You lift hard but the gains just aren’t coming. Here's what's happening and how to finally pack on muscle.
Despite years of anti-fat sentiment, it's becoming clear that the right kinds of fats can make you healthier, smarter, more muscular, and leaner.
"Truth always goes in 3 stages. First it is ridiculed, then violently opposed, and finally accepted as self-evident."
What you're about to read is a protein needs debate between John Berardi, Ph.D. of the University of Texas at Austin and Stuart Phillips, Ph.D. of McMaster University in Ontario.
"Are you kidding, JB? You expect me to eat this stuff? Where's the taste? Where's the variety!?"
Gary Homann isn't your garden variety weightlifter. Sure, he's 180 pounds at 6% body fat. Sure, he had the best 500 meter indoor rowing time in the world last year in his class and he's been an ACSM certified health and fitness instructor for the past nine years. But Gary's also got a Master's degree in applied health psychology and is currently working on finishing his Ph.D. in psychology.
Over the last couple of months, T-Nation has been asking its strength coaches and nutrition gurus to share their ten most powerful tips.
Fat loss is a hot topic. Every month there are thousands of articles and dozens of new books telling people how to eat, how to exercise, and how to supplement to lose their flab. Now's my turn.
Fat loss is a hot topic. Every month there are thousands of articles and dozens of new books telling people how to eat, how to exercise, and how to supplement to lose their flab. Now's my turn.
Dr. Berardi shares his best training, diet, and planning tips for serious lifters and athletes.
Ten ways to handle diet and nutrition when you’re on the road.
Better nutrition is more about altering lifestyle habits and less about the food. Here’s why.
A noted nutrition expert gives you a peek into his pantry. How does yours compare?
A diet expert shares his food rules for staying lean and building muscle. Check it out.
The two other key phases of nutrient timing: the Growth Phase and the Rest of The Day Phase.
Getting the physique you want is about much more than calories in, calories out. You also need to think about the Energy Phase and the Anabolic Phase.
An update to Dr. Berardi’s eating plan that called for high calories and a unique macro combining protocol. Check it out.
An update to Dr. Berardi’s eating plan that called for high calories and a unique macro combining protocol. Check it out.
Are dietary academic arguments making people even fatter? Intriguing info here.
Food displacement is an issue that must be avoided if optimal body composition and health are your goals. Here’s what you need to know.
Simple, time-tested, no nonsense habits that you need to get into when designing a good eating program. Check ‘em out.
About 2 years ago, we asked one of our resident nutrition and supplement gurus, John Berardi, to give us a peek into his training journal. While best known for dispersing dietary dogma, JB has built a rock-solid physique from countless hours of fraternizing with heavy dumbbells and barbells.
Some people (like maybe your mom or dad) are still worried about high protein diets blowing up your kidneys. Here's why they have nothing to worry about.
John Berardi will cover the interesting abstracts related to muscle physiology, muscle metabolism, hormones, weight loss, and nutrition.
While I do my best try to stay abreast of the latest nutrition and supplement research, once in a while I find myself totally ignorant to an important topic or sound body of literature.
