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Myth busting & optimizing the ketogenic diet

Protein. It’s every bodybuilder’s favorite macronutrient and for good reason. Protein is extremely essential, super satiating and amazingly anabolic. Protein is awesome… but you’re consuming too much of it. Like most myths, the belief that you should take in 1g/lb of body weight has become so deeply…

Eating 6 meals a day is commonly prescribed to lose fat. Consuming fewer, larger meals will supposedly make you fat and it’s better to have a ‘grazing’ eating pattern with more, smaller meals. The idea behind this is that each meal increases your metabolic rate, so having more meals increases your t…

Most people have body parts that they want to get leaner than others. Women may struggle with the stubborn fat on their thighs and hips or upper arms, whereas men typically struggle with the fat on their belly. It would be nice if we could ‘spot reduce’ these areas, but can you really target this fa…

Myth 1: Front and high bar squats activate the quads more and the glutes less than low bar squats This was a very plausible theory. Front and high bar squats are more knee dominant than low bar squats, so surely they also activate the quadriceps more and the glutes less? No, the quads and glutes are…

In my previous article I debunked the myth that you can’t lose fat and build muscle at the same time. You can and most people should. And that’s not the only major misconception surrounding thermodynamics and the energy balance principle. Myth: Energy balance dictates weight change If you are in neg…