soft”. The time has come to cut, so you can again feel confident and comfortable. Because…

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nutrition fix

Fix Your Nutrition: 4 Ways to Make Your Food Work for You

I mentioned in a recent article that I like to tell people I just met that I make a living as a professional pecan farmer. Why do I do this? Because when I mention I’m in the business of shaping people’s lives (literally), 9 out of 10 people will say “CAN YOU TRAIN ME?” People…

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alcohol and macros

How to Be “Alcobolic”: Making Alcohol Fit Your Macros

Most articles on the subject of alcohol follow a very predictable formula…. – Alcohol contains x calories per gram. – It has the following effects on hormones and fat storage. – It’s “empty calories”. – Aim for no more than Xg/kg otherwise you’ll wreck your gains brah. I posit that, while potentially accurate, these statements…

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accessory exercises

8 Accessory Exercises for a Better Physique

Being jacked and strong is no easy task. There are so many components and training variables involved in gaining maximum strength and size. It can be overwhelming on where to start. We’re starting to grasp the fact that compound movements should make up the majority of our programming. These include squats, deadlifts, and presses. But…

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