Carb-Backloading

30 days on Carb Nite

As you know, we love Kiefer, and incorporate many of his principles in the Propane Protocol. The past few months, we've been using his fat-loss plan, Carb Nite to achieve our goals. Here's our results and what we had to say about it: Who's it for? Carb Nite was written as a fat loss diet for sedentary individuals, ...

As promised, I thought I’d share a few more dietary hacks that I’ve learned from both training myself and my clients. 1. Understand viscosity. If you’ve ever used a “cut” or “bulk” approach with your diet you’ll understand the relative problems with each. On occasion a diet can leave you hungry, scraping the last morsel of oatmeal ...

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Topics covered: 0.49 - Carb backloading and fasting. Approach to diet. 7.31 - Daily Undulating Periodisation and John Broz style training, overreaching and overtraining. 15.49 - Myoreps and occlusion training. 20.19 - Sources of motivation. 24.49 - Lasting achievements. 28.36 - Fitness industry gurus. What did you think about this interview? Leave a comment on here or on our Facebook page and Twitter!  

Lipolysis-Lipogenesis1

When I say dieting in the title, I mean extended periods of low calories – i.e. the typical 12-24 week diet, or even perma-diet for some.   A hypocaloric state is catabolic, meaning tissues are broken down from both fat and muscle. This is not necessarily a bad thing. When you’re catabolic you break down both lipids ...

For those unfamiliar with the acronym, I.I.F.Y.M stands for “If it fits your macros”, a phrase coined to describe a particular attitude towards eating and nutrition. It's fairly simple, you establish macronutrient numbers that you want to consume in a given day or a given period then, subject to this constraint, you have free reign to ...

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