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 [...]
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. [...]
The Lean Muscle Diet Book Review
The themes woven throughout this book – scientific, sustainable, customized and flexible – are a big part of what make The Lean Muscle Diet unique, appealing, effective, and a breath of fresh air. It might sound [...]
If It Fits Your Macros (IIFYM): The Pop Tart Diet Revisited
IIFYM is an acronym for, "If it Fits Your Macros." "Macros" of course, is shorthand for macronutrients - protein, carbohydrates and fats. What does this have to do with Pop Tarts? Keep reading and you'll find out.
Taking The Motivation Pill
Shawn Phillips, author of strength for life and Absolution knows a thing or two about the body as well as the mind and motivation. In this post you'll learn the three strong steps to hooking up to a literal "drip line" of motivation