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Intermittent Fasting and Muscle Gain

Jason Ferruggia — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:25:38 +0000

Guest Post by Brad Pilon, author of Eat Stop Eat

Breaking it Down to Build it Up

Fundamentally this what we are doing when we are in the gym. We’re doing some damage and stressing our muscles so they can repair and come back stronger.

It reminds me of the plot of just about every Rocky movie. Rocky fights and Rocky gets his ass handed to him. Rocky makes a comeback. Rocky is bigger faster and stronger. Rocky wins.

Eye of the tiger.

I think we all kind of ‘get this’ when it comes to [...]

50 Renegade Nutrition Rules

Jason Ferruggia — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:20:02 +0000

1) Like Jack LaLanne said, “If man made it don’t eat it.” In other words, if it comes in a box or a bag your best bet is to skip it. Eddie Vedder also recommended that during YellowLedbetter, “Don’t eat it if comes in a box ooorrr aaaa bag… oh, no, no.” Go take a listen.

2) Buy locally at farmers markets as much as possible. Stick it to the man.

3) Focus on pesticide free produce and hormone/antibiotic free animal protein.

4) Make sure your fish is wild caught and not farm [...]

FINALLY… The Renegade Diet is Live

Jason Ferruggia — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:21:43 +0000

After countless roadblocks and delays I can proudly say that I beat Dre. The Renegade Diet is no longer the Detox Album. It’s actually here. The most effective recomposition plan ever developed, that makes gaining muscle and losing fat simultaneously a reality is live right now!

And during the special launch sale you also get a FREE copy of my brand new 16 week strength and conditioning program, Bad Intentions.

So get on over to RenegadeDietBook.com right now and order your copy today!

12 Reasons You’re Not Losing Fat

Jason Ferruggia — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:00:40 +0000

1) You’re Eating Too Many Carbs

This should be pretty obvious to most people by now, but there are still the old die-hards out there who swear that everyone should be consuming two grams of carbs per pound of bodyweight every day while maintaining a low fat intake.

Load up on whole grains and fruit while cutting down on healthy, essential sources of fat like grass fed beef they’ll tell you.

Anyone experienced in physique transformation knows this is nonsense.

Most people have a terrible tolerance for carbs, shitty insulin sensitivity and simply [...]

Bulking & Cutting Revisited

Jason Ferruggia — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:21:29 +0000

I’ve covered this topic before but judging by some of the questions I receive I may not have been clear enough. So I’m gonna try it again…

Fuck bulking and cutting.

Clearer?

The concept of bulking and cutting is old school bullshit that went out with fanny packs and jean shorts. For the initiated it means that you eat like crap for several months while training hard and heavy. The theory behind it is that it’s impossible to gain large amounts of muscle mass without getting fat in the process. So you accept [...]

A Simple Way to Feel & Perform a Whole Lot Better

Jason Ferruggia — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:59:10 +0000

What food you put in your body is probably the single most important decision you make every day. A lot of us have that down and always make very healthy choices. Or so we think…

Unfortunately, what’s a healthy choice for me may not be a healthy choice for you. Everyone reacts differently to certain foods. For the most part you can’t go wrong with lean protein, vegetables and berries. Those foods seem to be tolerated very well by the majority of people. Once you veer off that list it gets [...]

My Three Years as a Vegetarian

Jason Ferruggia — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:20:59 +0000

Fourteen months ago I ended my three year stint as a vegetarian. Here are the reasons why…

Firstly, I debated about even writing this article at all because the last thing I want is to start a whole debate about the morals and ethics of eating meat. For some reason a lot of people take it more seriously than religion and I don’t really want regular visitors to this site getting all fired up and arguing with each other about something so trivial.

But the fact of the matter is a lot [...]

The War on Raw Milk

Jason Ferruggia — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:36:36 +0000

Last Wednesday I drove over to Rawesome in Venice, like I do every week, to pick up some meat, produce and a little raw butter, cream and goat yogurt. I arrived at the tail end of a government raid in which the LAPD and government officials poured out all of the raw dairy and left with a flat bed truck full of produce, nuts and bison steaks.

We all know that it’s not in the best interest of big business/ big pharma for us to be healthy. Apparently selling healthy, organic [...]

Lean Gaining- Keep it in Perspective

Jason Ferruggia — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:33:44 +0000

Yesterday morning I woke up with the intention of going to Six Man in Manhattan Beach. It’s an annual volleyball tournament that attracts around nineteen hundred billion people and is known as the beach party of the summer. However, I had stayed out late the night before with some friends and really wasn’t feeling it. I didn’t have a sip of alcohol but I felt like I drank a dozen vodkas. That’s the funny thing about staying up late. I end up feeling exactly the same whether I drink or [...]

How Much Protein Should You Eat Per Day?

Jason Ferruggia — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:20:26 +0000

I have a great article for you today by my colleague, Brad Pilon. Brad is a super smart dude who knows more about nutrition than most people have forgotten. He’s also one of the few guys I rely on for dietary advice. Check it out…

The guy who invented the 4,4,9 calorie counts for Pro, Fats and Carbs

How Much Protein Should You Eat Per Day? By Brad Pilon

You’d think by now we’d have a clear-cut answer to this question, but to tell you the truth, ‘how much protein’ is a question [...]