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[Jordan Feigenbaum]

We do not recommend these products or similar strategies for resistance training or workouts <3-4 hours....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Nope, carbohydrates are not essential....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Adam,

Thanks for the post. Let's see if we can provide some answers:

1) Doesn't matter at all. Don't be scared of whole grains,...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

The idea of a fat-burning zone is based on the differential use of energy stores during exercise based on exercise intensity. For example, when intensity...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Enginerd,

Thanks for the post and congratulations to you and your family. A few things here:

1) I would use the NIH BW planner...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

That seems highly unlikely given that relatively short and small athletes are able to lift using a 4" belt without issues. Post a video highlighting...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yes, this is the cut point where we see a significant increase in adiposity based chronic disease during screening.

We are not making any...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Probably another upper day....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

The frequency is a little less, but the volume is more. If I added an extra day, it would likely be an arm/shoulder day....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Heavy slow resistance training has lots of evidence for efficacy, though the weight- not the volitional eccentric- is what makes the reps move slowly...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yes to both....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

I would be curious to know how much muscle you've gained in the past two years, though it's perfectly normal for different muscles do develop at different...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

What's your waist circumference?...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yea, this is made up- which you can tell by someone using the term "connective tissue health". I'm not exactly sure what that is, but I'd ask...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Great question!

In general, I think it's much harder to do antagonist supersets for the lower body given that there is quite a bit of overlap...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yea, I don't think that's crazy unusual, as there's a huge variance amongst individuals of similar bodyweights based on genetics, LBM, physical activity,...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yep, we use a bit of that in the strength templates. For some, this seems to really work well- though for others, not so much. This is the case with most...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

For the steady state, we would advise using RPE over a strict heart rate zone.

Training fasted is fine if you want to, though you may find...

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Yep, though I would aim for ~34-35" on your waist as measured per our instructions....

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

You're going to need a smaller belt, methinks. #firstworldproblems...