The number of cases of mild and severe menstrual abnormalities among young girls and older women appear to be on the rise. Young women are often experiencing delayed or premature menses. Women suffering from infertility and repeated miscarriage also appear elevated. There is much to be said about how dessicated thyroid treatment has played a [...]
Weight gain is a metabolic deficiency not a movement deficiency. Exercise will increase the use of stored fats at rest if it’s increasing the metabolic rate. For most, that process isn’t happening because adding another stressor to the mix suppresses the metabolic rate further and the trainee treads water in his/her weight management efforts. A [...]
The blog briefly explains the key factors behind the short-term weight gain that occurs in some individuals as a sign of a correction in the metabolism. Stopping the Stress Metabolism The stress-driven metabolism utilizes adrenaline to fuel lipolysis, the liberation of fats from storage to be used as fuel. As the stress response ceases as [...]
A healthy body’s use of stored fat occurs at rest as a result of a high metabolic rate similar to what occurs during youth. The use of fatty acids as supplemental fuel during times of stress under the influence of adrenaline will make long term weight management and health a difficult task. This blog briefly [...]
by Ray Peat, PhD The biological idea of stress refers to the difficulty of adapting, and this involves energy, structure, and insight/orientation. Given enough energy, we can often adjust our structure to achieve full adaptation, and with insight, we can minimize the amount of energy and structural change needed, for example just by a change [...]
by Charles Poliquin Muscle growth is not a linear process. Give each one of those strategies at least a fair three weeks to show their effects. 1. Do a calves & forearms workout only, once every 5 days. I suggest you specialize just on calves and forearms for a single hours. Keep rest intervals short. [...]
