In todays episode I'm chatting with scientific writer, fitness model and researcher Menno Henselmans - he is known for many things in the industry, but a lesser known fact about him is that he - unlike more and more of his fellow practitioners - is not a big fan of using refeeds or diet breaks during fat-loss phases.
In this interview we dig deep into why that is the case!
Time-Stamps:
0:21 - Menno's general stance on refeeds and diet breaks
3:50 - Do refeeds have a long cultural history in fitness circles?
6:52 - Bill Campbell's recent study on refeeds
11:25 - Mechanism of refeeds helping with muscle retention?
14:07 - Alternating low and high kcal days to get rid of "stubborn" fat?
23:20 - The problem with the "metabolic-benefits" of calorie cycling
28:49 - What would it take for you to start using refeeds/diet breaks?
30:08 - What are the benefits coaches observe anecdotally from refeeds/diet breaks
32:40 - How Menno uses calorie cycling
37:00 - The challenges of dieting are only in our heads?!
45:55 - Where can we find your work?
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