Dear Person-Who-Has-Made-A-New-Year’s-Resolution, Hello there. My name is Jay. Nice to meet you. If you’re here, it’s probably because it’s January and you made a New Year’s resolution to do… something. Maybe quit smoking. Save money. Travel more. Learn a new skill. Find a better job. Spend more time with your family. Get more sleep. Be…
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QUESTION: I recently came across the concept of negative calorie foods (a food that supposedly burns more calories during digestion than the food itself actually contains… like celery and certain other fruits and vegetables) and wanted to know a few things. First, is this a real thing? Second, assuming it is, do I need to…
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Yeah, I know. This is a weird one. But please, bear with me. See, as any regular reader of mine already knows, this is a website about things like losing fat, building muscle and every relevant aspect thereof (diet, weight training, cardio, supplements, etc.). Which I guess is why I’ve always found it kinda strange…
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Every single day – without fail – someone will email me, or leave a comment on this website, or send me a message on Facebook, or a tweet on Twitter, or make some form of communication with me where they ask me the following question: How do I lose [insert some body part here] fat?…
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Ever see one of those extremely useful lists of superfoods? Of course you have. A new one pops up somewhere every 8 minutes or so, thus making it pretty impossible to avoid. But, if you somehow haven’t seen this before, let me fill you in on what you’ve been missing. “Superfood” is a term given to a…
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QUESTION: I’ve always seen people (including you) recommend that people trying to lose fat or build muscle should eat a high protein diet, with the exact recommendation most often being 1 gram per pound of body weight. Sometimes a little lower, sometimes a little higher. However, I recently read that an intake this high could be dangerous…
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QUESTION: I’ve successfully been using your workout and diet recommendations over the last year and have now reached a point where my body is finally starting to look good enough for me to show off. There’s only one thing stopping me… man boobs (aka moobs). It’s weird. Even though I’ve built a noticeable amount of muscle…
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QUESTION: I’ve been told that the human body can only process, digest and absorb about 20-30 grams of protein in a single meal, and the rest goes to waste. Is there any truth to this? Because if there is, it would mean most people would need to eat a higher number of meals per day in order…
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QUESTION: I was wondering how long my weight training workouts should be? I’ve heard people recommend anywhere from 30 minutes, to 45 minutes, to 60 minutes, to 90 minutes or sometimes more? What amount of time do you recommend? I’ve also heard some people say that your hormones start to go out of whack after…
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QUESTION: I’m a 24 year old guy who wants to get lean and build muscle, but the problem is that I don’t want to build TOO much muscle and get TOO big. I’m not interested in looking like a bodybuilder, powerlifter or anything even close to that. I’m trying to get more of a lean fitness…
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