40 things you should know

fatty2fabby

hahah my fav - 45. Rocky was a movie. You are not Rocky and you are not in a movie. Cook your damn eggs, do not drink them raw. You can not digest a raw egg, you are not that tough.

nz_deevaa

Number 27. What is GI? (will likely feel stupid when I hear the response, I'll brace myself).

chrisdavey

Number 27. What is GI? (will likely feel stupid when I hear the response, I'll brace myself).

Glycemic Index

nz_deevaa

Oh! Dah.

*skulks away*

jennifershoo

bump again!!!

HonkyTonks

This is an interesting article as well, I found it from this list

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-energy-balance-equation.html

chrisdavey

This is an interesting article as well, I found it from this list

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-energy-balance-equation.html

Bloody awesome article. Love Lyle McDonald's stuff!

grinch031

I'd say thats a pretty good list. However that is like observing Newtonian physics in a Quantum physics world.

madamchoochoo

Brilliant....

carrie_eggo

Chris, this is great!

PercivalHackworth

Great reminder

FaithHopeBELIEVE

You always post awesome things Chris!

katsmo

This is the one that surprised me:

11. The only way you ‘shock’ the body into growth is to continually increase the activity stimuli load NOT by changing exercises around or doing different exercises.

annacham

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JGT2004

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jenniebean1680

Bumpity-Bump!

chrisdavey

This is the one that surprised me:

11. The only way you ‘shock’ the body into growth is to continually increase the activity stimuli load NOT by changing exercises around or doing different exercises.

Don't tell Tony Horton that!

chrisdavey

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mis251190

So in order to lose weight i need to burn more then 1200 calories a day???

chrisdavey

So in order to lose weight i need to burn more then 1200 calories a day???

I have no idea where you got that idea from. Your total calorie intake must be less than the amount of energy you burn. That is dependent on your weight, height, BF% & activity level. This is called TDEE.

If you are saying that you currently eat 1200 cals per day & you want to burn 1200 in exercise calories this would be a terrible idea as you're net cal intake would be 0. You're TDEE could be 2000cals per day. 0-2000= -2000. Do this 7 days a week for a 14000cal deficit per week. That is WAAAAAAAY too much. You're healthy deficit will depend on how much weight you have to lose. Larger people can get away with larger deficits. Leaner people have to have much smaller deficits to preserve muscle mass.

HonkyTonks

So in order to lose weight i need to burn more then 1200 calories a day???

I have no idea where you got that idea from. Your total calorie intake must be less than the amount of energy you burn. That is dependent on your weight, height, BF% & activity level. This is called TDEE.

If you are saying that you currently eat 1200 cals per day & you want to burn 1200 in exercise calories this would be a terrible idea as you're net cal intake would be 0. You're TDEE could be 2000cals per day. 0-2000= -2000. Do this 7 days a week for a 14000cal deficit per week. That is WAAAAAAAY too much. You're healthy deficit will depend on how much weight you have to lose. Larger people can get away with larger deficits. Leaner people have to have much smaller deficits to preserve muscle mass.

I am wondering if these sorts of things come from the whole "if you eat a twinkie, you have to burn this many calories to burn it off" thing the diet industry writes about. Some people honestly think they need to burn off everything they eat through exercise if they want to lose weight. I want to do an animated youtube video or something that explains all the basics of weight loss so everybody can understand.

Tsrwalker

bump for later

amoffatt

13. Abs are achieved by having a low body fat NOT by doing abdominal crunches.

Does this mean I can stop doing crunches for right now???:bigsmile:

strela32

rofl............

Rocky was a movie. You are not Rocky and you are not in a movie. Cook your damn eggs, do not drink them raw. You can not digest a raw egg, you are not that tough.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Be aware of Salmonela! LOL

chrisdavey

13. Abs are achieved by having a low body fat NOT by doing abdominal crunches.

Does this mean I can stop doing crunches for right now???:bigsmile:

You should do planks anyway. Engage the whole core, not just the front

bademasi

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shazamonster

I think it was #42- well said! So true.

thebodyevolutionreport

Thanks for posting my ''article'' Chris. Cheque is in the mail buddy!

Also wow thank you all for the kind words, I'm glad you found it entertaining as well as informative etc.

I have been extremely busy and have not had much time to write lately but I've been asked to do some articles for an online Bodybuilding and Fitness magazine so there will be more to come in the near future.

tageekly

13. Abs are achieved by having a low body fat NOT by doing abdominal crunches.

Does this mean I can stop doing crunches for right now???:bigsmile:

You should do planks anyway. Engage the whole core, not just the front

Agreed - planks make my muscles burn more than crunches and work other areas in addition to your core.

Thanks for posting this - some great stuff!

mamitosami

Finally. This is perfect. Thanks again as always Chris...