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“Intermittent energy restriction” and the off-day or cheat-day diet

Everyone who has ever considered a weight control or weight loss program heard about “cheat days” and “off days”. The technical term for this is “intermittent energy restriction” (IER). Like “intermittent fasting”, it is a diet regimen in which longer periods with a constant energy consumption level are interspersed with an unrestricted period or a …

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The Role of Grit in Sport Performance

Introduction: Picking Up Where We Left Off A while ago, I wrote a series of articles about “motivation”. My goal was to offer an evidence-based introduction to the concepts involved in motivation. The terms that expressed these concepts have been misinterpreted, misused, and presented with a judgmental, moralistic, and emotional tone in the fitness industry …

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