Jan 25, 2019
Last episode we posed the question: why do our workouts have to be so hard? The scientific answer to this question lies in the concept of the stress-recovery-adaptation cycle, or SRA cycle, derived from Hans Selye's work in the first half of the twentieth century. Simply put, in order to generate an adaptation, which...
Jan 18, 2019
As the saying goes, it's a feature, not a bug. Hard, that is. Any training program worth its salt must be hard, at least part of the time.
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Jan 11, 2019
Robert Santana is back for part 2 of a deep conversation on nutrition, dieting for bodyfat loss, and fostering healthy eating habits for sustainable weight loss. In this episode, Santana breaks down the roles of the macronutrients in a weight loss situation, and explains why carbs are NOT evil (and in fact do not lead...
Jan 4, 2019
Coach D sits down with dietician and Starting Strength Coach Robert Santana to talk about the million dollar question: how do you lose fat, and keep it off? First, it's important to understand why we get fat -- the body chemistry of fat and muscle gain -- and where we've missed the mark on the science of fat loss in...