Sal DiStefano

Yeah, no, that's not going to work. Okay, so follow MAPS Anabolic as it's laid out. The intensity does need to be a little higher. Okay, so it does need to be a struggle as you're working out. In other words, if it says eight reps – The eighth rep is a struggle. Now, you might be able to squeeze one or two more out, but the eighth one is a struggle.

Yeah, no, that's not going to work. Okay, so follow MAPS Anabolic as it's laid out. The intensity does need to be a little higher. Okay, so it does need to be a struggle as you're working out. In other words, if it says eight reps – The eighth rep is a struggle. Now, you might be able to squeeze one or two more out, but the eighth one is a struggle.

Yeah, no, that's not going to work. Okay, so follow MAPS Anabolic as it's laid out. The intensity does need to be a little higher. Okay, so it does need to be a struggle as you're working out. In other words, if it says eight reps – The eighth rep is a struggle. Now, you might be able to squeeze one or two more out, but the eighth one is a struggle.

If you don't have sufficient intensity, it's not going to do much for you. And then we would want you to eliminate the HIIT cardio classes. Now, your weekends, keep that up. You love doing that. But stay away from all the HIIT cardio type of stuff and just focus on the strength training. And then let's get to the diet part. You're eating 200 grams of protein a day. What does that look like?

If you don't have sufficient intensity, it's not going to do much for you. And then we would want you to eliminate the HIIT cardio classes. Now, your weekends, keep that up. You love doing that. But stay away from all the HIIT cardio type of stuff and just focus on the strength training. And then let's get to the diet part. You're eating 200 grams of protein a day. What does that look like?

If you don't have sufficient intensity, it's not going to do much for you. And then we would want you to eliminate the HIIT cardio classes. Now, your weekends, keep that up. You love doing that. But stay away from all the HIIT cardio type of stuff and just focus on the strength training. And then let's get to the diet part. You're eating 200 grams of protein a day. What does that look like?

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So what I'd want you to do is stick to whole natural foods for this to work, which means also avoiding shakes. So the reason why we tell people hit high protein, well, there's a few reasons, but one of them, especially when you're trying to lose weight, is it produces satiety. But when you take it in supplement form, like shakes and powders, you lose a lot of that effect.

So what I'd want you to do is stick to whole natural foods for this to work, which means also avoiding shakes. So the reason why we tell people hit high protein, well, there's a few reasons, but one of them, especially when you're trying to lose weight, is it produces satiety. But when you take it in supplement form, like shakes and powders, you lose a lot of that effect.

So what I'd want you to do is stick to whole natural foods for this to work, which means also avoiding shakes. So the reason why we tell people hit high protein, well, there's a few reasons, but one of them, especially when you're trying to lose weight, is it produces satiety. But when you take it in supplement form, like shakes and powders, you lose a lot of that effect.

Okay, so powders and shakes are good for people who struggle with hitting their calories. But for people who want to cut or lose weight, whole natural foods is going to do that much more effectively. That also means no bread, no chips. You're going to eat things like potato, rice, meat, fruit. vegetables, sweet potato, yam, that kind of stuff.

Okay, so powders and shakes are good for people who struggle with hitting their calories. But for people who want to cut or lose weight, whole natural foods is going to do that much more effectively. That also means no bread, no chips. You're going to eat things like potato, rice, meat, fruit. vegetables, sweet potato, yam, that kind of stuff.

Okay, so powders and shakes are good for people who struggle with hitting their calories. But for people who want to cut or lose weight, whole natural foods is going to do that much more effectively. That also means no bread, no chips. You're going to eat things like potato, rice, meat, fruit. vegetables, sweet potato, yam, that kind of stuff.

If you stick to just whole foods, so foods that are one ingredient. So salmon burger, I don't know if you're making it yourself. No, you're buying them. They're frozen. So it's a bit more processed, right? So like salmon, just salmon would be more whole.

If you stick to just whole foods, so foods that are one ingredient. So salmon burger, I don't know if you're making it yourself. No, you're buying them. They're frozen. So it's a bit more processed, right? So like salmon, just salmon would be more whole.