Before getting started I have to thank everyone for their support and for all the well wishes, flowers and thoughtful gifts and cards. The last few months have been some of the worst of my life. Watching my step dad suffer all summer in the hospital and dealing with his passing have been brutally hard to deal with.
I will never forget what people did for me during that time and will be forever indebted to them. Small gestures from true friends like multiple time cancer survivor Alwyn Cosgrove, who called or texted every day of the summer and did something incredibly thoughtful for my mom, Craig Ballantyne, John Alvino and many others sending flowers, Dave Tate taking the time to write an incredibly uplifting email, or Patrick Beith taking the time to go out and fill up a box of Pearl Jam and old school WWF DVD’s to send me were appreciated more than words could ever aptly describe. Like every industry we have our share of lowlifes, but these guys are the salt of the earth and I’m proud to call them friends.
In Ed’s memory I have decided that I not only want to help people… …continue reading.
I hate to say “I told you so.”
But… I told you so.
For years now I have been getting a lot of flak from other fitness industry insiders and so called experts because I exposed the great protein myth at every chance I got.
They all either thought I was insane or were upset that I was blowing the whistle on their scam and costing them tons of money every year.
But now, due to a recent study that everyone is talking about, people are starting to change their tune and realize what I have been telling you all along…
You DON’T need 2-3 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight to build muscle. It’s a lie promoted by the supplement and meat and dairy industry. That’s it.
Just another way to make money.
But hardly a scientific fact.
Recently Tarnopolsky performed a study in which weight trained individuals consumed a drink containing either: 5, 10, 20 or 40 grams of protein immediately after their workout. Each of the groups increased protein synthesis, but their results were dose dependant.
Up to 20 grams, that is. While the 20 gram group significantly increased protein synthesis over the 10 gram… …continue reading.
Hey Jay
I’ve been following your newsletters for a long time; you give some great advice.
Wanted to run an idea by you. I’ve been following your lifting routines for a while and was thinking of breaking it down so that instead of doing 4-5 different exercises 3 days a week, I’d do like 2 exercises each morning. Reason being is that time is a little precious for me; I’m a doctor and I’m in my surgery residency and, as you could imagine, time isn’t exactly a commodity I have a lot of. I was thinking that either before going to work, or after coming home, I’d bust out a couple of workouts, eat, and crash before having to get up and do this shit all over again. Just thought I’d get a pro’s opinion.
Cheers
Matt Dixon
Matt,
You could do that. I actually wrote about that for Muscle & Fitness not too long ago. You have a few different choices. Since frequency is important you will still want to hit each body part at least once every 4-5 days. So you could do three days on, one day off. Or you could go six days… …continue reading.
I’ve gotten a lot of questions the last few days about my opinion on Mike Boyle’s video claiming that the back squat is dead. Like I said, I don’t agree with everything Mike says. Nor do I agree with everything Alwyn Cosgrove or Chad Waterbury say. But they are smart guys who know their shit. I learn something from each of them and I like a lot of what Mike has to say about warming up, rehabbing and staying injury proof. But I’m never just going to throw out what I know works based on one guys theories.
So here is my opinion on Mike’s claim that the back squat is dead …
Bullshit. Long live the back squat.
It’s a great exercise that is far from dead. We all know that the limiting factor in the back squat is not leg strength. Anyone who’s ever done a single set of leg presses has proven that to themselves. The limiting factor is the strength of the lower back, abs, obliques, etc. The whole core region goes way before the legs do.
So does that mean you should throw it out and instead only load guys with split squats and step… …continue reading.
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