January 30
Beat the Snot Out of Death
Are your bulking phases, or just the act of eating like a bodybuilder, shortening your athletic career or your life? It's possible, but Dr. L's got a plan and it involves "calorie restriction mimetics." Read, learn, live long and prosper.
January 17
Hardgainer No More!
Don't settle for not achieving your lean body mass goals. Apply these nutrient timing strategies.
January 4
Strategic Overeating for Mass
"No one in this world can you trust: not men, not women, not beasts... this you can trust."
January 1
Dieting Disasters
The most common causes of diet failure and how to avoid the mistakes. Check this out.
December 6
Nutrition Quest 2
Dr. Roussell answers your questions about trans fats, the Zone Diet, and more. Check it out.
November 27
16 Nutrition Facts
Dr. Roussell brain-dumps sixteen facts, tips, and interesting tidbits about food and supplements.
November 9
On-The-Go Nutrition
That's me, except it's not a van and it's not down by the river. But yeah, I basically live in my car. You see, I'm a trainer who goes to people's houses all day long to work them out, so instead of having an office as my home base, my car is my home base.
October 25
The Anti-Skinny Fat Manifesto
Kinda skinny looking yet still have a gut? That’s skinny-fat. Here’s how to fix it.
October 10
Harness the Power of TEF
Everything you need to know about the thermic effect of food.
September 28
Meat!
Usually in an exploration of functional foods, one hears a lot about vegetables, fruits, herbs, phytochemicals and such. That's all cool to learn, but most humans are after all omnivorous. That is, man does not generally live by plants alone.
September 14
Nutrition, Your Brain, and Your Body
A few weeks back, at a small research meeting in Toronto, Ontario, my good friend Dr. Alan Logan handed me a book I hadn't heard of before.
September 12
Nutrition Quest 1
Dr. Roussell weighs in on butter, oatmeal and milk thistle. Check it out.
August 28
Getting Unshredded
So you want to get shredded, do ya? Like, ridiculously shredded? You know, 3% body fat shredded? Well, if so, you're in the wrong place, bubba.
August 16
Precious Bodily Fluids
Now that I've got your attention with the title, let's try to raise our thinking from the lower centers of bodily function and get more cerebral, shall we? (Admittedly there are those, like a certain editor around here, who can weave both into an entertaining editorial, but I'm not going to attempt that bit of literary stunt pilotry.)
July 31
Naked Truth: Xenoestrogens
The strength coaches, trainers, scientists, nutritionists, and editors at T-Nation have been debunking nutrition, supplementation, and fitness myths for years now with topics ranging from glutamine use to training frequency to tuna fish & mercury.
July 18
Man Fuel 2
When it comes to building muscle or performing at your peak athletically, nutrition is 50% of the equation. Or is it 75%? Maybe 90%? Whatever. It's, like, really important, okay?
July 5
The Low-Carb Roundtable - Part 2
Low-carbohydrate diets have certainly received their share of attention in recent years. While the popularity of Atkins, South Beach, and other low-carb diets peaked last year, it remains an interesting topic among physique athletes.
July 3
The Low-Carb Roundtable - Part 1
Low-carbohydrate diets have certainly received their share of attention in recent years. While the popularity of Atkins, South Beach, and other low-carb diets peaked last year, it remains an interesting topic among physique athletes.
June 27
Food Magic X 5
If you drop about a roll and a half of Mentos mints into a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke, you'd better run like hell because the Mentos causes the Coke to erupt into a beautiful, 15-foot high, sugary-sweet Coca Cola geyser.