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The high carb bodybuilding dogma

What’s the optimal carbohydrate intake for maximum muscle growth? Abel Csabai hosted a debate between Mike Israetel and me about the feasibility of ketogenic diets and low carbohydrate diets in general for muscle growth. I always enjoy discussions with Mike. He’s exceptionally witty. 1:37 - How much…

This article is about how to gain as much muscle as possible. Gaining muscle at the most basic level is about doing three things: Training hard Eating a hypercaloric diet Eating enough protein. After mastering those basics in part 1, we’ll look at how to distribute macronutrients to achieve a calori…

Are you really gaining anything from those high carb, sugary preworkout meals? According to the science, training “fasted” might not be so bad after all.

A new study just compared 3 groups of people on a fat loss diet. They all lived on liquid diets with ~1250 kcal without exercising. The balanced diet (BD) group consumed a diet with ‘Standard Korean’ macros, meaning the diet was shit: high carb, insufficient protein. The KD1.7 group consumed the sam…

“Protein is more satiating than carbohydrate or fat.” This statement has passed as fact so often many people don’t question it anymore, even in evidence-based fitness circles. As a data analyst I was hired to go into a new firm, ignore what everyone said, look only at the data and draw my own conclu…