Nutrition – Bret Contreras

The S&C Research review service comes out on the first day of every month. Here is a preview of the June 2017 edition, which comes out on Thursday. Each edition... The post June Research Previe...

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Is the thermic effect of food higher if you are lean? By Fredrik Tonstad Vårvik  The thermic effect of food (TEF) is the increase in energy expenditure in response to... The post Is the therm...

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Former bodybuilder and Mr. Olympia champ Ronnie Coleman once said, “Erbody wanna be a bodybuilder, but nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weight.” I’m going to alter his comment to... The pos...

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If you’re the type of person who can formulate a plan and stick with it to a T for months on end no problemmo, then you won’t find this article... The post 5 Tips for Leaning Out appeared ...

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By Eirik Garnas Darwinian-Medicine.com As every gym goer can attest to, there are both “good” and “bad” days in the gym. Some days, everything feels like a chore and the... The post The...

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Seventeen years ago, I had an undergrad professor who constantly extolled the virtues of adequate protein intake for “brain-based learning” – a popular educational paradigm at that time. In...

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