
Damage from Calorie Restriction: Part 2 – The Hormonal Changes of Shredding
What are the hormonal changes that occur while shredding that make fat loss so much harder?

What are the hormonal changes that occur while shredding that make fat loss so much harder?

Why is it harder to keep losing body fat after weeks of shredding? Why does fat loss plateau?

Here is a summary list of the most important points from the "Calorie Restriction and Bone Health" article.

Find out the most important activities you can do to preserve your bone health while shredding.

Find out how undereating affects Parathyroid hormone, Calcitriol, Calcitonin, Growth hormone, IGF-1, Cortisol, Thyroid hormone, Testosterone, Estrogen, and Progesterone.

What hormones influences bone? Parathyroid hormone, Calcitriol, Calcitonin, Growth hormone, IGF-1, Cortisol, Thyroid hormone, Testosterone, Estrogen, and
Progesterone. How do these hormones impact bone?

Before you understand how food affects bone, you need to understand a little bit about bone.

Here is a summary list of the most important points from the "Carb Cycling and Refeeds" article.

Fat loss phases where you have prolonged energy restriction can impair hormonal health. How long do you need to be in a calorie surplus to improve your hormonal health during a shred phase? How often should you take diet breaks?

A diet break is a calorie surplus lasting at least 72 hours and driven through a high carb intake. Find out why these are a necessity during a shred phase.

Eating a lot of carbs after you lift helps grow muscle whether you’re lean gainsing or attempting to lose body fat. In this article we discuss the ins and outs of backloading your carbs post workout during a shred phase to sculpt your physique to your exact liking. We introduce strategic refeeds, detail how to use them, and outline what to expect when using them.

Losing body fat is infinitely easier if you know how to apply the principles of carb cycling. We discuss carb cycling to enhance training performance and power through very difficult days during a shred phase. This article sets up the next part which is carb cycling to increase muscle mass and shape your physique while shredding.

Learn how you can use carbs to sculpt your body exactly how you want to. Add mass where you want it and stay lean while building!

Let's understand carb cycling from a scientific perspective... not the internet's perspective with a PhD in locker room broscience mumbo jumbo.

Here is a summary list of the most important points from the "Carbohydrates" article.

We are pro carb on this website for healthy populations. However, understand why someone who's on chapter 22 of their fitness journey will have a different carb intake than someone who's on chapter 2.