May 18, 2018
Coach D and Trent lay out the basics of nutrition for the 40fit athlete. It's easy (and tempting) to overcomplicate the subject, but fundamentally nutrition is about providing the fuel we need for our bodies to grow and function as we want. Our diet, the things we eat every day, should follow our physical goals. If your goal is to get stronger and you are underweight, you need to gain weight (muscle) and strength train. Simple.
Except we often get distracted by things that don't matter. It's common in western culture to be concerned with the number on the scale. When we talk about diet we say things like "I want to lose weight." What do we mean exactly? Weight is a vague term. Often what we really mean is that we want to lose body fat and look better, which involves gaining more muscle mass. What if we lost body fat, our waist measurement went down, but we gained muscle, and the number on the scale went up? Is that not a desirable outcome? The important point here is that the number on the scale is arbitrary, and simply losing or gaining weight is not a very specific goal.
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