Heyo, I’m fairly confident you’ve heard people (including me) say it’s hard to out-train a bad diet. While that’s true, there’s another side to that phrase that isn't talked about enough: It's equally difficult to out-diet a sedentary lifestyle. In today's article, I want to answer that. Specifically, why physical activity is just as important as your diet when losing fat. You can read the full article here: -> It’s Very Hard to Out-Train a Bad Diet but It’s Equally Difficult to Out-Diet a...
13 days ago • 1 min read
Something I've struggled with for a while now is the realisation that my attention has become increasingly fragmented. This is new to me, and I don't know when it started happening, but it's become more pronounced over the last year or so. I remember a time when I could sit and focus on a task for a solid hour before needing to take a short break. These days, it's hard to get through thirty minutes before my mind starts rebelling. So what's the solution? I don't know. But something I've been...
27 days ago • 7 min read
Heyo, It's time for another instalment of the Vitamin––the weekly fitness newsletter that helps you be healthier, stronger, and leaner while navigating fitness bullshit. ..AADAM ANSWERS.. Is my protein powder dangerous? Q: I live in Arizona (land of guns and seed oil skepticism) and my weekly argument with my raw milk drinking, chicken-raising mother is that she wants me to start taking this for protein, when I currently take this, to which she has this to say: “Honestly, this is a terrible...
about 1 month ago • 6 min read
Hey, It's time for another instalment of the Vitamin––the weekly fitness newsletter that helps you be healthier, stronger, and leaner while navigating fitness bullshit. AADAM ANSWERSWeighted vests for fat loss? Q–I originally heard about a pro bodybuilder named Eric Salazar who used a weighted vest to get to his leanest body fat percentage for one of his competitions. He didn’t have to lower his calories & he didn’t feel as hungry because of it, even though he was sub 10%. Do you think this...
5 months ago • 6 min read
Heyo, Guess what? Kris is taking Amara to Spain today, which means I'll be alone for the first time in two years. It will be just me, myself, and the crushing realisation that I have no social life outside of being a dad. Do you hear that? Exactly. That's the sweet, sweet sound of silence. By the time you read this, I'll probably be deep into catching up on all the anime I've been adding to my "one-day-I’ll-watch-these-when-I’m-not-too-busy-raising-a-small-human" list. Then I might spend the...
6 months ago • 4 min read
I recently bought a walking pad, and – I'm going to hate myself for using this phrase – it's been a game-changer. I've had it for just under two weeks, and my average step count has more than doubled from ~5k/day to ~12k/day. Can you guess when I got the walking pad? Over the last few years, I've noticed myself becoming increasingly sedentary outside of the gym. While weight training is great, it won't make up for an otherwise sedentary lifestyle. And there's a ton of data at this point...
8 months ago • 5 min read
Hey, It's time for another instalment of the Vitamin––the weekly fitness newsletter that helps you be healthier, stronger, and leaner while navigating fitness bullshit. Is full-body training better for fat loss? As far as muscle and strength gain are concerned, the way you set up your training split doesn’t seem to matter all that much as long as you’re doing enough training volume each week. [1] But what about fat loss? Could a certain training split be better for shedding body fat? That’s...
8 months ago • 6 min read
Hey, It's time for another instalment of the Vitamin––the weekly fitness newsletter that helps you be healthier, stronger, and leaner while navigating fitness bullshit. The stuff that *actually* matters The wellness industry wants you to believe you have to optimise every iota of your life to be healthy, and it’s bullshit. In reality, if you do the following, you’re ticking almost all the boxes for being fit and healthy. Body composition Body composition – i.e. muscle and body fat – have a...
8 months ago • 6 min read
Hey, It's time for another instalment of the Vitamin––the weekly fitness newsletter that helps you be healthier, stronger, and leaner while navigating fitness bullshit. The optimal number of steps Okay, yes. I know, I know. I've written a lot about step counts. However, this new study [1] was a very thorough review and analysis of the research on the topic so far, and I thought it was worth discussing to help give us a better idea of how many steps we should be taking. So let's get into it....
9 months ago • 8 min read