BEST NUTRITION ARTICLES

Metabolic Damage Isn’t Real, but Relative Energy Deficiency Syndrome Is

Eric Helms / Useful Nutrition Theory

The term ‘energy availability’ refers to whether or not you have adequate energy to maintain not only the energy demands of exercise or sport but also of normal physiological function. You can be at energy balance, maintaining a stable body mass, but be in a state of ‘relative energy deficiency’ where reproductive and metabolic function […] Read More »

How to Know if Keto Is Right for You

Eric Helms / Making Adjustments , Nutrition Guides

As you’re probably aware, we’ll be releasing the second editions of our Muscle and Strength Pyramid books very soon. (January 3rd, a little later than planned, but there were a few things we wanted to further refine after discussing things in Auckland last week.) As part of that promotion, we’ve decided to take ~10 sections […] Read More »

How To Hit Your Macro Targets When You Fall Short

Andy Morgan / Nutrition Guides

If you keep finding yourself frustratingly short of hitting one or two of your macros at the end of the day, this guide will teach you how to fix that. The implicit assumption I’m making is that you understand the benefits of focusing on macro targets, have calculated your macros, learned how to count and make meals […] Read More »

How to Avoid Protein Powder Scams

Andy Morgan / Nutrition Guides

Here’s a little protein powder scam that few people know about: supplement manufacturers dumping cheap ingredients into their powders so that they can pass tests to claim a higher protein content than they truly have. Scandalous, right? Well, that’s the supplement industry for you. Here’s how it happens and what to look out for on labels […] Read More »

Training Fasted? Consider Whey Protein Instead of BCAAs

Andy Morgan / Useful Nutrition Theory

Is it better to take Branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) or whey protein when training fasted? Though the difference in outcome is likely small, it is exactly this kind of question that clients pay me to know and advise them on. If you do your weight training fasted (in the morning without having eaten anything prior), […] Read More »

2017 Results – Success Explained In My Client’s Own Words

Andy Morgan / Client Stories & Results , Nutrition Guides , Training Guides

I’d like to share some of those longer-term client success stories today from the past year and I thank them for giving their permission to do so. In 2016 I started working with people for longer than a three month period. It has enabled me to get to know my clients much better, program and […] Read More »

A Guide to Finding Deep Meaning: Why My Clients Succeed

Andy Morgan / Goal Setting , Nutrition Guides

Do you know what I think when I see a guy who has a body carved out of granite like the guy above? That man has discipline. There is an immediate feeling of respect. Plenty of guys have muscle, but very few have the abs that they want. We are so desperate to shirk responsibility for this […] Read More »

Keep It Simple – How to Not Fail Your New Year’s Resolution

Andy Morgan / Goal Setting , Nutrition Guides

I want you to imagine it is the end of March.  In January you committed to taking care of yourself better. You dusted off your gym membership and spent the last three months hitting the gym every morning. But you have just quit like two-thirds of the other January returnees. The frustration with seeing a […] Read More »

Tracking Progress Is Essential – Here’s How to Do It Right

Andy Morgan / Making Adjustments , Nutrition Set-up

If you are putting in a serious amount of effort with your training and nutrition, you owe it to yourself to take the ten extra minutes each week to track your progress seriously. This will help ensure you get the results you deserve. I’d go as far as to say it’s the biggest differentiator between […] Read More »

5 Steps to Arming the Public Against Charlatans and Fraudsters in the Fitness Industry

Alan Aragon / Nutrition Guides

“This is one of the most important articles I’ve ever written. Maybe the most important one in terms of getting this message across to practitioners.” – Alan Aragon It’s my pleasure and honor to share with you this guest article today by mentor and friend, legendary sports nutritionist and researcher, Alan Aragon. Alan opened my eyes […] Read More »