Fasted Weight Training: Is It Killing Your Muscle Gains?
A lot of people do cardio first thing in the morning on an empty stomach before eating breakfast, hoping that this will increase fat loss. For sure, fasted cardio can help with fat loss, [...]
The G-Flux Interview With John Berardi, Part 1: Eat More, Burn More
This website, Burn the Fat Blog, has been online since 2006. There are tons of great posts buried way back in the archives that rarely get viewed anymore. While a handful of them need [...]
The G-Flux Interview With John Berardi, Part 2: How Much Exercise Do You Really Need?
This is part 2 in an exclusive interview with Dr. John Berardi about “Energy Flux” – also known as “G-Flux”, which refers to the amount of energy flowing into and out of a system [...]
Bigger Breakfast, Better Metabolism?
It was once fashionable in the diet industry to suggest things such as “Eat breakfast like a king, eat lunch like a prince, and eat dinner like a pauper” or [...]
Is Spot Reduction Of Body Fat Possible After All? (What The Latest Science Says)
Spot reduction of body fat is the theory that you can burn fat preferentially from one area of the body by doing exercises which target that specific spot. The most common [...]
3 keys to 6-pack abs and the fat burning formula
One woman recently wrote to me and said she would do anything to have a body like Miss Figure Olympia, Erin Stern The very next day, another woman e-mailed me and said, “I wanna [...]
This Type Of Exercise Is Shockingly Good For You
Many fitness enthusiasts believe that unless cardio is high in intensity (like interval training or sprints), it's not beneficial ("high intensity or nothing" mentality). In a similar train of thought. Most people believe that walking [...]
FitBit Charge 4 Review
While the Apple watch has taken over in the marketplace as the number one smartwatch, the Fitbit Charge series has remained one of the most popular fitness tracker bands ever. [...]
The Definitive Guide To Antagonist Superset Training: How To Build More Muscle In Half The Time
Even before modern scientific research on supersets was ever published, world-class bodybuilders had already figured it out. Antagonist superset training was a favorite technique of the bodybuilding champions in the 60s and 70s Golden Era, including Mr. America Dave Draper and the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is the definitive guide to supersets…
Drive By Daniel Pink: Book Summary And Discussion On Intrinsic Motivation
As far back as the 1940s, psychologists knew humans had two types of drives. One is biological drive, which includes motivation to eat, drink, and reproduce. Another is external drive [...]