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🔥HOW MANY CARBS ON KETO? 💯⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ Just starting out, it can be hard to know how many carbs you should eat on keto. Since not everyone actually agrees on this. I mean, some people will tell you to stay below 20 grams per day. While others seem to get by on over 50 grams. So, who's right?⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ KETO VS. LOW-CARB: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?⁠ 🥑⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ Of course, the main difference between keto and low-carb, is ketosis. Or, in other words, a keto diet puts you into ketosis, while low-carb won't quite get you there⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ But all in all, keto and low-carb diets have a lot in common. And in practice, it can be hard to tell a keto diet from a low-carb diet. Since, in either case, you wind up eating mostly the same foods⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ SO, IN THE END, KETO IS JUST A VERY LOW-CARB DIET. PLUS, YOUR LOW-CARB DIET, COULD BE KETO FOR SOMEONE ELSE⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ But, to be clear, keto diets are usually lower in carbs. And they will put you into ketosis, where as low-carb diets won't. (You can test your blood ketone levels to make sure)⁠⁣ ⁣⁠⁣ THE KETO CARB LIMIT ❌⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ Now, all this means that there must be a keto carb limit. Since, if you eat too many carbs, you won't get into ketosis. But, in reality, it's more like a keto carb RANGE; not a hard LIMIT⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ Meaning, there's a wide range of carb intakes that could put you into ketosis. Depending on your daily calorie burn, and physical activity levels. Or even based on your fiber intake, for example⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ So above, we give you a ROUGH carb goal for keto. As well as for low-carb diets. Since there's some built-in overlap between the 2 ranges⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ TAKEAWAY✅⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ After all, keto and low-carb diets aren't much different. Keto is just a bit lower in carbs, as to put you in ketosis. But, your keto diet may be low-carb for someone else, or vice versa. And your keto carb intake can change over time, if you start exercising more, for instance⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ ON KETO, AIM TO EAT ~20-80 GRAMS OF CARBS PER DAY. AND TEST TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE IN KETOSIS⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ FOR A LOW-CARB DIET, AIM TO EAT ~50-120 GRAMS OF CARBS PER DAY⁠⁣ ⁣⁣⁠⁣ LASTLY, WHATEVER DIET YOU CHOOSE, MAKE SURE IT FITS YOUR GOALS OR PREFERENCES. IN THE END, THE DIET HAS TO WORK FOR YOU 💯

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🔥MONSTER LIST OF ALL THE BEST KETO FOODS 💯⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ To be clear, we don't think that keto is the best diet for fat loss. And keto is def not for everyone. But, it does work very well for many of us. So here, we lay out a list of the best keto diet foods:⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ IF YOU WANT TO TRY KETO, READ THIS FIRST ‼️⁣⁣⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ 1. PROTEINS 🍤⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ In general, you should aim to eat ~1.8 grams of protein per kg of body weight. Or, simply, aim for ~1 g/lb in protein each day. As this will blunt your appetite, and help you build muscle too. Some great sources on this list include meats, protein powder, seafood, and eggs⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ 2. FATS + OILS 🥑⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ On keto, many of your calories will come from fats. Plus, you need at least some fat in your diet, to promote proper hormonal function and nutrient absorption. ⁠Here, some healthy fat sources include avocados, nuts, seeds, and cheeses ⁣⁠ 3. FRUITS + VEGGIES 🥗⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Fruits and veggies, while often low in carbs and calories, provide many essential nutrients in the diet. So, you should eat a bunch of these, even on keto. Some lower-carb options include spinach, broccoli, peppers, and berries ⁣⁣⁠ 4. SNACKS 🧀⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Snacks aren't really necessary. And they definitely shouldn't make up the bulk of your keto diet. Especially if you want to lose fat. But, if you're going to have snacks on keto, there are some good options. Like pork rinds, jerky, or keto bars ⁣⁣⁠ 5. CONDIMENTS 🥫⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Like with snacks, you won't need any condiments. But, they can help make your keto diet more enjoyable. So try out low-carb ketchup, mustard, or salsa, for example ⁣⁣⁠ 6. SWEETENERS 🧂⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ If you ever plan to bake on keto, then low-carb sweeteners will come in clutch. And with far less calories. Some good options include sucralose, erythritol, or stevia, to name a few ⁣⁣⁠ 7. DRINKS + MISC. 🥛⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Lastly, we have low-carb drinks. To the delight of coffee lovers. But also nice if you like using almond milk, bone broth, xanthan gum, etc. ⁣⁣⁠ Now, you won't always be keto JUST because you eat the foods on this list. Since keto depends on your total daily carb limit. As we'll explain in our next post. Until then though, eating only the foods on this list is a good start 💯

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🔥 TRAINING TO FAILURE: GOOD FOR SIZE?⁣⁠ 💪⁠ ⁣⁠ In physique culture, training to failure is often seen as a good thing. With Arnold even saying, “the last 3 or 4 reps is what makes the muscle grow.” But, is that really true?⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ First off, there’s no doubt that training to failure works well. We’ve at least seen that much over the years. But, some new studies cast doubt on the idea that you need to hit failure⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ WHAT WE KNOW⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ You see, it can be very taxing to hit failure. As that piles on more fatigue per set. Hence, when you go to failure, it takes you longer to recover. While failing may up your risk of injury as well⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ But, on the other hand, going to failure ensures that you’ve trained hard enough. So, in a way, missing a rep shows that your set wasn’t “wasted.”⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ (If you don’t get CLOSE to failure, you just won’t grow as much. Especially with light weights.)⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ Now, with that said, does training to failure help? It kind of depends:⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ FOR TRAINED LIFTERS⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ Once you’ve been lifting for a while, failure might not serve you. And in fact, it could hurt. Since, when you stop just shy of failure, you can get the same gains. If not more growth:⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ FOR NEW LIFTERS⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ But, when we look at the studies on newbies, failure training helps with gains. As, on average, we see that new lifters grow a lot more when they fail. For the same number of sets, that is⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ TAKE-HOME POINTS⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ If you feel good about hitting failure, then odds are that’s fine. Just note that it’s a bit more risky. And it might not help⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ DON’T GO TO FAILURE - STOP JUST SHORT. AND ONLY RISK FAILING ON THE LAST SET OF A SINGLE-JOINT LIFT⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ THAT IS, UNLESS YOU’RE A NEWBIE. IN WHICH CASE, IT’S FINE TO MISS A FEW REPS. AT LEAST ON ISOLATION LIFTS. SINCE THAT CAN SPEED UP GROWTH. AND HELP YOU LEARN HOW TO TRAIN HARD⁣ 💯 . . (Credit @gregnuckols for the graph)

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⏱HOW LONG SHOULD YOU REST BETWEEN SETS?⁣🔥 ⁣ In the past, this has been a tricky question. With some saying you should cut rest periods short. Or do supersets. While others argue that long rest periods are best for gains. So, who’s right?⁣ ⁣ THE STUDIES⁣ ⁣ To start, a 2014 literature review found that long rest intervals (2.5+ mins) seem to help with muscle growth. Which made it seem like long rest periods are in fact, best for gains. But, there wasn’t a huge difference between long and short rest times. And...⁣ ⁣ In 2015, a paper cast some doubt on that finding. As Villanueva et al. showed that 1-minute rest periods were better for muscle growth. Where the long-rest group gained less lean mass and strength. So, at this point, people weren’t sure what to think about rest periods⁣ ⁣ Finally, in 2017, @jozogr et al. analyzed all 6 studies on rest intervals. Comparing long rest periods (>1 minute) to short rests (<1 min) for muscle growth. And in the end, they found that long rest periods are actually better. Since, with rests of over 1 minute between sets, you built ~37% more muscle on average. But...⁣ ⁣ WHY IS THAT?⁣ ⁣ In brief, long rest periods boost your gains via performance. That is, when you rest longer, you can do more reps with each set. And those extra reps count - helping you build more muscle⁣ ⁣ A new study supports this. Showing that long rests are better, if you match for SETS. But, when you match for volume load (sets x reps x weight), then gains are similar in each case. So, if you can only do 3 sets, then long rests are better for gains. But, if you do an extra ~1-2 sets (to match total volume), then short rests work just as well⁣ ⁣ In other words, you have 2 options:⁣ ⁣ 1. Do ~3-4 sets, with long rests ⁣ ⁣ OR⁣ ⁣ 2. Do ~4-6 sets, with short rests⁣ ⁣ Either way, you should grow about the same. And you don’t save much time, whichever option you choose. Personally, I’d say it’s ideal to rest longer. Since that way, you won’t have to do as many sets, for your gains⁣ ⁣ BOTH LONG AND SHORT REST PERIODS CAN WORK WELL FOR GROWTH. BUT, LONG RESTS ARE BEST FOR GROWTH, FOR A GIVEN SET COUNT⁣ ⁣ SO TO GET THE MOST OUT OF EACH SET, REST FOR AT LEAST 1 MINUTE 💯

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⏱HOW FAST TO LIFT? REP TEMPO 101 🔥⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ In the past, there’s been a good debate around rep tempo. With some arguing that slow, controlled reps are better for growth. And others saying that explosive, fast reps are the way to go. So, who’s right?⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ THE STUDIES⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ To start, a 2012 study showed that you can train too slow for muscle growth. Since, when compared to fast reps (2-4 seconds), super-slow reps (14 seconds) led to much less quad growth. In fact, the group doing fast reps grew over 3x more than the slow-rep group.⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ But, 14-second reps are pretty extreme. And, the concentric portion of the lift was 10-seconds long in that study. So, maybe we should look at more realistic rep tempos...⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ In 2015, Schoenfeld et al. combined all the studies on rep tempo. Then checked to see if there were any benefits to training at one tempo or another. In line with the above study, they saw that super-slow rep tempos, of 10-seconds or more, were worse for gains⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ But, at the same time, this review found similar muscle growth with reps lasting anywhere from 0.5-8 seconds. Which means, unless you’re doing super-slow reps, almost any rep tempo can work well for growth⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ And honestly, you might not even need to time your rep length. Since a 2020 paper showed that self-selected rep tempos work really well for growth. In fact, just as well as a 4-second-rep duration would ⁣⁠ TAKEAWAY⁣⁠ ✔️ ⁣⁠ In the end, almost any rep tempo can work well for growth. And odds are you won’t even need to think about rep tempo; you can just do what feels natural. But, be sure to avoid super-slow reps if you want to max out gains. Since, past ~10 seconds per rep, you don’t grow as much.⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ ALMOST ANY REP TEMPO CAN WORK WELL FOR GAINS. JUST AVOID DOING SUPER-SLOW REPS (OF 10+ SECONDS). AS THESE ARE SHOWN TO BLUNT MUSCLE GROWTH, WHEN COMPARED TO FAST REPS (OF 2-8 SECONDS)⁣ 💪

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WHAT IS TDEE?⁣⁣⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ TDEE stands for “Total Daily Energy Expenditure.'' Which is, simply, the number of calories you burn each day⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ To start, calories are just a basic unit of energy. You burn calories every time you breath. And you take in calories whenever you eat⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ The number of calories you burn each day will vary. I mean, your TDEE depends on how much you move, how much you eat, and how many calories you burn at rest⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ But, why should you care about your TDEE?⁣⁣⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Well, because if you want to lose fat, then you must eat less than your TDEE. And of course, if you want to build muscle, you should eat (slightly) more than your TDEE⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Hence why knowing your TDEE is 🔑 - it tells you how many calories you should be eating to either drop fat or build muscle (if not both in some cases)⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ But before we show you how to use TDEE, let’s first look at what makes up and affects your TDEE⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ COMPONENTS OF TDEE⁣⁣⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ BMR⁣⁣⁠ ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁠ Basal metabolic rate, or BMR, is the number of calories you burn at rest. Or, in other words, it's your daily calorie output if you were to do absolutely nothing - no eating or moving, just breathing⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Sadly, you can’t change your BMR much⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ TEF⁣⁣⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ The thermic effect of food, or TEF, is the number of calories you burn to digest and absorb food. It's also called DIT, or diet-induced thermogenesis⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Briefly, the TEF accounts for any calories burned to break down the food you eat⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ AEE⁣⁣⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Activity energy expenditure, or AEE, is the number of calories you burn during movement⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ Every time you move, you burn calories. So all movement adds to your AEE.⁠ ⁣⁣⁠ That is, the more you move, the more calories you burn⁠ ⁣⁠ HOW TO APPLY THIS: ⁠ ⁣⁠ TO LOSE WEIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE TO EAT LESS THAN YOUR TDEE. TO GAIN WEIGHT, DO THE OPPOSITE. AND WE'LL EXPLAIN HOW-TO IN FUTURE POSTS

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MUSCLE GROWTH: HOW MANY SETS PER WEEK?⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ We know that MORE SETS = MORE GAINS. At least, on average. But, at the same time, you won’t need that many sets to grow. And so, in practice, how much should we lift? Let’s find out:⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ HOW MANY SETS TO GROW FAST?⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ For most of us, muscle growth is a very slow process. Where the difference between good gains, and no progress, may be slim. Hence, it makes sense to shoot for fast muscle growth⁠ ⁣⁠ But, the thing is, it takes a TON of work to grow fast. Maybe up to ~40 sets/muscle per week, in some cases. Which is just wild. Especially if you try that for every muscle group at once⁠ ⁣⁠ I mean, you’d have to spend hours in the gym, on most days. So, many of us wouldn’t have the time, genes, or will to make that work⁠ ⁣⁠ TRY VOLUME CYCLING⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ With volume cycling, you don’t try to grow every muscle at once. Rather, you only build a few muscles - the ones you really want to bring up. And you hit them with lots of sets; maybe up to 40 sets/week⁠ ⁣⁠ But all the while, you don’t train the rest of your body much. Do just enough to maintain; around ~6 sets/week. As that helps you target the muscles you most want to build. That is, without spending hours in the gym each day, or overtraining⁠ ⁣⁠ For example, let’s say you want to build your arms. In this case, you could work up to 20+ sets/week for biceps and triceps. But, at the same time, you only do ~6 sets/week for all other muscles (e.g. abs) - just enough to keep them around. That way, you can max out growth for your arms, and not lose size elsewhere. Then, over time, you switch the target muscle (e.g. hit chest more next)⁠ ⁣⁠ IT WON’T TAKE MUCH TO KEEP YOUR GAINS. BUT, IT TAKES MANY SETS TO BUILD MUSCLE FAST. SO, YOU MAY WANT TO CYCLE VOLUME OVER TIME - THIS COULD HELP YOU GROW MORE

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STIMULATE; DON’T ANNIHILATE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ In the gym, you may have heard this phrase thrown around before. And in general, I think it makes a good point. That, above all, you should be careful with your training. Now, let’s get into a few cases where this may apply:⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ TRAINING TO FAILURE⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ If you have any doubt that your next rep is a good idea, just cap the set. Since, for trained lifters, going to failure won’t help gains. But when you train to failure, you may risk an injury.⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ Hence, when it feels like you’ll miss the next rep, don’t even go for it. At worst, you can just do an extra set to make up for that later. Which, takes us to the next point:⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ DOING A BUNCH OF SETS⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ For any one workout, you won’t grow all that much. And, in the same vein, you only have so much to gain from training more. Thus, if you’re at all torn on doing your next set, just move on. If you can stay healthy, then there’s always next time.⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ To quote @rpdrmike, “training more is like adding salt to a soup.” You can always add salt, or do more sets. But, it’s not like you can take the salt out; you can’t “undo” a set. So, when in doubt, it’s wise to hold back.⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ Plus, if you train too much, you’ll need time off. And, while that’s fine every so often, you don’t want a ton of that. Because overtraining can kill your gains. If not get you hurt, as well...⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ BEST TO BE CAREFUL IN THE GYM. THAT IS, MAKE SURE YOU DON’T TRAIN TOO MUCH. AND, WHEN IN DOUBT, LEAVE A BIT IN THE TANK. YOU’LL LIVE TO LIFT ANOTHER DAY

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LIGHT WEIGHTS: GOOD FOR MUSCLE GROWTH?⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ Most of us seem to think that at-home workouts are bound to be worse for growth. In part because you won’t have access to all the heavy weights and equipment from the gym⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ I mean, in many circles, you even hear phrases like “go heavy, or go home.” As if using light weights just simply doesn’t work. But, is that right? Can you grow muscle with light weights, or not?⁣⁠ ⁣ THE STUDIES⁣ ⁣⁠⁣ Well, to be honest, many studies have tried to answer that question. And, believe it or not, they all seem to agree. You can grow really well with light weights...if not better⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ For example, a 2017 review rounded up all the studies on heavy vs. light weights. And, their findings were pretty clear. Whether you train with high reps, or low reps, you can grow very well. But, there’s more:⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ This year, they followed that study up. To compare light vs heavy weights, for calf training⁣⁠ ⁣⁠ Now, they looked at sets of 6-10 reps, vs. sets of 20-30. And again, they showed that you get the same growth, on average. But further, some people built more muscle with light weights. While others grew more when they trained heavy. And for most people, it didn’t matter much. Since, either way, they grew about the same⁣⁠ ⁣ TAKEAWAY⁣ ⁣⁠⁣ YOU CAN GROW REALLY WELL WITH LIGHT OF HEAVY WEIGHTS. JUST DO ~5-30 REPS PER SET, AND YOU’LL MAKE GREAT GAINS

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