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22 Nov
Carbohydrates, Nutrient, Nutrition, Nutritionist, Uncategorized

The Powerlifter’s Diet – Carbohydrates

  • Posted by Marc Keys
  • carbs, Diet, how to eat, Powerlifting, powerlifting diet, Strength Training
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If there is one macro in recent years that has been demonised it’s the common old carbohydrate.  The insulin hypothesis got huge upswings in popularity with the Atkins diet, fat head the movie and...

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16 Dec
Dietitian, Nutrient, Nutrition, Powerlifting, Uncategorized

The Powerlifter’s Diet – Protein

  • Posted by Marc Keys
  • Diet, how much, hypertrophy, Powerlifting, protein, size gain, strength gain, when to take protein
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Diet is an important part of any physical preparation programme your nutrition is one of the main contributors to your ability to recover from training and to perform in training and competition.  Nutrition advice...

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14 May
Nutrition, Uncategorized

Fat Loss 101 – The Three Stages of going from Mr. Dough man to lean and in charge…. man/woman.

  • Posted by Marc Keys
There are probably over 1,000,000 articles on the internet on how to lose fat so I guess one more on the pile will not make much difference.  I'm going to stick to generalities as not...

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10 May
Budget, Nutrition, Uncategorized

Broke in the UK – Eating as a Strength Athlete / Bodybuilder on a budget

  • Posted by Marc Keys
People often wonder how it's possible to hit your protein requirements, eat your vegetables and manage to hit all of your macro nutrient requirements without spending all of your expendable income on food.  I'm here to reassure you...

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13 Jun
Ben Goldacre, Dietitian, Dietitians and Nutritionists, Health, Meta-analysis, Nutrition, Nutritionist, Protein, Research, Science in Society, Scientific method, Social sciences

Agentism, Bias and Horrible Reasoning

  • Posted by Marc Keys
Ironically enough whilst listening too the latest strength and power hour episode I heard a couple of things that got my back up a bit. Three female presenters and Dr. William Kramer were...

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23 Apr
Bodybuilding, Food, Genetically Modified Food, Health, marc keys, Nutrition, Organic, Science, Weighlifting

Genetically Modified Horse Shit.

  • Posted by Marc Keys
"Nutritionists" around the globe are decrying the evils of "Frankenstein foods" and GM plants. It has come to the point where you can go to a supermarket and either spend 90p ($1.38) for...

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