Yesterday, as I was doing my end-of-workout stretching in the aerobics room, I heard something that made me sick just thinking of it… It’s not something I heard for the fist time.. That’s the thing. It’s something I hear AND see pretty much every day at the bakery cafe. Here is the situation: While I…
First and foremost you are not going to lose weight if you are eating more calories than what you burn with the planned fat loss activity – weights, weights plus cardio, or cardio alone. That said, to most effectively lose weight you must do both – weight lifting and cardio exercise. Here is why: If…
If you are reading this you need to know exactly what is insulin resistance, so I’m going to spare you the intro words. Here it goes: You have certainly heard about Insulin Resistance, and you might have also heard this other term – Insulin Sensitivity. They both actually mean the same thing. Well, almost. Let me explain. Insulin sensitivity and…
The idea of the Glycemic Index (GI) has been out for many years, but nonetheless a lot of people will still see GI and go: “G.. What?… Uh?” In the same time we learn that managing insulin levels is one of the most essential things (if not the most essential) for effective fat loss. So how do we manage these…
It is one thing to see studies, done only on animals, but it’s a completely different story when studies are performed on humans, better yet – on athletes… I am going to introduce you to a study, recently conducted in the College of New Jersey (Hoffman J, Ratamess N, Kang J, Mangine G, Faigenbaum A, Stout J.). These researchers used…
Delivery systems describe the different methods for medicine or supplement introduction in the body. This is important to know because even in natural bodybuilding and even in ordinary vitamin supplementing a few of the following systems are involved. People just don’t always know what these system names mean. Here are some of the major drug delivery systems and their…
Q. Hi Ivan, I came across this training “method” called X-rep training. Are you aware of anything related to it, what the training entails, and whether it is in itself a hyped up form of any particularly circulating means of training such as negative training or static contraction? Your input is definitely very helpful in this. A. X-rep training was originally…
Meal plan with calorie cycling… Total daily calories: 2500 calories Low-calorie days… Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Daily protein intake: 184gr. Daily carbohydrate intake: 267 gr. Daily fat intake: 64 gr. High-calorie days… Sunday Daily protein intake: 252gr. Daily carbohydrate intake: 365 gr. Daily fat intake: 87 gr. Meal Plan Upon waking: 20gr….
Meal plan with calorie cycling… Total daily calories: 2071 calories Low-calorie days… Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday Daily protein intake: 234gr. Daily carbohydrate intake: 142 gr. Daily fat intake: 51 gr. High-calorie days… Sunday Daily protein intake: 320gr. Daily carbohydrate intake: 194 gr. Daily fat intake: 70 gr. Meal Plan – Low-Calorie Days (Monday…