Forum: Nutrition
02-27-2016, 01:23 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 28,110
Re: Competition Nutrition for a multiple event day
Reduce your training volume and intensity in the week leading up to the competition and increase your carbohydrate intake to maximise glycogen stores. That means sticking to light workouts, technique...
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Forum: Nutrition
11-20-2015, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 18,493
Re: Crossfit and Coke
Research has consistently shown that diets high in "poorer quality proteins" such as whole grains including wheat, legumes including soybeans, nuts and other plant proteins are associated with a...
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Forum: Nutrition
11-17-2015, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 18,493
Re: Crossfit and Coke
There are no bad foods, only bad diets, because....
“All things are poison and nothing is without poison, only the dose permits something not to be poisonous.” ~ Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus...
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Forum: Nutrition
11-11-2015, 01:24 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 39,378
Re: What can low-carb (ketosis) do for you?
By doing a little self-experimentation. Eat more carbs - do you perform better? If yes, there's your answer. If no, test the other hypothesis. Or do it the other way round and change your training...
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Forum: Nutrition
11-10-2015, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 89
Views: 39,378
Re: What can low-carb (ketosis) do for you?
Yet another low-carb study telling us something we already knew; that low-carb/ketogenic diets result in increased fat oxidation without compromising submaximal endurance performance.
Nobody cares...
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Forum: Nutrition
10-16-2015, 12:08 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 5,751
Re: purepharma daily sachet
Don't waste your money on this overpriced crap. There's nothing in them you can't get from cheap own brand supplements from Boots, Holland & Barrett, Asda or from eating a healthy balanced diet and...
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Forum: Nutrition
09-12-2015, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 13,515
Re: Macro's
You don't need to up your protein intake. Athletes require 1 - 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of ideal bodyweight per day, so you're already eating more than you need.
My advice; use the DRI...
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Forum: Nutrition
09-12-2015, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 89
Views: 39,378
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Forum: Nutrition
08-29-2015, 02:04 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 9,775
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Forum: Nutrition
08-18-2015, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,345
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Forum: Exercises
08-18-2015, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 7,746
Re: replacements for squats
Trap bar deadlifts would probably be the safest alternative to regular squats for someone in your situation.
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Forum: Nutrition
08-18-2015, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 9,345
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Forum: Nutrition
06-30-2015, 11:09 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 84,644
Re: Progenex fails to meet label claims.
It doesn't matter which protein supplement you use in the context of a mixed diet where minor variations in amino acid content will be compensated for by other foods. So the only real considerations...
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Forum: Equipment
06-26-2015, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 4,077
Re: Kettlebells in the UK
https://www.strengthshop.co.uk/conditioning/kettlebells.html
http://www.wolverson-fitness.co.uk/View-All_B26QNY.aspx
http://www.savagestrength.co.uk/gym-equipment/kettlebells.html
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Forum: Nutrition
06-17-2015, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 9,963
Re: Carb Backloading is Wrong
So, Original Snake-Oil™ didn't work but New Improved Snake-Oil™ will be awesome?
I really don't understand why people listen these scam artists. <sigh>
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Forum: Fitness
04-13-2015, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,599
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Forum: Nutrition
04-12-2015, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 18,842
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Forum: Nutrition
04-11-2015, 12:05 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 18,842
Re: Tips Needed for Weight Loss for Competition
Research has consistently shown that athletes engaged in any form of physically demanding training or competition require a high intake of carbohydrates if they are to achieve peak levels of...
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Forum: Nutrition
04-09-2015, 11:51 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 18,842
Re: Tips Needed for Weight Loss for Competition
Keep your carbohydrate intake relatively high at around 5-8g per KG of bodyweight per day to fuel training and spare protein, aim for a protein intake of around 1.2-1.5g per KG of ideal bodyweight...
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Forum: Fitness
04-08-2015, 03:57 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 6,599
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Forum: Nutrition
04-03-2015, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 9,284
Re: SARMs and Crossfit
Drugs are bad, m'kay? (https://wada-main-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/files/wada-2015-prohibited-list-en.pdf) (wfs)
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Forum: Nutrition
03-19-2015, 01:46 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 13,947
Re: Bad effects from GOMAD?
Restricting carbohydrates would not prevent someone from becoming insulin resistant on a high fat diet, it would just mask the symptoms until things got really bad.
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Forum: Nutrition
03-17-2015, 01:33 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 13,947
Re: Bad effects from GOMAD?
High fat diets increase insulin resistance.
Nutritionfacts.org - What Causes Insulin Resistance? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-causes-insulin-resistance/) (wfs)
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Forum: Nutrition
03-14-2015, 02:01 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 13,947
Re: Bad effects from GOMAD?
Thanks Chris, my girlfriend mentioned this to me today and I sort of had an oh **** moment. I turn 40 in August and aside from old injuries that I have learned how to maintain, this is the first...
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Forum: Exercises
03-08-2015, 09:12 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 434,325
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