Posted in Lose Fat on May 18th, 2011
Arjit wonders if he will lose his man boobs by doing the StrongLifts 5×5 training program since there’s only 3 exercises per workout. Quote… Dear Mehdi, I am eager to follow your StrongLifts 5×5 workout formula. But i have man boobs and some excess fat. If i follow only the 3 exercises of each workout, [...]
Posted in Lose Fat on Nov 9th, 2010
Today I want to discuss the article CNN published today, “Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds,” which StrongLifts Members Mathillas and DrLifts shared inside the SL Community. I stressed before that fat loss is all about calories in vs. calories out. Well here’s more proof that backups what I say. Mark Haub, professor [...]
Posted in Lose Fat on Nov 2nd, 2010
Last Wednesday I showed you how to gain weight by waking up early. Today I want to talk about how waking up early can benefit losing fat. What’s the most important thing for fat loss? Diet – most guys don’t have the time to burn significant calories through exercise so you will have to eat [...]
Posted in Lose Fat on Oct 14th, 2010
I sure don’t do it. Which isn’t a surprise because most guys just hate counting calories as it tends to make us obsessed and miserable. Snake oil “lifestyle nutritionists” obviously play on this by creating fad diets that don’t require counting calories. We had low fat diets (1970s), then low carb (atkins), and now low grain (hunter-gatherer/caveman/paleolithic diet). [...]
Posted in Lose Fat on Oct 13th, 2010
Yesterday I posted my formula to calculate your daily caloric needs. Today – can muscle turn into fat? If you listen to those jacked, steroid-using, bodybuilding idiots in your gym the answer is yes. But put the broscience aside and look into actual science and you’ll discover that muscle can’t turn into fat – they’re 2 [...]
Posted in Lose Fat on Oct 12th, 2010
Yesterday I posted that many guys struggle with fat loss because they rely on calorie calculators that only take their body-weight into account. Today I want to give you the powerful formula that I successfully use with my private clients to estimate their TEE. Here’s the Formula… Sedentary: 10kcal/lb Light training: 15kcal/lb Heavy training: 20kcal/lb So [...]
Posted in Lose Fat on Oct 11th, 2010
Last Friday I posted that the amount of calories your body burns (your TEE) is the sum of 5 crucial components. Once you determine this number, you can easily lose fat by simply eating less calories than your TEE. Today I want to talk about calorie calculators. I’ve said before that losing fat is simple maths. [...]
