Controversies

Check Lyle’s latest blog post. In short, Alwyn Cosgrove seems to have copy-pasted parts from The Ultimate Diet 2.0 into his own book Warp Speed Fat Loss

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Book Reviews: Best of Lyle McDonald

Mission Statement: all reviews will be my honest assesment on the material in queston. My opinion will never be influenced by personal bias or my opinion of the author. First I thought I’d only review Lyle’s latest books, but then again I’ve read them all and thought I might as well go ahead and do […]

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Sure-Fire Fat Loss

I made a guest post today, on Mike O’Donnell’s blog IF Life, and I thought I might post it here as well. Enjoy. Sure-Fire Fat Loss My name is Martin Berkhan and I work as a nutritional consultant, magazine writer and personal trainer. I also happen to be a proponent of intermittent fasting for health, […]

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Brief summary of popular approaches to intermittent fasting

Brief summary of the differences that exist between the various forms of intermittent fasting. If you’re unclear about what intermittent fasting is, read this. ADF (alternate day fasting, 36/12 hrs fast/feed). See also The Alternate-Day Diet, which is a milder form of ADF. While I don’t think The Alternate-Day Diet is an optimal approach for […]

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1 Year Anniversary Competition

In celebration of the 1 year anniversary of this blog and my online consultation services, I am hereby announcing a summer competition as a fun experiment. Rules are simple. Maximum of 10 clients. Starting at any time between the 16-30th June, you’ll be working with me for 2 months. The client that makes the greatest […]

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New pics

Added client pics in the May 21th post below. Check it out. Book reviews (coming soon) The Protein Book, by Lyle McDonald The Stubborn Body Fat Solution, by Lyle McDonald Eat Stop Eat, by Brad Pilon

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Client results updates, about the book and much more

When I’m constantly thinking, working with and writing about training and nutrition, I prefer to spend my free time doing completely different and unrelated stuff. Socializing, reading, watching movies or laying on the couch and playing Nintendo DS are all activities that helps me keep my sanity and order of balance in my life. This […]

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Client results update

Johan B Since I started working with Johan back in October, he’s dropped an amazing 40 lbs (18 kg), making a complete body transformation, using my intermittent fasting approach. Perhaps even more impressive is his radical improvement in strength/body weight ratio; even while dropping 20% of his initial body weight, he managed to increase his […]

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E-mail exchange

Below follows a brief, and a bit informal, e-mail exchange with Matt Metzgar on intermittent fasting and how it can be used for muscle growth and fat loss. It may answer some questions the new reader may have about my methods, so I thought I’d put it up here. New readers may also wan’t to […]

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BCAA roundtable

Do we need BCAA supplementation? The debate rages on. The following is an excerpt from Jamie Hale’s new book Knowledge and Nonsense: the science of nutrition and exercise. I recently gave my opinion on BCAA (Branched-Chain Amino Acids) in a roundtable discussion with HST founder Bryan Haycock, Alan Aragon and natural bodybuilder Layne Norton, among […]

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