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New Study Tells Us What Makes Us Overeat

Most know they need to eat less to lose weight, but doing so consistently in practice is difficult! The true challenge is not knowing what causes weight loss but how to create a plan that enables people to adhere to a diet that produces it. In this article, we dive into a new study that explains why we overeat.

by Tiago Vasconcelos, RP Research Editor
on Mar 06, 2023

How to Balance Weights And Endurance Training

When done correctly, weight training can greatly enhance endurance performance. If done incorrectly, it can be suboptimal at best and catastrophic to performance at worst! Here are some tips on balancing endurance and weight training that benefit your health and performance! 

by Dr. Alex Harrison
on Feb 23, 2023

7 Ways to Fight Late-Night Cravings

Lots of people cheat on their diets. Even those with strong willpower can sometimes succumb to the extreme hunger pangs of very low-calorie diets. And while hunger can strike at any time, most people experience their worst hunger in the evening, often when relaxing at home. Evening hunger is unavoidable for most people, but the good news is we can drastically reduce the likelihood of the midnight munchies striking by following the science of diet design!

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on Jan 23, 2023

You Don’t Need to Lift Heavy, Just Heavier

One of the most common questions in weightlifting is whether high-intensity, low-volume work or moderate-intensity, higher-volume work is more effective for muscle growth. As it turns out, there is more than one way to skin a cat...

by Robert Santana PhD, RD, CSCS
on Jan 06, 2023

Are Nutritional Guidelines Contributing to the Obesity Epidemic?

Are federal dietary recommendations like the food pyramid responsible for our high rates of obesity? Obesity rates have been steadily increasing at an alarming rate, are they been involved by dietary guidelines? The science might surprise you.

by Tiago Vasconcelos, RP Research Editor
on Nov 17, 2022

Sleep: The Missing Link

You should sleep better. Sleep deprivation seems to make almost everything worse, and it’s very common in the modern world.  So common, that most of us don’t even realize we’re living in a chronic state of sleep debt. Health-wise, it increases your disease risk for almost everything you can think of. It makes dieting worse by making you hungrier, more easily succumb to cravings, and losing more muscle mass. Training wise it makes your performance worse and significantly hinders recovery. It also negatively affects your mood, memory, motivation, and quality of life.

by Tiago Vasconcelos, RP Research Editor
on Aug 03, 2022

You Are Probably Lifting Wrong

You do not know how to properly lift weights, you have been Doing It Wrong for years, and that 10 years of gym membership experience does not equate to years of proficient training experience. Sometimes, this leads to an eye-opening, developmental experience and other times this leads to a hand gesture and a refund request. As you can see, I am not cut out for Snake Oil sales and still feel this sense of obligation to be honest, even if it means turning away business.

by Robert Santana
on Mar 04, 2022

Scott and Amy Transformation

The yearly transformation from Scott ande Amy, losing nearly 40 lbs, completely transformed their physiques, learned and solidified new habits, and shifted their mindsets in such a way that has helped them remain consistent since last year’s challenge.

by Scott and Amy Chua
on Jan 03, 2022

RP Holiday Eating Guide For Any Goal

The holidays are a wonderful time of year for nearly everyone. You get to spend time with close friends, family, and celebrate the end of the year. For those involved in fitness, usually this can mean it’s a time that is tough to navigate around your diet and/or training.  This year we wanted to provide a little perspective from some folks at RP no matter what your goal is! In this article, you’ll read about folks that have goals of massing over the holidays, maintaining over the holidays, and some that are in a serious fat loss diet phase.

by Nick Shaw, CEO
on Nov 16, 2021

Top 10 Tips from my latest Fat Loss Diet with the RP App

Recently, I went on a voluntary fat loss phase with the RP Diet Coach App. My goal was to get under 200 lbs for the first time in quite some time! I started at a bodyweight of about 209 lbs and wanted to drop about 10 lbs to get under 200.  My training consisted of using the Male Physique Training Templates 4x/week, I would add in BJJ training on average of about 3x/week and I would do some form of cardio each day.  This was one of the easiest fat loss phases that I have ever ran before because I was coming off about two whole years of running maintenance at about 210-212 lbs.

by Nick Shaw, CEO
on Oct 08, 2021
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