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Weight Gain and Why Some Pack on the Pounds While Others Struggle

By / / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Diet and Nutrition / 7 minutes of reading

As a former trainer, coach, and body transformation specialist, I’ve covered this subject many times when talking with clients and answering questions online. The topic resurfaced at our Community Forums at Ungovernable, so I decided to write this article to cover all the basics and to put some myths and bro-science to rest. The first excuse, or “explanation” you hear, is about your metabolism. You know, “I eat a lot but have a high […]

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TDEE, Your Total Daily Energy Expenditure and “Calories” Explained

By / / Body Transformation / Bodybuilding, Diet and Nutrition, Health and Fitness / 6 minutes of reading

I posted this about a year ago in my groups on Facebook (January 2019.) If you still think that calories are important or even a thing, please take a few minutes and educate yourself. The TDEE formulas are derived from an average of people following a typical westernized/modern diet. This kind of diet is high carbohydrate and made up of at least 70 to 80 percent of plant foods (keep in mind that almost

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The Glycemic Index is absolute rubbish

By / / Animal-Based Nutrition / Carnivore, Vegan / Veganism Psy-Op / 3 minutes of reading

I was introduced to the Glycemic Index (GI) back in late 1996 as it began to gain popularity in the bodybuilding and fitness community. I even wrote an overview of the current research and possible applications for our Ironmag Online magazine. At that time, we thought we had found the holy grail of carbohydrate and insulin management. How wrong we were. Not only is the glycemic index pseudo-science, carbohydrates in any form are bad

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The Epidemic of Nearsightedness, Part 2

By / / Health and Fitness / 6 minutes of reading

Carbohydrates and Insulin By Joachim Bartoll, December 2016, for Classic Muscle Newsletter #28, January 2017 In Issue 24 of CMN, I wrote about the new epidemic of nearsightedness (myopia). We dismissed the belief that myopia is hereditary and looked at the most common reasons for distorted vision – the lack of natural sunshine and our recently developed habit of looking at screens and other stuff right in front of us. Our eyes need to

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Long-Term Fasting – Why Would You Want To?

By / / Fasting / Dry Fasting, Health and Fitness / 10 minutes of reading

Long-Term Fasting 5, 7 and 10 days of fasting. Why would you want to? By Joachim BartollClassic Muscle Newsletter, August 2015 (edition #11) Fasting for 5, 7 or even 10 days have experienced a re-birth within the health- and fitness community as of late. While the majority of people unfamiliar with its positive health effects still frowns upon the thought of going without food, more and more people is getting interested in fasting, including

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