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QUESTION: I’ve heard that eating fruit can make you fat. Is that why bodybuilders don’t include fruit in their pre-contest diets?
ANSWER: For starters, fruit does not make you fat. Excess calories... more
QUESTION: I’m 25 years old, 6-feet-2, 218 pounds, with 17 percent body fat. I’ve been bodybuilding for one year and I’m caught up in a dilemma: Should I cut up now to a single-digit body fat... more
QUESTION: Can you explain your protein goal system for fat loss simply?ANSWER: For losing fat quickly, I like what I call the “Protein Goal Diet”: high protein (1.5 to 2 grams of animal protein per... more
QUESTION: I can probably bench about 350 pounds on a Hammer Strength machine, but if I were to attempt to bench 350 pounds of free weights, it would probably decapitate me! What’s going on here? Are... more
QUESTION: What's Brown Adipose Tissue?
ANSWER: Brown Adipose Tissue (BAT) is a type of fat that is more metabolically active than regular white fat. In fact, the reason for its darker color is that... more
QUESTION: What is Westside training?
ANSWER: The Westside Method (also known as the Conjugate Method) was developed by Louie Simmons. It’s a combination of training methodologies based on the ... more