Combining Metabolic and Tension Training – Q&A
Ok, the above is a little bit all over the place so let me see if I can de-all over the place it. The question is sort of jumping from mass gains and dieting which aren’t the same. Let me get dieting out of the way. In these two articles I looked at tension and metabolic training, roughly heavy work in the 6-12 repetition range vs. high reps in terms of what should be done on a diet. Basically I was addressing a very old (and mainly steroid-driven) idea that switching exclusively to high reps and short rests on a diet is not optimal for a natural lifter.
An Introduction to Dieting
I tend to draw up fairly complicated calculated out diets. But this is generally for the more advanced dieter and certainly isn’t required. So here’s a “brief” look at something that most people would probably expect me to crap on.
Calories Not Matching Macros – Q&A
This may come across as sounding like a very rookie question so bare with me. I just had a question regarding my macros/calories. My current macros are at 46 fat, 165 carb and 144 protein and calories at 1650. However, recently I have been hitting my macros spot on but not my calories. I am aware that there is 4 calories per gram of carb/protein and 9 calories per gram of fat. What am I doing wrong?
DOMS and Muscle Growth
This has been one of those ideas floating around for years and I still see posts about people feeling as if they didn’t have a good workout if they don’t get DOMS or actually chasing DOMS. That is, based on the belief that DOMS equals growth, DOMS becomes the end-goal. When growth and progress should be the end goal.
