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Articles by Lyle McDonald

Lyle McDonald+ is the author of the Ketogenic Diet as well as the Rapid Fat Loss Handbook and the Guide to Flexible Dieting. He has been interested in all aspects of human performance physiology since becoming involved in competitive sports as a teenager. Pursuing a degree in Physiological Sciences from UCLA, he has devoted nearly 20 years of his life to studying human physiology and the science, art and practice of human performance, muscle gain, fat loss and body recomposition.

Athlete

Lyle has been involved, at various levels of success in competitive sports since his teens. Starting with triathlon, he spent altogether too many hours on his bike during college. Becoming involved with inline skating at the same time led him to compete for several years until he burned himself out with chronic overtraining. Many years passed until he decided to return to speed skating and move to the ice. He moved to Salt Lake City Utah to train full time at the Olympic oval, he is currently still there training with his coach Rex Albertson attempting to make the US National team or beyond.

Writer

Lyle has written for the print magazines (Flex and the now defunct Peak Training Journal), too many online sites to mention and has published 5 books on various aspects of exercise and diet.

Trainer

Over the years, in addition to working with the general public, Lyle has worked primarily with endurance athletes, a few powerlifters, and some bodybuilders. Through his books, articles and his forum, he has helped thousands lose fat, gain muscle and get stronger or perform better.

Body-Weight Fluctuations on Cyclical Ketogenic Diet

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Dear Lyle, I am female and following the body opus diet. I eat no carbs from Sunday at 4 pm untill friday at 4pm following a depletion workout. I want to burn bodyfat but I am gaining weight over the recomp period from fri afternoon to sunday. I am sure some of it is water […]

Diet Soda and Caffeine on Cyclical Ketogenic Diet

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Dear Lyle, I have a few questions about Dan’s body opus diet. First, has there been any feedback on using glycerol before a workout while on the diet?? I take a longer than usual time to reach ketosis and then only in the trace range. I eat 0 carbs & 70% fat, 30% protein. I […]

Water Intake on Cyclical Ketogenic Diet

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Dear Lyle, I went over your personal bodyopus experience on the web. One question I had was what, if at all, was your final verdict on the drinking of water while dieting on ketogenic-type diet. Last I read(and maybe I missed something), was that water may flush out the blood stream of ketones, thus leaving […]

Gaining Lean Muscle Mass Without Gaining Bodyfat

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Dear Lyle, You seem to know a lot about bodybuilding nutrition so I guess you are a good one to ask this question. I am currently trying to put on as much lean fat-free muscle mass as possible. I want grow and expand while staying cut and ripped (no excess bodyfat). I was wondering, how […]

Physique Transformation Contest Tips

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Dear Lyle, Great article on flax oil and protein intake. Could you please answere a couple of questions? 1. you recomended 1-3 TBSP of flax a day how do you know how much to take? 2. When you calculate protein intake are you using lean body mass or total body mass? 3. Could please give […]

How Much Time Should Bodybuilders Spend in the Gym?

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Dear Lyle, I’ve read that you believe that trainers shouldn’t spend more than 4-5 hours in a gym per week. Can you explain why? I love the gym. I love going to the gym. I know that the body needs rest but only 4-5 hours a week? I go to the gym 4 or 5 […]

Last Minute Tips for Precontest Dieting

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Dear Lyle, I have been doing Bodyopus since February for a Bodybuilding contest in June, June 20th to be exact. I checked out your web site on precontest suggestions. I am down to 191.6lbs at 6.5% bodyfat. I am 5’8″ tall. On your web page you have some suggestions starting 8 days before the show. […]

DNP Instead of Anabolic Steroids

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Dear Lyle, I read your DNP experiences from MFW.  I started doing some research and I have come to the conclusion that DNP is not something I want to mess with. I have almost the exact same lean body mass as you so this is not a flame, but why have you not increased you […]

Ask Lyle McDonald #2

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Dear Lyle, I read your DNP experiences from MFW.  I started doing some research and I have come to the conclusion that DNP is not something I want to mess with. I have almost the exact same lean body mass as you so this is not a flame, but why have you not increased you […]

Training While on Low-Carb Zone Diet

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Dear Lyle, I am following Dr. Sear’s Zone diet to lose some bodyfat before I start my mountain bike racing season this year. Because of my training schedule I have to do several high intensity workouts during the week and I find that I am unable to recover from workout to workout on the carbohydrate […]