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By now, you should have calculated your daily caloric requirements and daily protein intake that correspond with your goals: building muscle, losing fat, or a combination. This segment of the macronutrients chapter addresses the most controversial macronutrient of them all: carbohydrates. Allow me to start off this article by stating the following: Carbs (carbohydrates) are […]

In the previous segment of this chapter, we discussed what protein is, what it does and how it can help you achieve your goals. Those goals include, but not limited to: gaining muscle, losing fat, optimizing your health, increasing your performance, or recomping. Whatever your goal is, protein will play a significant role. We also

If you made your way through the series and arrived here, I will assume that you want to build muscle, lose fat, improve athletic performance or combination of those 3 goals in addition to being healthy, of course.  I know that I did not necessarily instruct those of you who want to just lose or

Welcome to the most controversial and most debated subject in fitness circles. Recomping, body recomposition, or building muscle and losing fat simultaneously has been the center of debate within fitness circles for the past decade or two! Many claim it’s not doable, while many claim that it’s doable but requires working harder. No matter whose side

So far, we have covered how many calories you should eat to lose weight, lose fat, build muscle or gain weight. Depending on your personal goals, perhaps you are content with your current weight and just want to maintain that. Or maybe you want to maintain your weight and improve your performance in the gym or

So, you want to gain some muscle, ha? Perhaps you just want to gain weight (fat, water and muscle) because you are anorexic or want improve your health and prevent a potential medical condition. If so, you are at the right place! The reason why gaining muscle and gaining weight are combined in one article

This article is specifically dedicated to those whose goals are either to lose weight, lose fat or both. For those of you whose goals are to maintain their weight or build muscle, feel free to move on to the next articles. This article addresses weight loss plateaus, how they occur and how to break through

In the previous article, we discussed how to lose weight. Even if you are just looking to lose fat, I strongly recommend that you go back and read that article because many concepts explained in that article will still hold true when it comes to losing fat.  So far you have learned the following: You need a caloric