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I’ve said it many times in the past, vegetables have all the benefits of fruit without the sugar, but that doesn’t mean that I’m anti-fruit! I advocate a targeted carbohydrate approach where carbs are favored when you need them around workouts and at night to help facilitate sleep. Here’s how I use fruit along with…
Things are going to get very interesting when the kids go back to school. I have three kids in school (one in grade school, one in high school, and the other in university) and my wife is a teacher, so I need to make sure that my clan is well prepared for their return. In…
Research shows that undulatory, or wave-like, periodization is highly effective. Basically, alternating between periods of higher intensity (intensive phases) with periods of higher volume (extensive phases) will give you great results from your training. Of course, your nutrition should vary as well to accommodate the energy demands – fewer carbs are necessary during intensive phases…
Constant learning and experimentation are what I’m all about. I love to try out different methods that I pick up from various sources, and then tweak protocols to meet the needs of my clients. Here’s an approach that I’ve used recently for hypertrophy training that works quite well. It involves caffeine and certain carb sources…
JP: Let’s discuss the concept of supplement periodization. What specific supplements would you recommend during a strength phase, power phase, hypertrophy phase, and endurance phase? And to take it one step further, what supplements should we use before, during, and after our workouts? Dr. S: I will break this question down into several sections: Strength…
Why is it that some people experience great results with certain supplements and others do not? Let’s look past the obvious where one person may have a greater dietary need than another. For example, a vegetarian may have a greater dietary need for creatine than a heavy meat-eater, and thus the vegetarian will typically reap…
If you haven’t read Shawn Buckley’s article The Taxation of Supplements, do yourself a favour and check it out. Buckley makes some excellent points in that piece, such as the following: “We don’t pay to see our medical doctors, but we pay to see natural practitioners.” “There is no GST [tax] on prescription drugs, but…