Thinking of buying Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle

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lightening16

Cathlete
Hey all

I have been looking at buying burn the fat feed the muscle, the online book. I was wondering what peoples opinions are of it. I have been following the Tosca Reno eat clean system and things have been going well but at this point I do not track Calories. Is this the major difference between the two systems. If I did track calories I would not have a clue as to what to target anyways. I've really ramped up my fitness - STS 3 days a week and 4-5 days of cardio too. 1 hour on non STS days and 25-30 min on STS days. What are your thoughts on burn the fat...is it worth the 50 (Canadian) investment or is this something I can do on my own?

Heather
 
Heather, I think you should go for it. If you're going to all the work of STS then you owe it to your results to have optimum nutrition to get there.

I bought BFFM a while back and am just now reading The Body Fat Solution which is more oriented to the mind-body connection rather than the nuts and bolts of what to eat and when.

BFFM gets right down to the nitty-gritty and I think it's a tremendous resource.

I'll let some others with more experience (and bigger "guns" :p) chime in.

There's a world of difference between Tosca and Tom - I think she's a fine jumping-off point if you're coming into nutrition from a general how-can-I-eat-better viewpoint. But Tom gives you real information about how what you eat will actually affect your training.

Good luck!
 
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I have BFFM. I downloaded it but to avoid wear and tear on my measley little printer, I uploaded it with a print order to Kinkos and had them print and bind it for me. I think it's an ok resource, written by a male body builder.

For a woman, from the perspective of a female body builder I much preferred Karen Session's Iron Dolls - also an e-book, and I did my print and bind order the same way. I later loaned it to my trainer who LOVED it! I guess it's all in what you are looking for, but Sessions talks about diet and muscles and the hard spots for women. I did get a lot of info from Venuto, don't get me wrong. I just found Iron Dolls more helpful.
 
L Sass said:
For a woman, from the perspective of a female body builder I much preferred Karen Session's Iron Dolls - also an e-book, and I did my print and bind order the same way. I later loaned it to my trainer who LOVED it! I guess it's all in what you are looking for, but Sessions talks about diet and muscles and the hard spots for women. I did get a lot of info from Venuto, don't get me wrong. I just found Iron Dolls more helpful.
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Lorrie - could you tell me more about the book? I looked it up on the Internet but it wasn't very specific about the book - just that it promised "amazing results" and had "never before revealed secrets" etc.
 
Sure -- I've not seen many other resources that talk about and suggest lifting on the basis of your 1RM. I'd heard a little about it pre-STS but not much. Karen gets into various methods of lifting based on your 1RM (and gives great suggested exercises - some I'd not seen before) and says as you get stronger you NEED to work out smarter and LESS. She has great cardio suggestions as well. And for some folks like me who do better on lower carbs, she has suggestions for what to eat before a cardio workout so that you burn fat, not sugar.

She talks about diet and suggests some carb cycling (which my trainer believes in strongly) when various other approaches have failed. There is a good discussion about supplements and when to take them -- and a lot of that discussion mirrors a great book I had read called Nutrient Timing. The only thing I DIDN'T like was that there is a chapter on natural remedies for some things and it's kind of heavy on that Kevin Trudeau guy who I don't like. So I didn't pay much attention to that part.

I find myself pulling this book out much more often that any other fitness book resource I have (and I do love the Tosca Reno books too). But please keep in mind that I am training for a competition so my goals and reliance on this book may be different. As I said I liked the Venuto book -- I LOVED this one. HTH.
 
Instead of buying ebooks by Personal Trainers, I am

buying used Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, Health and Wellness TEXTBOOKS. You can buy used ones fairely cheap. You don't have to buy the latest editions, the previous edition would suffice. Textbooks are more scientifically correct and they have opened my eyes on why things work/not work for me.
 
Hi Heather

I sent you a private message.

In a nut shell - I am suggesting Tosca Reno's Eat Clean, and also have a long winded explanation of the spread sheet I made on Excel which helped me get on track.

Janis

and a misspell, revelant should relevant.:eek:
 
L Sass said:
I have BFFM. I downloaded it but to avoid wear and tear on my measley little printer, I uploaded it with a print order to Kinkos and had them print and bind it for me. I think it's an ok resource, written by a male body builder.

For a woman, from the perspective of a female body builder I much preferred Karen Session's Iron Dolls - also an e-book, and I did my print and bind order the same way. I later loaned it to my trainer who LOVED it! I guess it's all in what you are looking for, but Sessions talks about diet and muscles and the hard spots for women. I did get a lot of info from Venuto, don't get me wrong. I just found Iron Dolls more helpful.
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You know, the Kinko's idea is brilliant.

I'm about sick of the cost of printer ink.
 
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