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The Perfect Caloric Surplus

March 1, 2010

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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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Fat Loss – How Sustainable Is Your Diet Approach?

October 12, 2009

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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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Caloric Intake and Deloading

August 3, 2009

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A few days back, I started exchanging emails with a reader about training and diet. The conversation was specifically about maintenance eating and strength training. Andrew is currently doing the very popular 5-3-1 strength program by Jim Wendler.
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I also recently began using some of the methods in my bodybuilding style training [...]

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Bulking Up To Look Great Naked

July 19, 2009

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Last week I tweeted a question on what my fellow tweeple would like me to write about for the next article. I got a private message that read:

I’d like to read how to gain 5-10 lbs bodyweight in 4 weeks. perhaps a post about gaining weight in general? Cheers, Marc

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Ripped Academy Questions

May 25, 2009

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I had a funny little conversation via private message over at Ripped Academy a while back. I hang around over there every now and then to contribute on the forums and to post updates about recent articles etc.
I received a few questions from someone who was viewing my profile and it turned [...]

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Creatine is for Girls(too)

May 14, 2009

The Beautiful Jen Turnbull

I opened my inbox a few weeks ago and there was a question from this nice Finnish girl I have been chatting with over the past month or so. I am always happy to answer questions and love to meet new people. Thanks to the internet I now have friends on almost [...]

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