Is Body Fat Testing A Waste Of Time?
Is it really necessary to measure your body fat to ensure fat-burning and muscle-building progress? Some experts today are starting to suggest that we throw away our body fat calipers, [...]
The BMI Is BS: How The Weight Loss Industry Uses the Wrong Measuring Stick
Most people who are dieting and exercising judge their success on one number: body weight. If they lose body weight, they feel like they’re on track. If they gain body weight, they feel off track. [...]
Cheat Meals: Are You Doing Them All Wrong?
Cheat meals have always been a hot topic. After all, who wouldn’t want to learn how to eat pizza or cheesecake and burn more fat? Unfortunately, despite years of discussion and debate about the best [...]
Fat Water And Fat-Burning Fats?
I almost spit out my high protein oatmeal pancake all over my Macbook this morning when I saw this! I was reading my email, eating breakfast, when I came across this message from a Burn [...]
Can Too Much Cardio Slow Your Metabolism?
Adding more cardio to your exercise regimen will only help increase your fat loss right? If all else remains equal, the answer is usually yes: more calories burned = bigger calorie deficit = more fat loss. [...]
8 Reasons Why You Keep Falling Off The Diet Wagon
Clearly, we have an obesity problem in America and many other countries across our planet. Yet, I propose that we do not have a weight loss problem today. In case you’re confused at this apparent [...]
Your Brain Is A Jerk: 5 Cognitive Biases That Are Sabotaging Your Fat Loss Goals
One of the curses of being human is that we are hard-wired for delusion. The good news is that not only is it perfectly normal, but our misbeliefs are the very thing that have, in [...]
3500 Calories To Lose A Pound… Is This Calorie Deficit Formula All Wrong?
Almost everybody has heard that there's 3500 calories in a pound of fat, so if you create a negative energy balance of 3500 calories in a week, you lose a pound of weight. Create [...]
How To Lose A Pound of Fat Per Day (Rapid Fat Loss Revisited)
Rapid fat loss diets claiming you can lose a pound of fat per day are back again. In the past year, I noticed at least four best-sellers that claimed you could lose 7 pounds in [...]
Bodybuilding And Fitness Advice To My Younger Self
Suppose I could send a letter back in time. The letter is from the 50-something year-old Tom of today, a grizzled veteran, with 30 years in the sport, lifestyle and business of bodybuilding and fitness. [...]