This is an expansion of a sub-topic I briefly touched on in my last post Runaway Metabolism During Peak Week Carb Load.  That article was focused mostly on the common issue of struggling to fill out during a carb load, the days leading up to a show.  But there was one part of the article

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I’ve been hearing this newly fabricated runaway metabolism term thrown around a lot lately, so I thought I’d make fun of it (it’s been a while :). From what I can gather so far (as with all made up terms, the meaning will change week to week), the term is mostly used when an athlete

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Just a quick post about how we handle bikini competition diet and training for various body types and starting points.  We accept clients of all shapes and sizes, and always make it a point to let each applicant know prior to enrollment what our approach will look like for them. Scenario 1: Initial Cut followed

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This is going to be a short one and not as technical as some of my other articles. I basically just want to briefly touch on how we go about determining our clients’ bikini competition diet macros, specifically whether to go low carb/high fat, high carb/low fat, or moderate carb/fat once we’ve determined caloric and

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I’m going to just dive right in here: Most girls suffer from post-competition rebounding because they should have given themselves more time to get stage ready.  Ever hear a bikini coach or YouTube/Instagram fitness celeb say this? Probably not. I mean how are they going to cash in on the ’12 week miracle transformation’ craze,

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July 2016 Update: I’ve received a number of emails/inquiries from people who assumed that because I wrote this article about CKD dieting that it is the approach we take for our clients. Just want to point out that we DO NOT do CKD or Ketogenic dieting, as you will find if you can suffer through

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