Posts in the Category "Nutrition"


Bulking Questions … and Answers (Part 3)

Continuing on with the answers to the following questions … How long should I bulk? How long do I have to bulk? The first ‘it depends’ answer was to counter with the question of how much muscle do you want to gain? To that we add the following: 2. How much muscle do you gain.. Read more →


Bulking Questions … and Answers (Part 2)

So in the previous post about bulking we touched on what determines whether or not you should consider doing a ‘bulk’ (I really dislike this word by the way), or not. Again, let me just say to drive the point home, that bulking is not an excuse to get fat, get sloppy, etc. The point.. Read more →


Bulking Questions … and Answers (Part 1)

I get asked a variety of bulking-type questions a lot ‚Äì mostly from females ‚Äì so I thought I’d just cut and paste a question and answer it here for reference. My opinions here would not be gender specific, applying both to males and females. Q: Still tossing around the idea of doing a figure.. Read more →


Hunger and Fat Loss

A conveniently timed blog post from Lyle McDonald adds more to what I’ve been harping upon for the last few posts about hunger, expecting it when dieting, and fat loss. One quote in particular: There are other adaptations, folks often decrease their activity levels (conserving energy), fat burning goes down and fat storage goes up,.. Read more →


Weekends and The Little Nibbles

Saw this on another fitness-related blog and had to post it. Only a few words, but they carry a very big message. 2 days can erase 5! I hope the message there is clear – weekends can kill your fat loss. And another important point while I’m at it: Nibbles and extras can also ruin.. Read more →


Metabolic Slowdown – Part II

Now that you’ve decided to take control of your metabolism and have adjusted your calories to maintenance levels, you want to maintain this level of calories for at least two weeks. Then once things are humming along again, you can return to a caloric deficit. Might you gain some weight at maintenance? Maybe, but some.. Read more →