Q: Charles, I do a workout where I do nose crushers, then bench press, then power snatches, and finish with ball crunches. I fatigue quickly and haven’t been making progress. Should I up my calories, or is there a supplement you recommend for sustained energy? A: Although your diet and/or overtraining could be a factor, […]
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Ask Lyle McDonald #5
Dear Lyle, I just read an article about protein cycling at http://www.testosterone.net. In it, the author (who’s an MD AND a bodybuilder, so he must know his stuff) recommends reducing protein intake to 20-40 grams per day for up to a month, saying that it’ll help me get bigger. He also said that it’s possible to […]
Weight Training and Fat Loss on a Cyclical Ketogenic Diet
Lyle, I’m wanting to maximize my results on a CKD (BodyOpus) diet. I have the diet down to a science where I can start first thing Monday AM & enter ketosis by Tuesday afternoon. In addition to doing cardio work, I also try and throw in a couple of extra circuit weight training days. I […]
Best Diet to Gain Muscle
Dear Lyle, I have now been training for almost two years but unfortunately I have reached a plateau. I have become desperate to put on some mass but nothing really seems to work. As a result I tried to read everything I can about various mass boosting diets and the Anabolic Diet seems to be […]
Gaining Muscle on Cyclical Ketogenic Diet
Lyle, I want to gain LBM with a BodyOpus type diet. Can you give me your best diet/workout schedule to do this? I need to stay lean while increasing LBM. I used insulin twice with BodyOpus with good results – if you think it will help please advise. Thanks! First let me say that I […]
How Does Iso-Caloric Diet Compare to the Bodyopus Diet?
Would like to ask a few questions about the Iso-Caloric Diet. How does it compare to BodyOpus? At preserving LBM? Is it better than the High-carb Diet? A: It seems like most naturals definitely tend to do better in terms of sparing LBM with a more isocaloric diet compared to a high carb diet (though […]
Mark McGwire’s Little Helper: The Androstenedione Debate
In 1935 — the year testosterone was first synthesized in the laboratory — the Food and Drug Administration established a unit to monitor the quality of the numerous “glandular” products on the market that were supposed to contain bioactive sex hormones. The only “ethical” issue addressed by this group was the possibility of consumer fraud. […]
Does Flax Oil Help Fat Loss?
Hi Lyle, Thank you for your June article on flax oil. I was hoping you could answer some further questions on the topic. I’ve read several purported benefits of flax oil supplementation – Dan Duchaine has stated that the EFA’s in flax oil may have protein uncoupling properties (I know you have experience with that […]
What Do You Think of Bill Phillips and His Physique Transformation Contest?
Lyle, Hi, I got the impression that you don’t care for Bill Phillips, I’ve entered their contest this year, I needed some kind of challenge to get myself going again. I’ve been a couch potato for 10yrs. This helped. My question if you can answer it is about BODYOPUS diet. I’ve lost 50lbs so far […]
Is Protein Cycling Effective for Bodybuilding?
Dear Lyle, I just read an article about protein cycling at Testosterone.net. In it, the author (who’s an MD AND a bodybuilder, so he must know his stuff) recommends reducing protein intake to 20-40 grams per day for up to a month, saying that it’ll help me get bigger. He also said that it’s possible […]