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How Much Protein Should You Eat Per Day to Maximize Muscle Growth?
Nutrition, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 6/29/22 Nutrition, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 6/29/22

How Much Protein Should You Eat Per Day to Maximize Muscle Growth?

ow much is enough and how much is too much? Let’s find out.

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How to Get Your First Pull-Up
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 6/20/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 6/20/22

How to Get Your First Pull-Up

Simple strategies and considerations to help you up your pull-up game.

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Exercise Kind of Sucks For Weight Loss (But You Should Still Do it)
Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 6/15/22 Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 6/15/22

Exercise Kind of Sucks For Weight Loss (But You Should Still Do it)

Those extra calories you burn in the gym may not be as helpful as you think.

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How Many Sets Should You Do Per Week to Maximize Muscle Growth?
Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 6/7/22 Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 6/7/22

How Many Sets Should You Do Per Week to Maximize Muscle Growth?

Plus some practical strategies & considerations to apply to your muscle building workout programs.

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Why Weight Loss is More Challenging For Some Than For Others
Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 6/1/22 Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 6/1/22

Why Weight Loss is More Challenging For Some Than For Others

In an unfair world, why would the human metabolism be any different?

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Do Higher Levels of Activity Help Regulate Your Appetite?
Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 5/27/22 Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 5/27/22

Do Higher Levels of Activity Help Regulate Your Appetite?

Exploring one of the underrated benefits of regular physical activity.

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Body Recomposition — Can and Should You Aim For It?
Muscle Building, Strength Training, Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 4/4/22 Muscle Building, Strength Training, Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 4/4/22

Body Recomposition — Can and Should You Aim For It?

We often want it all, but let's look at if and when this goal makes the most sense.

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Are SMART Goals Overrated?
Mindset/Behaviour Change Dylan Dacosta 4/3/22 Mindset/Behaviour Change Dylan Dacosta 4/3/22

Are SMART Goals Overrated?

Why setting a goal hierarchy based on your values and ideal self is now my preferred goal setting approach.

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Crunched For Time? Try Using Rest-Pause Sets.
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 3/16/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 3/16/22

Crunched For Time? Try Using Rest-Pause Sets.

A practical strategy that could yield similar gains in less time.

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Simple Strategies For Applying Progressive Overload to Your Programs
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 3/6/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 3/6/22

Simple Strategies For Applying Progressive Overload to Your Programs

A practical guide to managing your load progressions to gain strength and muscle.

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Do We Need to Train to Failure?
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 2/17/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 2/17/22

Do We Need to Train to Failure?

Study review looking at hypertrophy and strength outcomes from failure vs non failure training in high load and low load groups.

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What We Get Wrong About Stretching
Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 2/9/22 Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 2/9/22

What We Get Wrong About Stretching

Study review looking at the effects of a 6 week static stretching protocol on flexibility and strength

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Why The Gym is No Substitute For Therapy
Mental Health Dylan Dacosta 2/6/22 Mental Health Dylan Dacosta 2/6/22

Why The Gym is No Substitute For Therapy

And therapy is no substitute for exercise.

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Move the Weight or Squeeze the Muscle? Internal Vs. External Cues For Strength Gains
Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 2/3/22 Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 2/3/22

Move the Weight or Squeeze the Muscle? Internal Vs. External Cues For Strength Gains

Meta-analysis review comparing internal and external cues for acute and long-term strength outcomes

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Whey Too Much Protein — Maybe the Bros Were Onto Something
Muscle Building, Nutrition Dylan Dacosta 1/27/22 Muscle Building, Nutrition Dylan Dacosta 1/27/22

Whey Too Much Protein — Maybe the Bros Were Onto Something

Study review breaking down the effects of 2 grams of protein per pound of bodyweight per day, in trained individuals.

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Training at Long Vs Short Muscle Lengths For Hypertrophy
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 1/18/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 1/18/22

Training at Long Vs Short Muscle Lengths For Hypertrophy

Does more range = more gains?

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Eat Slow, Eat Less?
Nutrition, Mindset/Behaviour Change, Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 1/10/22 Nutrition, Mindset/Behaviour Change, Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 1/10/22

Eat Slow, Eat Less?

Study review on the effects of eating pace and energy consumed.

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Stop Screwing Over Future You
Mindset/Behaviour Change Dylan Dacosta 1/10/22 Mindset/Behaviour Change Dylan Dacosta 1/10/22

Stop Screwing Over Future You

From someone who loves to set their future-self up for failure.

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Metabolic Adaptation: The Body’s Defence to Fat Loss
Weight Loss, Nutrition Dylan Dacosta 1/4/22 Weight Loss, Nutrition Dylan Dacosta 1/4/22

Metabolic Adaptation: The Body’s Defence to Fat Loss

Study review on metabolic adaptation to significant weight loss.

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Short VS Long Rest Periods For Building Muscle & Strength
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 12/27/21 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 12/27/21

Short VS Long Rest Periods For Building Muscle & Strength

Study breakdown looking at outcomes from different rest periods

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