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Dr Sinclair is a smart dude and doing some excellent work in the anti aging and longevity arena. Having said that he lost a little bit of credibility with me when I learned he was vegan as is Johnson who is also mentioned in this article. I heard Sinclair’s reasoning when I listened to a...

IMO, it's not worth it. I've had the same experience's years ago. I finally had to make a rule. In my personal training days on the occasion and client expressed interest in something outside the gym and I was interested, they had to make a choice, go on a date and find a new trainer, or...

In the mass building stage if you're hitting basic compound lifts you'll be fine. If you have the energy than throw them in at the end. A typical mass workout could be, squat, bench, and bent rows. Squat covers legs, glutes, and some back. Bench covers chest shoulders and triceps. Bent rows...

Thanks for the info. I think we've possibly found the issue(s). When adding mass 2-3 times per week full-body is absolutely fine provided you are performing basic compound movements and using the principle of progressive overload, adding weight and/or reps whenever possible. Your food...

Can you tell us how often you lift and what lifts you are doing for what sets and reps? How much are you sleeping? Do you drink alcohol on the weekends? How often are you eating and do you take supplements? Any idea what your caloric intake is?

I'll agree with you that CICO doesn't account for a lot when it comes to meal timing and the various hormonal responses but I don't think it purports to. CICO is just a simple way of explaining the first law of thermodynamics and its role in maintaining, losing, or gaining weight. Different...

It sounds like your reason for fasting is for weight loss primarily. From your described eating schedule you have likely not entered ketosis nor have you moved into cell autophagy. Fasting can be great for both of those but can also help you eat at a calorie deficit from your maintenance caloric...

If you're squatting 225 for sets for 5 you probably look like a guy that squats 225. When you put the work in and eventually squat 500 for sets of 5, you'll look like a guy who squats 500+. Even the journey from 225 to 315 will show aesthetic improvement. The weight will never lie or deceive...

I've gone back and forth over the years between vanilla and other flavors. My issue is that I would inevitably want one of the other flavors halfway through whatever flavor I had at the moment. I've finally just started getting vanilla because I find it more versatile. I can go straight vanilla...

Sleep or lack there of does effect appetite. You'll notice that when very tired or sleep deprived that your body craves sugar. There are several physiological reasons for this. Caffeine can wreck your sleep. It's in your genetic code as to how and at what rate you metabolize caffeine. A 23 & Me...

Hey Scarmouche, my post wasn't well organized and was a bit off the cuff as my argument is for a meat based diet. But if you want some interesting reading there is a ton of literature and studies just pay attention to who is funding and whether they are interventional or just a study of studies...

Any diet that requires a person to have to supplement with B12, calcium, iodine, iron, and creatine is not meant to be sustainable or optimal as a human diet. The nutrients that are available in a non animal based diets are less bioavailable than those found in animal products. Even the proteins...

It's mostly diet however higher reps and a little cardio speed up the process by burning more calories and stored fat. I prefer sprints and walking as it is more muscle sparring. LSD (Long Slow Cardio) will eat into your recovery and sacrifice some muscle mass. You can certainly do it on low...

Your clarification is much different than your statement, "5x5 is for beginners." I can agree with most of your statements above but it really comes down to what are your training goals. Me and my lifters spend 75% of our training year in the 5 rep range. We leave tomorrow for Arlington Tx to...

This statement is absurd. Do you want to clarify?

I'll disagree and agree here. EyeBRollin your statements are fact and sound advice but I have a little bit of a different perspective. "Increasing weight vs increasing reps as a strategy actually cause different adaptations." Yes, but there are different ways to to change volume and intensity...

Be very careful supplementing potassium. High potassium levels are as dangerous if not more than low potassium. Really high can cause a hearth attack. Somewhat high will cause palpitations, chest pain, and make you short of breath.

Super Squats, Dinosaur Training, Keys To Progress, and Brawn. (Super Squats only if you have a strong stomach as it is not for the timid.) If your not into so called "dirty bulking" which the above books use and have done so for last 100 years, then go with the book Bigger, Leaner, Stronger. I'm...

HGH does many things. Whether to supplement is certainly individual. Your production goes down with age and is part of the aging process. It does many things in the body including muscle growth and repair but not to the degree that heavy lifting and hiit cardio do. However, if you have cancer it...