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  • 3 Fat Loss Hormones and Calculating Body Composition

    WORD UP.

    Today’s video addresses my man Jon’s question about losing body fat and what his ideal body composition would be for fighting.

    Jon’s a big dude (6’4″) and wants to fight at 205 lbs, so that puts him exactly at Jon Jones’ dimensions – perfect for Light Heavyweight IMO.

    Here’s what we’ll go through in the video:

    • How to calculate fat mass and lean body mass
    • How to determine how much fat loss and/or muscle gain is needed to achieve a certain body fat %
    • 3 hormones that control your fat loss

    Check it out:

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    [IMPORTANT NOTE: any and all individuals desiring rapid, sustained fat loss must watch this presentation ASAP]

    These allergies are kicking my ass.

    My boy Danny recommended I try this homeopathic remedy called Lufeel. I did. It didn’t work. Too bad – I want so badly to believe in homeopathy, but no homeopathic remedies have worked yet.

    So I’m back on the Claritan. Downfall – I get RABIDLY hungry. Bear waking up from hibernation hungry. If I keep this up I’m going to wear out the hinges on my fridge door.

    No more talk. Must go eat. Have an awesome weekend.

  • Leisel Jones Controversy at the London 2012 Olympics

    You may have heard about the controversy in the news with respect to Australian swimmer Leisel Jones and her being, shall we say, not in possession of what we think of we picture an elite swimmer.

    Oh I’m being a good boy today, with all of my political correct-ness.

    Anyway, there’s no debating whether or not she carries more bodyfat than  her peers, since swimming requires that participants participate in a bathing suit. Just take a look at her physique compared to American Swimmer Dara Torres, who’s physique (especially after having a child) made headlines last Olympics.

    Australian Swimmer Leisel Jones
    Australian Swimmer Leisel Jones
    American Swimmer Dara Torres
    American Swimmer Dara Torres

    Well I’m not here to talk about whether or not she is hot or ugly or embarrassing or whatever. I don’t care.

    But it does raise a couple of interesting debates – with her training volumes and intensities, why is it that her body carries more fat than any of the other competitors?

    How is she eating? 

    That’s always the first thing I’d look at.

    Some people might say, “Leave her alone you prick!”

    But I’m not attacking or judging, I’m just curious.

    Because I’ve always thought that good nutrition that would fuel an elite athlete would result in a lean body. But in this case, she’s either eating well and it’s giving her enough fuel to be an Olympic level athlete but not creating a lean body composition, or she’s eating poorly and performing that well IN SPITE of poor nutrition.

    Or maybe it’s something else that’s contributing to her current body composition that’s completely unrelated to her level of fitness.

    Who knows? 

    We could speculate all day on what it could be.

    Mercury-fillings. EMF. Parasites. Thyroid problem due to certain xenoestrogens in her environment.

    Who the heck knows?

    All I know is that she is not what we’d expect and I’m just curious why.

  • Hormones and Body Fat

    If you think you’re carrying a lot of body fat on a certain area of your body, perhaps you’ve got man-boobs or you carry all of your fat around your stomach, then you may be suffering from a hormone imbalance.

    Thank the estrogen (or plastic surgeon).
    Thank the estrogen (or plastic surgeon).

    Your hormone levels direct where excess fat is stored on your body.

    Don’t believe me?

    Then think about it – what makes a woman different than a man (other than the desire to own more clothes than necessary as my fiancee can prove)?

    The big thing is the different levels of the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone.

    Estrogen is the female sex hormone. During puberty, when estrogen levels ramp up, body fat starts accumulating in the chest and sometimes the bum, for some more than others.

    Testosterone is the male sex hormone that as men, deepens our voice, hairies up our chest (and in some horrific cases, back, neck and shoulders…) and adds a whole lotta muscle mass so we can do impressive things for those estrogen dominant humans we’re always trying to impress.

    [Wikipedia has more on sexual differentiation if you’re so inclined]

    Believe me now?

    Great, then let’s continue…

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