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Born and raised in Louisiana, this was and still is my favorite. I like it with Red fish, but catfish is easier to come by. http://www.nolacuisine.com/2005/10/29/cajun-catfish-courtbouillon-recipe/

As others have stated, weight loss will be from your diet (calories in vs calories out) and while exercising does impact on the calories out, its a very small impact. I have high BP as well so a couple of tips that have worked for me and to be mindful of if your working out is in regards to weight lifting. Also, I am not a…

As far as I can tell, the notes section just accepts simple text entry. You can provide a html link (as plain text) to the video source to reference later, but the link does not embed to play directly from the notes itself. You would have to copy and paste into a browser to get to. Edit: Disregard, I think I misread what…

Body Nutrition Trutein Red Velvet Cake and Banana Cream are my go to powders. I like also use the Banana Cream to make faux banana pudding with vanilla Greek yogurt, bananas, and vanilla wafers.

Just some ramblings because while your question seems specific, it is also vastly vague. Most of your questions have to deal with the sodium content of said condiments typically used in Japanese food. Notice I said condiments to get you thinking that it is up to you on how much or how little you deem to use. There is…

My opinion would be based on what your goals are and at what bodyfat % are you currently rather than trying to tie anything per say to "seasons". But here is Lyle McDonald's practical recommendations which will give you some guidance. You can deduce from there on how long the cycles are based on your intended goals and…

Here is a good video with Matt Wenning talking to Chad on Conjugate. One thing that sticks out, is his talking about this method working really well for people who have a lot of time under the bar having mastered the main movements before utilizing this style of programming due to the variability of exercises.…

Just some ramblings as I recently heard a podcast on this with Dr. Mike Israetel on the topic of soreness as it relates to weight training and NOTE... The information provided is not normally something you would care too much about if you are new to training as this is just interesting information and a minor detail in…

From a training standpoint specifically for football, I cannot offer you any insightful information, I will leave that to someone with more experience to offer advice or opinion on that matter. If your goal is to put on muscle of any significance, then you will have to gain weight. There are trade-offs that have to take…

Honestly, I thought I kept my original reply (again, not to the OP, but to the poster's response) fairly simplistic and minimal. I agreed with her, but only offered a subtle difference that there is in general between the sexes and in offering said information, might give the OP better information when looking and…

Again, the typical use of those carb sources are for fast delivery due to extended glycolytic training/performance events that you need to maintain energy to keep training/competing or you are training multiple times a day and eating your carbs to replace glycogen stores are problematic. That's not to say you can't use…

That's why I started my sentence with "true" and offered a known differentiation with the statement of "might" as a reply to the poster's reply and not directly to the OP. The assumption of the programming being lower rep strength focused was not made by the OP and does not negate my offered information as being correct.…

I would add to @SideSteel 's comments that whey and dextrose (or whatever other carb delivery of your choosing, i.e..Gatorade, Tang, etc...) might be beneficial if training/football is putting high glycolytic demands on your body during that training and or event and if need or want, protein to cover daily needs. Based on…

True, but women can actually handle loads closer to their 1RM and more volume due to better recovery between sets. So there might be subtle differences in programming between the gender.

What is/are your goals? Your goal(s) will lend to answer your question due to the specificity of your goal(s). Beyond that, some have mentioned about doing big muscles first, then working your way to smaller ones, and while this is solid advice, its just not a 100% rule. There might be times where, in trying to grow a…

I will add this as I think there needs to be some context added as there are things that might be misconstrued. Lyle McDonald has a great article on his website talking about genetic muscular potential. He references several models including his, Alan Aragon's, and one or two others that assume*, depending on the level of…

I have tried both for extended periods and have concluded, I am a conventional puller. So for my strength blocks, I pull conventional and for my hypertrophy blocks, I use Sumo as one of my possible exercises.

Typically, eating a meal, especially since we are talking about breakfast (and assuming that you were fasting for many hours beforehand...i.e.. asleep), will give you better training performance. But as the other poster mentioned, it comes down to personal preference. Cardio or weights order might have more to do with…

I would contingently recommend: Protein powder, IF... you do not get enough protein intake from food to meet daily requirements. Fish oil, IF... you don't eat fish occasionally throughout the week. Multi-vitamin, IF... you want insurance against being in a caloric deficit and/or you don't think you eat enough…

You probably won't be able to use the MFP database to truly account for vitamin/mineral intake as most don't include that info in the entries. I normally go off of the premise that if I am in a deficit and even though I am eating a varied diet, I am not eating enough food to maintain my current bodyweight, thus I might not…

So as I had never heard of it and just wanted know (pure curiosity in case someone ever asked me about it), I looked it up and here is a snippet directly from their website. "According to Dr. Tran Tien, "The cause of many weight issues in a modern society is insulin dysfunction. A diet grossly disproportionate in its share…

Just throwing this out there as Dr. Israetel mentioned this in a Facebook post a while back. He also answered a few follow up questions people posted, so might be of interest to you. https://www.facebook.com/michael.israetel/posts/10105895525251953

@queenliz99 provides a link on how. What you need to ask yourself is why...why would "I" follow this diet protocol? Will it work? Assuming it creates a calorie deficit (if your goal is to lose weight), then yes, just like any other diet. If it created a calorie surplus, you would gain weight, just like any other diet. Can…

What if I told you weightloss was purely a result of consuming less calories than needed, regardless if those calories came from broccoli and brown rice or Twinkies? Something to ponder in regards to your question of weightloss.

I personally, probably take a little higher daily dosage than some (on top of what I get from normal diet). I don't measure exactly, but know it's usually between 9-12 grams a day (so around twice the recommended daily dosage once saturated). My logic behind this...(disclaimer...my personal logic/opinions): 1. I'm bigger…

Lyle McDonald has some practical recommendations for this. http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/initial-body-fat-and-body-composition-changes.html/

Not SideSteel, but I would offer some insight from Greg Nuckols, who is a very intelligent guy when it comes to lifting. I would think the use of wraps would follow some of the same logic as the use of a belt that he gets in depth with. Greg has a few other articles dealing with belt usage that are a little less wordy on…

I've run PHAT several times and will throw a few meso-cycles of it in when I feel like a change in my current programming. I don't have a time restraint when running PHAT, so my workouts would normally last around 2 hours (maybe a little longer on legs). The routine is just a template and can be structured to accommodate…

I would only add to this with an interesting review piece at Pubmed talking about exercise (I did not see the modality of exercise mentioned...it might not be relevant) having a greater impact in decreasing visceral fat than diet. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27213481 "In the absence of weight loss, exercise is…

Agree. I was only speaking towards Leptin as the variable, but the psychology of those re-feeds and or "cheat meals" definitely has impact. Maybe even to the point of alleviating higher Cortisol levels due to diet and exercise, thus even having some weight-loss impact as well (that whoosh effect).