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The Revolution Begins

May 16, 2013 By DH Kiefer 26 Comments

Athlete.io: ATHLETE IN OPPOSITION Welcome to Athlete.io, where we’re you. We do the same things you do, and we want the same things you want. Our goal is to be healthy, and we want to perform and look our best every minute of every day. Most of all, we want to do things the right way and the … [Read more...]

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Stupid Human Tricks: Burdick Loves CrossFit

April 23, 2013 By Jesse Burdick 11 Comments

By Jesse Burdick I don’t do CrossFit. I’m a powerlifter, and a pretty damned good one. For the past seven years, however, I’ve been associated with CrossFit in one form or another. I’ve worked in CrossFit-affiliated gyms, I’ve trained athletes for the CrossFit Games, and I’ve even done a little bit … [Read more...]

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Book Excerpt: Carb Back-Loading

April 2, 2013 By DH Kiefer 11 Comments

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...]

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The Power of Power

March 29, 2013 By Scott Paltos 13 Comments

By Scott Paltos Want the secret to everything? I know you’re looking for it, at least for your fitness, because that’s why you’re on the fucking internet today in the first place. I’m also sorry to disappoint you, because the answers you’re so desperate to find have nothing to do with any of the … [Read more...]

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Fat Loss, Endurance, and HIIT: Are You Making Cardio Mistakes?

January 4, 2013 By DH Kiefer 7 Comments

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BioJacked #8: More Q&A along with Haris Alukic (former MMA)

July 18, 2012 By DH Kiefer 2 Comments

Yet another all question-and-answer show, this time focusing on Training, aided by special guests Haris Alukic (former MMA figher, former powerlifter) and Anna Sweeney. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BioJacked Radio, Nutrition, Training Tagged With: anna sweeney, brad pilon, carb back-loading, carb nite, crossfit, eat stop eat, haris alukic, intermittent fasting, marathons, mma, performance, powerlifting, shockwave, supplements

BioJacked #7: Our First All Q&A

July 18, 2012 By DH Kiefer 1 Comment

We collected questions from the forums and over social media channels to throw at Kiefer. On this show we ended up focusing on nutrition. Check out the associated forum post to see the questions we fielded for this show. We just about covered them all... … [Read more...]

Filed Under: BioJacked Radio, Nutrition, Training Tagged With: carb back-loading, carb nite, diet, performance