What makes you guys think Lyle McDonald is a dick? I've read a few of his books and have been on his forum a few times but i haven't seen him do anything maliciously.
That's the kind of diet the champion natural bodybuilders from the pre steroid era used to eat. All thats missing is a little orange juice for some vitamin c. You can't go wrong with a diet like that.
Almost every single credible study done on the subject for the past 100 years have supported this. You need to stop reading the garbage they publish in those supplement catalogues - i mean...
The tests done on protein intake supporting the 0.8 g/lbm are NOT done on endurance athletes. I know this can be a sensitive subject for a lot of people but you need to cool your heads for a moment...
Research supported optimal amount of protein comes out somewhere between 0.65 to 0.85 grams per pound of bodyweight per day (g/lb-bw/day). To cover the bases, I'd tend to err on the high side of that...
Sleep is just as important as training and nutrition when it comes to muscle growth. Critical repairs and maintenance are done by the body (muscles, organs and nervous system) when you sleep. If you...
The key is to give your CNS enough rest. Muscles can be trained again 48 hours later no matter how hard you trained them. This has been known for almost 100 years. 0.8 grams of protein per pound of...
