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4. Q&A: Macros for Beginners, How We Met, Maintenance Calories
Coach Dylan & Coach Sam dive into a listener Q&A this week. Thank you to our wonderful audience for the questions!
We Cover:
1. Tips for Beginners at Tracking Macros
- why it's a helpful educational tool
- the importance of pre-planning meals
- why eye balling portion size can be detrimental
2. How We Met
- we cannot agree on this. Good luck listening
- the benefits of "right place, right time" & being an opportunist
3. Can You Live at Maintenance Calories?
- why Sam thinks maintenance is "beautiful"
- how the traditional of model of bulking + cutting might be more detrimental than beneficial depending on the individual
- why slow progress is the best kind of progress
- the research behind body recomposition
- the impact of bulking + cutting on mental health/mindset
4. Signs of Overtraining
- how to identify the point of diminishing returns & negative returns
- the significance of RED-S & low energy availability in female and male athletes
- the impact of stress accumulation
Follow Us on Instagram:
Coach Dylan @coach_dylandacosta
Coach Sam @fiveelementscoaching
Post-production, music & overall wizardry by Jonathan Gavin @gonathanjavin
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By Five Elements CoachingCoach Dylan & Coach Sam dive into a listener Q&A this week. Thank you to our wonderful audience for the questions!
We Cover:
1. Tips for Beginners at Tracking Macros
- why it's a helpful educational tool
- the importance of pre-planning meals
- why eye balling portion size can be detrimental
2. How We Met
- we cannot agree on this. Good luck listening
- the benefits of "right place, right time" & being an opportunist
3. Can You Live at Maintenance Calories?
- why Sam thinks maintenance is "beautiful"
- how the traditional of model of bulking + cutting might be more detrimental than beneficial depending on the individual
- why slow progress is the best kind of progress
- the research behind body recomposition
- the impact of bulking + cutting on mental health/mindset
4. Signs of Overtraining
- how to identify the point of diminishing returns & negative returns
- the significance of RED-S & low energy availability in female and male athletes
- the impact of stress accumulation
Follow Us on Instagram:
Coach Dylan @coach_dylandacosta
Coach Sam @fiveelementscoaching
Post-production, music & overall wizardry by Jonathan Gavin @gonathanjavin