Chris Gates Fitness · 20. How To Track Your Macros Tracking macronutrients is a great way to learn about your diet and start to understand how to manage your nutrition on a daily basis. By tracking macronutrients — or “macros” — you’ll learn where your calories come from, and how to manipulate your diet over […]
Well, it’s complete. I finished my 102-day cut, and the results were just about exactly what I hoped for. Over that time, I lost a total of 21 pounds. At the beginning of my cut, I weighed as much as 190 pounds. At the end, I checked in as low as 169 pounds. Before I […]
Intermittent fasting is a pretty big buzzword in the fitness industry these days. So big, that I think this idea, and others that stem from it, are made to sound much more complicated than necessary. In this article, I hope to define what intermittent fasting is and provide some scenarios that make it simple to […]
A common generalization of dieting is that you have to eat extremely boring foods to get results. Rice. Chicken. Broccoli. Rinse. Repeat. False. Welcome to flexible dieting, also known as “If It Fits Your Macros” or “IIFYM.” I’ve detailed macros in previous posts. If you want to get on a flexible dieting plan, or if you […]