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The Top Article of the Week
Can you gain weight from eating too little? No, but here’s why it’s so easy to think you can -- Brian St. Pierre, Precision Nutrition
Clients, trainers, and nutritionists alike continue to fascinate me with this one. They'll seem get it... but then make it obvious they don't.
They'll say: "Right, I understand that calories determine your weight..." and I'll think they understand.
And then: "...but obviously if I'm eating 1500 calories of junk instead of healthy food, my weight will be different."
Or: "but I think the real problem is that I eat late at night."
Or the absolute worst: "... but I'm telling you I barely eat anything and I'm not losing weight, I think I'm actually not eating enough."
The next time you encounter a trainer, client, or anyone who doesn't understand the first law of thermodynamics, please send them this article. The more we educate, the better equipped people will be to take control of their own health and fitness.
General Health
3 Ways to Uplevel Your Body Confidence -- Trish DaCosta
Guilt, Shame, and Helping Your Clients Separate Food From Morality -- Jen Comas, Girls Gone Strong
Protein: Common Questions Answered -- Arthur Lynch, Sigma Nutrition
Run Your Own Diet Experiment Like a Scientist -- Alex McBrairty, Breaking Muscle
Eating Clean: Unintended Consequences -- Nancy Clark, ACSM
Strength Training
The Coach's Guide to Programming and Periodization: Basic Principles and Your Exercise Bank -- Nicholas Bronkall, Elite FTS
The Best Bench Press Tip -- T-Nation
The Performance Recovery System -- John Rusin
Why It’s Time to Stop Lifting Weights -- Christian Finn
3 Situations When You Shouldn’t Push Through Pain -- Ellie Somers, Girls Gone Strong
Fat Loss
I Was Wrong; Weighing Yourself Daily Is Okay -- Pamela Hernandez
Tough Love On Alcohol Consumption -- Scott Tousignant
Are You Running For Weight Loss? That’s Dumb -- Linden Ellefson, Healthy Living, Heavy Lifting
Lose Fat by Just Trusting the Process -- Bryan Krahn
Career
The Consequences of Assumptions and a Closed Mind -- Scott Tousignant
6 Signs It's Time To Turn Your Side Hustle Into A Full-Time Business -- Ryan Robinson, Forbes
4 Insanely Easy but Overlooked Tactics to Advance Your Entrepreneurial Career -- John Boitnott, Entrepeneur
How To Sell Long Term Memberships To Your Personal Training Clients -- Ryan Ketchum
You’re Not That Busy: No One Cares About Your “Hustle” -- Erica Suter