Scientifically Designed Nutrition & Conditioning Plan for a Natural Men's Physique Competitor: Effective, but at a Fat-to-LBM Loss Ratio of 1.34 Probably Far from Being 'Optimal'
Men's Physique looks very different from Bodybuilding, but the contest prep is in many ways comparable. A study on a "scientifically designed nutrition and conditioning plan" for natural body builders? Sounds too good to be true, and in fact it is. If you've read the headline which says "a natural bodybuilder" careful, you'd already suspect that what we are dealing with is just another case study... albeit one with interesting insights into a successful 14-week conditioning plan of which the scientists say that it encouraged the consumption of a variety of foods, did not cut out certain macronutrients completely, did not involve excessive amounts of exercise and left the subject enough time to rest and recover. Do you have to worry about fasting when your're dieting!? Don't be stupid! Breakfast and Circadian Rhythm Does Meal Timing Matter? Habits Determine Effects of Fasting Breaking the Fast & the Brain Does the Bre...