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“Intermittent energy restriction” and the off-day or cheat-day diet

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Everyone who has ever considered a weight control or weight loss program heard about “cheat days” and “off days”. The technical term for this is “intermittent energy restriction” (IER). Like “intermittent fasting”, it is a diet regimen in which longer periods with a constant energy consumption level are interspersed with an unrestricted period or a […]

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Ketogenic “things”: ketogenic and low-carb diets, these diets and sports performance and exogenous ketones (clinical and performance considerations)

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Ketogenic “things”: ketogenic and low-carb diets, these diets and sports performance and exogenous ketones (clinical and performance considerations) => the research DISCLAIMER: to all Italian folks, I love pasta. #ProtectPasta#DontMessWithPasta. Nobody in their right mind would remotely suggest you stop eating pasta. We don’t need a third world war. Seriously, any generalization about macronutrient use efficiency,

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The endless cycle of grief: the day powerlifting died

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The process of letting go is a slow and painful one, but it brings some relief. As if with each flake you shed, you become a lighter and a more genuine version of yourself. I just now opened the book manuscript I was supposed to hand in in 2012 and never did. It is in

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Intimidation and the Fitness Industry

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(This article was originally published at www.elitefts.com – link below) “Your compliance will be rewarded.” (Hydra, Marvel Pictures) This article is in sequence to my previous article. Its target audience is primarily the gym owner but also health professionals working in physical training in general, sports and fitness environments, and institutions. I hope it may be a tool

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How to Dance Your Way to Fit This Summer – guest post by Wendy Dessler

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Beach season is fast approaching, which means it’s time to bust out your summer shorts if you haven’t already. Like plenty of others, you might want to shed some winter weight to look your best in the warmer weather this year. Unlike many others, you’re about to be let in on a little secret. While

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Keeping healthy and injury-free when lifting weights – guest article by Mathew Foster

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Weightlifting is complicated and very specific type of exercise. You can get great results when lifting weights, but you can also easily injury yourself, especially your muscles and joints. Hence why you need to have some kind of knowledge about the proper way to lift weights, in order to keep them healthy and avoid injuries.

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Should professionals in physical exercise be required to have a license issued by regulatory bodies?

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Takeaways from my text below: Any profession that implies the PRIVILEGE of prescribing anything related to people should require basic skills as provided by educational organizations, as well as minimal testing; The less regulation, the better. Beyond the mastery of basic knowledge, guidelines that align with economic interests or professional monopoly should be restricted. By

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9/11, the worse and the best and why even bother to lift

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I am writing this without a draft. This day has been always the peak of some deep dilemma for me since 2001. As an academic scientist with multiple backgrounds, my role was to observe a phenomenon against the best models for prediction and policy making. As a person, it was the final loss of any

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Are sports unhealthy? This is what scientific evidence suggests

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Although it became commonsense to claim that physical activity is only healthy in moderation, that real sports are unhealthy, since the 1950’s these claims have been debunked. In 1956, Montoye and collaborators (1956) compared 629 athletes with 583 non-athletes in the same environment and verified there was no difference in life expectancy or type of

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