Interview with Kristine Weber: Part One

Andreaz Engström wasn’t the only one at the Nordic Championships using intermittent fasting to take first place in his category. Norwegian beauty and body fitness gold winner Kristine Weber is a big fan of the approach as well. Me: Tell us a little about yourself – anything at all you’d like to share with someone […]

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Questions & Answers

It’s time for another Q&A session. Intermittent fasting and women Q: I’m a bit confused. Some people say I should do 16 hours of fasting, while others say that you now recommend 14 hours for women? A: Females do 14 hrs fasting by default. The fast typically lasts 16 hrs, and is usually initiated in […]

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Do Not Cheat on Tom’s Challenge

Or I’m going to be in trouble. I just spoke with Tom and you should use the book for your diet and training. My offer still stands. 500$ cash prize to the winner as long as you use the link in this post when you make the purchase. Nevermind the part about two to three […]

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Cheat on Tom’s Challenge

My good friend Tom Venuto has thrown out a Holiday Fitness Challenge to his readers. Some might recall my discussion with Tom a while back, where I confronted him on his views on meal frequency. To my disappointment, he ended up agreeing with me on the issue that a high meal frequency does zilch to […]

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Fasting and Metabolism

Made a few short comments in response to a blog post I just saw on The Fitness Spotlight. The post is here and below are my responses to some of the claims made. Just a few short comments on some claims here. Sorry if this has been covered somewhere among the comments, I haven’t read […]

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Questions & Answers

Quite busy lately, therefore the lack of posts. But I’m still alive and here comes some more questions & answers. The window of opportunity Q: Understanding that a caloric surplus is required for muscle building, is there a window post workout where nutrient partitioning is greater towards muscle building? I would think that the nutrient […]

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Questions & Answers

This is the first in a series of posts with the most useful replies I made in the íntermittent fasting thread on www.bodybuilding.com. Answers have been edited/updated when needed. Calorie Restriction (CR) vs Intermittent Fasting Q: I think CR in general is probably more healthy for some people than “fasting”. A: Depends on how you […]

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Some pics

It’s been a while now, so here’s a few recent ones. This is more or less the condition I maintain at all times of the year. Weight is approximately 195-200 lbs. I’m not sure of the exact number, since my scale is broke.

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Randomness

I get these e-mails from time to time and it’s always a pleasure to read them. Martin, after all the knowledge I have gathered through your site, and from your articles I decided to give this a go when i started a mini-cut. After 5 weeks of mini-cutting I went from 167.5 lbs to 160.7lbs, […]

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The Champ

I’m happy to announce that Andreaz Engström won the -70 kg class at the Nordic Bodybuilding Championships in Trondheim, Norway, today. The competition pits competitors from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania against each other. Third time’s a charm, as the saying goes, and this has been an exciting journey for us […]

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