Author: johnbarban
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How Many Calories Do You Burn In a Day?
After reading yesterdays comments I’m getting the impression that many people assume we can burn more calories in a day that we really do. For most of the population our BMR/RMR accounts for almost all of their calories burned in a given day. BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate; the amount of calories you burn lying down…
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Target Protein, Target Calories?
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about specific dietary protein content for muscle building as well as specific daily calories for weight loss. I usually answer with a general range of what is most likely going to be adequate. This however never seems to be a good enough answer. It seems that many people…
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Measuring Health
The health/fitness/weight loss/healthy lifestyle/wellness blah blah whatever you want to call it industry sells the concept of ‘healthy’ or a better life, or some kind of undefinable state of being as the prize and the goal. Words like vitality, energy, vigor, wellness and the like are used…what a load of BS…look at those words, they’re…
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Anabolic Sensitivity
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who is currently using steroids and he said something very interesting. I was mentioning the difference between gaining muscle with and without steroids and how difficult it is to gain without steroids and he said “I’m giving up on trying to get any bigger as…
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Weight Loss Feels Better Than Any Meal Tastes
It’s a long weekend here in Canada and I’m on my way to a brunch buffet this morning. What a great way to kick off the week. If I could start every week with a brunch buffet I wouldn’t complain at all. I’ll probably eat most of my calories for today at the buffet, and…