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Diet

The Perfect Caloric Surplus

March 1, 2010
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Image Credit: Roland
Today’s article, like many others, was inspired from many email conversations I’ve had and many forum discussions I’ve stumbled upon.  The question I pose today usually originates from the overly obsessed individual or the more oftentimes, former fat boy.
The question is quite simple.  How many calories must one eat over maintenance each day [...]

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Look Great Naked Without Breaking The Bank

February 10, 2010
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Today, we’re going to discuss eating on the cheap given our current economic situation in America as well as the rest of the world.  The views presented are purely out of my personal experiences over the last year and how I managed to cram in the most food possible while being on a [...]

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The Ultimate Holiday Fat Loss Exercises

December 21, 2009
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Photo Credit: Polina Sergeeva
In the realm of health and fitness, I’m positively certain you’ve come across many resources suggesting you do a particular exercise to produce the fat loss results you’re so desperate for.  Now this is all fine and dandy, but the ideology behind these recommendations is mostly wrong.
The sheer truth is that a [...]

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How To Cope With Your Thanksgiving Binge

November 27, 2009
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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year.  There’s nothing like sitting down with the people you love and participating in pure gluttony for an entire afternoon.  Yesterday, around 2:30, we had a Ronnie Coleman-sized turkey, cornbread dressing, green bean casserole, broccoli salad, about 5 different kinds of bread, mashed [...]

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Eat More Sammiches – The Muscle Building Guide for Skinny Guys Part I

November 2, 2009
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Alright, I did some searching online, trying to find a really good guide for the skinny guys interested in building muscle.  While I found some decent stuff, most of it was pseudo-intellectual bullshit, making things more complicated than they needed to be.  I even found a few articles on getting abs for a [...]

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The Former Fat Boy Syndrome

October 19, 2009
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I must admit I am a FFB (Former Fat Boy).  I am willing to bet many of the guys reading this were FFB’s.  As a FFB I know we tend to think our metabolisms are subpar or we can’t build muscle efficiently due to our endomorphic proportions.  This is what’s known as the [...]

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Fat Loss – How Sustainable Is Your Diet Approach?

October 12, 2009
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Photo Credit: April Greer ……….. Model: Jen Turnbull
About six weeks back, I received an email from a female who has been strength training for the last 5 years.  She started when she was an overweight, out of shape college graduate who had added quite a few pounds since starting her new 9-5 desk job.  After [...]

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