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

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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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Reducing Inflammation: Why the Ketogenic Diet and Exogenous Ketones Are Key (guest post)

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Authored by Dr. Brianna Stubbs and Zhill Olonan • February 28, 2019 • 13 min read Originally published at HVMN To stay up to date on the cutting-edge of health and performance, HVMN Research Lead Dr. Brianna Stubbs tends to read a lot of scientific literature…a lot. Every month, she will dive into the latest and most exciting research papers by walking us

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Coach: teacher, friend, mentor or the “more experienced other” (in memoriam) – part 2

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(Originally published on elitefts, authored by me) This is the 11th day after my young friend and athlete’s passing. It’s a lot of time but not time enough to elaborate on my questions. They remain unanswered. I only coached him for a couple of months but the darkness in our continued private conversation kept me

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Coach: teacher, friend, mentor or the “more experienced other” (in memoriam)

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Today I won’t share someone’s program. It doesn’t make sense anymore. He’s gone (as in deceased). (originally published at elitefts – authored by me) I was informed of his passing Monday, two days later. I still can’t explain my inner paradox: I had been engaging in mental rehearsals, “auto-biographical function” or just entertaining random trains

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Overtraining Syndrome Can Sabotage Performance (guest post)

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Originally published on HVMN by Brady Holmer It’s two weeks away from marathon race day. Legs should feel fresh, mind should be focused, and fitness should be at an all-time high. This is what you’ve trained for the past several months, never missing a workout. It’s time for all of the hard work, dedication to

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Recovery from overtraining syndrome: Sean’s story

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Original article: https://www.elitefts.com/coaching-logs/recovery-from-overtraining-syndrome-seans-story Sean is an old friend who shares a mixed blessing with some of the most interesting people I know: he is multi-talented and he doesn’t have one talent overriding all the others. He is a business manager in a multi-national company, he has two kids in whose life and education he fully

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Ketogenic “things”: ketogenic and low-carb diets, these diets and sports performance and exogenous ketones (clinical and performance considerations)

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Ketogenic “things”: ketogenic and low-carb diets, these diets and sports performance and exogenous ketones (clinical and performance considerations) => the research DISCLAIMER: to all Italian folks, I love pasta. #ProtectPasta#DontMessWithPasta. Nobody in their right mind would remotely suggest you stop eating pasta. We don’t need a third world war. Seriously, any generalization about macronutrient use efficiency,

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