9 Tips To Take You From “Lean” To “Shredded”

What are the advantages to being “peeled”? There is certainly an advantage to tackling obesity head-on. Ridding yourself of excess body fat will improve all aspects of your life. After a level of relative leanness has been achieved, the health benefits to continuing to diet for fat loss become more clouded. Is there an advantage […]

How To Beat Hunger

On Day One of a diet, you’re feeling great. (At least our online clients are……..) You’re motivated, you have willpower, you’re excited, you’re ready for the “new you” to take shape. You happily eat your meals and munch on your carrots. You think to yourself, This isn’t that bad. I’m not very hungry. I can […]

Stress Management: Control The Perception Of Your Fitness Regimen

I would give anything to go back to high school and start all over again. I’ve always been tall – I hit 6′ in 7th grade, and I was the tallest student at my Catholic, co-ed high school the first day I walked through the door at 6’7″. The coaches of the Big 3 sports […]

The Dichotomy Of Two Required Mindsets

In this corner, you have your training. Your lifting.  Your program.  Your sets, your progression, your undying, unrelenting quest in the addition of more poundage to the bar. Your training log, the physical manifestation and meticulously tracked data which represents your true progress.  The numbers begin to take on an almost unmistakable defining force surrounding […]

Steering Clear Of The “Dieting Haters”

Isn’t it a strange phenomena? I mean, it’s so weird. Talk about wanting to delve deeper into the realms of human psychology to figure this one out. You decide to take the bull by the horns and better your health and well being. And your friends try to derail you. Not outwardly, of course.  Nobody […]

Macro Tricks: The Caloric Equivalent Trick

Macro counting? Ever had one of these situations: It’s the end of the day, you eat your meal, you have 30 grams of fat left, but no other macros. What do you do? In this post, I discuss the virtues of the “straight-up” macros.  They can help you fill the gaps. “Straight-up proteins” –> very […]

How To Make Macro Adjustments When You Stall

If you’re on Leangains, and you’re lucky, you’ll never have to do an adjustment to your macronutrient numbers. But most of us aren’t that lucky. Many people, when starting, realize they will need to lose 50+ pounds to get to where they want to be. Which could take upwards of a year or more, if […]

10 More “Must Haves” In Your Diet When Cutting

Dieting can be painful. In a previous post, I gave my  Top 10 “Must Haves” In Your Diet When Cutting. But that’s not all the favorites I have.   In a neverending quest to eat more food and consume less calories, here’s 10 more essential diet staples when actively trying to lose weight.   11. […]

10 “Must-Haves” In Your Diet When Cutting

1.  Coffee. No brainer.  Caffeine is a stimulant and an appetite suppressant.  If you’re hungry in the morning, it’s almost a guarantee you won’t be after downing a large Americana from Starbucks. Or is it”venti”?   2.  Veggies. Gotta, gotta, gotta. If not for the simple fact that they are filler and will help with […]