Book Excerpt: Carb Back-Loading

Don’t Let Training Derail You Although this is a book about targeted performance nutrition, the outlined plan relies heavily upon training for its efficacy. I need, therefore, to discuss training—and what qualifies as acceptable. When it comes to Carb Back-Loading, not all training is created … [Read more...]

The Cortisol Challenge

I know, it's a stupid fucking title for an article, but in this case, I'm challenging you to know your enemy. This is simple advice we’d all do well to follow, but in bodybuilding it’s easier said than done. The hormone cortisol is a prime example. Ask any bodybuilder—even the top guys in the world, … [Read more...]

Book Excerpt: Carb Back-Loading

Exercise a Little Control It probably sounds as though insulin sensitivity lies beyond our control. Muscles will, however, use sugar efficiently—in high-volume—without manipulating insulin sensitivity. Bypassing the whole sensitivity paradigm and moving tGLUT to the surface of cells is both … [Read more...]

Shockwave: Nothing More, Nothing Less

In anticipation of the upcoming release of the next Shockwave Protocols programming system, here’s a newly edited re-release of the original introductory Shockwave article (Shockwave 1.0) from two years ago. We’re a few versions in at this point, with the biggest one to come, but this blast from the … [Read more...]

Book Excerpt: The Carb Nite Solution

First it was no food, and then no fat, and now it’s no carbs. As you tell friends about your new diet, you’re warned—no, almost threatened, with a list of ailments: an inability to think, bad breath, clogged arteries, obesity, and cancer. Finally, your nutritionist strikes the deathblow: your body … [Read more...]

Anabolic Cardio

When you want to reach ridiculously low levels of body fat, what’s the first thing conventional wisdom tells you to do? More cardio. The idea, then, is to put in hours and hours of work on treadmills, ellipticals, and bikes, right? That, conventional wisdom says, is how you’ll get the fat off. … [Read more...]

Eat Fat. Burn Fat.

In my early days of spreading my crazy dieting Gospel—we’re talking over ten years ago now—I’d get bombarded with one question over and over, and it’s one people still sling my way: Do you need to eat fat to burn fat? … [Read more...]

Who Wants To Be A Fitness Model?

By Ian Spanier Want to be a fitness model? Sounds like a cool and easy way to make a living, doesn’t it? All you have to do is train all day, keep your diet on point, get your spray tan right, and start calling magazine editors and ad agencies, and the photo shoot offers—and then the checks, … [Read more...]

Training on the Bleeding Edge: Joel Jamieson and BioForce HRV

Be brutally honest with yourself right now. What do you really want to look like? How do you really want to be able to perform? Most guys these days, when asked, will tell you they want to look and perform like they fight in the UFC. They may or may not want to get elbowed or choked on a regular … [Read more...]

Ask Kiefer: Your Questions Answered

You’re asking plenty of questions via Facebook and Twitter. We’re answering them. Here are responses to the best inquiries of the past week: If I’m training fasted in the morning, what are your thoughts on acesulfame potassium (acesulfame K)? Okay, or no? I’d say yes, it’s okay. The rise in … [Read more...]