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  1. 01dragonslayer

    How Bodybuilders Should Eat

    A tried-and-true eating plan for packing on muscle. Check it out. While conventional diets may be fine for the average person, they definitely don’t work for bodybuilders. It takes an extraordinary nutrition plan to build an extraordinary physique. After lots of reading, research, and...
  2. 01dragonslayer

    Foods and Supplements That Control Cortisol

    Cortisol is necessary for bodybuilding, but too much at the wrong time can put the brakes on your gains. Here's how to take charge of it. One of the functions of cortisol is to maintain a stable blood sugar level – cortisol increases it when it’s too low. One way of minimizing cortisol is…...
  3. 01dragonslayer

    Losing Fat While Gaining Muscle – A Guide

    Do What Others Say is Impossible Hardly anyone ever manages to lose body fat while gaining muscle, but that's only because of a few, easily correctible mistakes. Can You Gain Muscle and Lose Fat Simultaneously? Is "recomposition" possible? The short answer is yes, but it's ordinarily very hard...
  4. 01dragonslayer

    Question of Strength

    Your Questions, Expert Answers How bodybuilders can fight post-show depression, how to eat carbs and stay lean, and what to do if squats make you hurt. Several things could be at play here and it’s likely a combination of them – we’ll go over everything. But right off the bat I’m thinking...
  5. 01dragonslayer

    The Every-Other-Day Workout Plan

    If you love to lift hard, then train every other day to make the most gains. Here's why and how to plan it. To maximize strength or muscle growth, get more awesome workouts than below-average workouts. Seems logical, right? Yet most lifters believe a bad workout is better than no workout. Their...
  6. 01dragonslayer

    How to Manipulate Carbs for Targeted Sleep

    by TC Luoma A Specific Strategy for Healing the Body A meta-study on the effects of carbohydrate quality and quantity on types of sleep reveals a tactic that every athlete needs to adopt. This is an article about better sleep, restorative sleep, and it has nothing to do with stuff any moron can...
  7. 01dragonslayer

    The Biggest Keto Myth

    "Calories Don't Matter on Keto!" Wrong. Caloric intake above maintenance will still cause fat gain. One of the most misleading statements about keto diets is that calories don't matter as long as you're not consuming carbs. This stems from the insulin-to-obesity theory. It goes something like...
  8. 01dragonslayer

    3 Tricks for Faster Fat Loss

    HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... Eat for what you're about to do. Carbs fuel intense activity, so don't carb-up for bed or you may end up storing them instead of burning them. Do cardio in the morning before you've had any carbs. Tap into fat stores without eating away at muscle by having amino...
  9. 01dragonslayer

    The Diet That Makes You Feel Like Crap

    THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR DIETERS When some people decide to get lean, they make a big mistake. To reduce calories, they go low carb and low fat... at the same time. Your body needs an energy substrate and you need to consume it. While protein can technically be transformed into energy, it's a...
  10. 01dragonslayer

    MAJOR Mistakes People Make When CARB CYCLING

    Carb cycling is a top fat loss tactic, known as a zig-zag dieting approach, that many coaches use, including myself, to get their clients in tip-top shape. I may not start out a client on a carb cycling method right in the beginning because I like establishing a solid intake of calories and...
  11. 01dragonslayer

    Good News For Serious Carb Cutters

    Cutting carbs is generally considered to be the fastest and most effective way to drop weight. It is also thought to make you weak, sluggish, and crabby. We can’t help with the mood stuff, but new information shows that slashing your carb intake over a short period won’t cut into your strength...
  12. EG News

    Here’s the Good News About the Benefits of Good Carbs

    Among the many buzzwords in the fitness world today, “good carbs” seem to be forever trending. From Instagram hashtags to food labels, it’s safe to say the catchphrase is here to stay. Consuming the right (or “good” carbs) can help boost athletic performance, enhance mood, and improve exercise...
  13. 01dragonslayer

    Post-Workout Fat Loss

    Powerlifters and mass monsters should mix their post-workout whey protein with a hefty dose of fast-acting carbs, but a recent study seems to indicate that if you’re trying to get lean, you should leave the sugar out. Research published in the Journal Of The International Society Of Sports...
  14. 01dragonslayer

    Carb Consumption

    Just when you think you have carbs all figured out, more information comes to light. Conventional wis-dom has recommended tapering carb intake through your day (consume more in the morning and fewer as the day progresses), but a study out of Israel has shown some impressive fat-loss results from...
  15. 01dragonslayer

    Bodybuilding Diet: What You Need To Know If You’re Going All In

    Bodybuilding is a sport for those who can dedicate themselves not only to lifting, but also to a very stringent diet plan. Whether you take part for personal reasons or for pro status – you must understand first and foremost that you cannot expect to achieve great things until you accept the...
  16. 01dragonslayer

    4 Nutrition Myths You NEED to Know

    The fitness industry is filled with misinformation. I am reminded of this every time I scroll through Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and see my newsfeed lined with garbage. Surprisingly this actually ticks me off. How are uninformed people supposed to find quality nutrition information? I mean...
  17. 01dragonslayer

    What to Eat Before, During, and After Workouts to Build Muscle and Improve Performance

    Nutritional Layers of Importance Before we get too deep into what to eat around the workout, it’s important to point out where it fits into the layers of nutritional importance. #1: Energy Balance / End of Day Calories As you have heard many times before, when it comes to building muscle and...
  18. 01dragonslayer

    Know How Many Carbs You Need Lifters and athletes can handle more carbs, even when trying to lose fat. Check out these guidelines.

    A low-carb diet is a good approach for severely overweight, insulin resistant, sedentary people. But that doesn't mean it's the best diet for lifters and athletes. If you're active and relatively lean already, your carb intake can be higher because leaner people have better nutrient partitioning...
  19. 01dragonslayer

    To Lose Fat, Eat More and Move More Plus Why You Should Keep Your Carbs Up

    For fat loss, what's one of the biggest mistakes that even experienced lifters make? It's this: getting into a caloric deficit by using mostly caloric restriction. Wait, what? "Caloric deficit" and "calorie restriction" are kinda the same thing, right? Well, yes and no. Sure, the most...
  20. 01dragonslayer

    12 High-Protein Low-Carb Snacks to Help Build Lean Muscle

    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...
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