Every day, millions of people ask Google some of life’s most pressing questions, big and small. And I’ve taken it upon myself to provide you with the answers. Today, I tackle five of the most popular questions on the subject of fasted weight training, muscle growth and fat loss. 1. Is It OK To Lift […]
Do Some Muscles Grow Faster With Lighter Weights and Higher Reps?
Some say that you should train a muscle based on its predominant fiber type. Muscles that are slow-twitch dominant, for example, should be hit with light weights and high reps. Muscles that contain mainly fast-twitch fibers, on the other hand, respond best to heavy weights and low reps. The first time I came across the […]
A Lesson From the SAS in What to Do When the S**T Hits the Fan
In April 1980, a group of armed gunmen stormed the Iranian Embassy in London, and took 26 hostages. The police tried to negotiate a peaceful end to the siege. But when one of the hostages was shot, the SAS were sent in to get the rest of them out. Unfortunately, things didn’t get off to […]
Spot Reduction: Is It Possible After All?
My default answer whenever someone asks me about spot reduction – the idea that fat can be targeted for reduction from a specific area of the body with the use of certain exercises – is that it can’t be done. That is, you can’t reduce the amount of fat stored in a particular region of […]
The Lockdown Workout: How to Build Muscle With No Equipment
If you’re currently in lockdown, concerned about losing muscle, with no access to a gym and no equipment at home, and you want a simple but effective workout that will help you retain (maybe even gain) muscle mass, this page will show you what to do. Here’s the story. Unless you’ve recently arrived from a […]
New Research on Time-Restricted Feeding Versus Regular Dieting
Here’s an interesting study for you: A group of trained(ish) guys go on a diet for four weeks. Half the group follows a standard diet, while the other half eat all their food in an 8-hour feeding window of either noon to 8pm or 1pm to 9pm. Other than that, everything else was kept the […]