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Jan 2021
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#14: NUTRITION - What I Wish I Knew Abou...

Martin MacDonald
About this episode

In this episode I'll explain to you how I have great workouts after eating only very few Calories.

I'll also describe the sweet-spot between food demonisation and a junk food-filled diet. This episode is what I wish I could tell my former competitive bodybuilder-self? ⠀

TOPICS ⠀

01:23 - Find out how I had a great training session despite eating almost no Calories ⠀

05:11 - How to eat junk food for better fat loss ⠀

06:29 - Things people focus on that steering them away from achieving their goals ⠀

08:14 - A summary of what I wish I knew when I was a competitive bodybuilder

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