12 – Anatomy of a Perfect Workout

16 – What’s the Big Deal with the Biggest Loser?

We discuss recent as well as some older articles and studies about The Biggest Loser, including issues with metabolism, the framing of how weight loss happens, and some of the more pervasive effects of representing weight loss in the media. Scott also discusses some of the things he knows athletes would do to lose weight from his experiences in the competition. ARTICLES * “Forget the pounds. ‘The Biggest Loser’ tries to shed critics of its weight-loss plan [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-01-28/the-biggest-loser-weight-loss-nbc-universal-usa-network],” Los Angeles Times, Jan 28, 2020 * “Authorities Probe ‘Biggest Loser' Over Doping Allegations [https://nypost.com/2016/05/31/authorities-probe-biggest-loser-over-doping-allegations/],”New York Post, May 31, 2016 * “Report: ‘Biggest Loser' Contestants Provided Illicit Drugs to Lose Weight [https://www.phillyvoice.com/report-biggest-loser-contestants-provided-illicit-drugs-lose-weight/],”Philly Voice, May 22, 2016 * “After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/02/health/biggest-loser-weight-loss.html],” New York Times,May 2, 2016 STUDIES * “Audience Responses to Physical Activity in the Biggest Loser Australia [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10810730.2018.1558314?journalCode=uhcm20]” inJournal of Health Communication * “Losing Weight on Reality TV: A Content Analysis of the Weight Loss Behaviors and Practices Portrayed on The Biggest Loser [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25909247]” Lori A. Klos et al. * “Metabolic slowing with massive weight loss despite preservation of fat-free mass [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22535969]” In J Clin Endocrinol Metab. * “No Clear Winner: Effects ofThe Biggest Loseron the Stigmatization of Obese Person [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22742588]” inHealth Communication * “Persistent metabolic adaptation 6 years after “The Biggest Loser” competition [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/oby.21538]” inObesity OTHER * Why Diets Make Us Fat [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/317641/why-diets-make-us-fat-by-sandra-aamodt/]by Sandra Aamodt The post 16 – What’s the Big Deal with the Biggest Loser? [https://scottabelfitness.com/16-big-deal-with-the-biggest-loser/] first appeared on Scott Abel Fitness [https://scottabelfitness.com].

15 – Training and Traveling? Enter “Programmus Interruptus”

Scott and Mike discuss a strategy for training and traveling: “Programmus Interruptus” [https://scottabelfitness.com/interrupt] Visit scottabelfitness.com/interrupt [https://scottabelfitness.com/interrupt] for a detailed written breakdown of what we’re talking about, plus a video demo. The main idea is, if you're traveling and need to substitute in a workout in your hotel room (or what-have-you), you can stay flexible by mixing whole body training with some bodypart emphasis. This way, you might, for example, replace your shoulder workout with a whole body workout that has a shoulder emphasis… but if you miss a day or two (because you're traveling and things are up in the air) it's not as though you've neglected the rest of your body. You've still kept things “stimulated.” The post 15 – Training and Traveling? Enter “Programmus Interruptus” [https://scottabelfitness.com/15-training-traveling-programmus-interruptus/] first appeared on Scott Abel Fitness [https://scottabelfitness.com].

14 – Lou Schuler on Fitness & Writing

Mike is joined by Lou Schuler to discuss some of the larger trends in fitness, as well as how to avoid saying the same things over again in fitness writing. Mike wanted to talk to Lou to talk about fitness writing because Lou — an award-wining journalist — has been fitness editor of Men’s Fitness, and, later, Men’s Health, and he’s written a bunch of well-known books in the industry, including the New Rules of Lifting Series with Alwyn Cosgrove, as well as a bunch of others you’d recognize. Mike and Lou also discussed Ruth Engs' Clean Living Movements [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_living_movement](read more in this New York Times discussion of Engs' book [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/19/health/books-on-health-book-maps-a-nation-s-spurts-of-clean-living.html] (http://bit.ly/cln_living) as as well as some relevant history of the Graham cracker at Refinery29 [https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/08/165961/graham-cracker-history-origins] (http://bit.ly/grm_crkr)). – – – If you do have a career in fitness and are looking to grow, be sure to check out the KC Fitness Summit [http://www.kcfitnesssummit.com/] (http://kcfitnesssummit.com/ [http://kcfitnesssummit.com/]) during the first weekend in May. (Check out the speakers.) LINKS & RESOURCES * The New Rules of Lifting for Life [https://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Lifting-Life-Muscle-Building-ebook/dp/B0074VTHIY] – (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0074VTHIY) * theptdc.com [http://theptdc.com/] – (http://theptdc.com/) * kcfitnesssummit.com [http://kcfitnesssummit.com/] (http://kcfitnesssummit.com/) * louschuler.com [http://louschuler.com/] The post 14 – Lou Schuler on Fitness & Writing [https://scottabelfitness.com/14-lou-schuler-fitness-writing/] first appeared on Scott Abel Fitness [https://scottabelfitness.com].

13 – Baywatch’s Alexandra Paul

Alexandra Paul [https://jk28bw1yd9-flywheel.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/alexandra-paul-baywatch-224x300.jpg]Scott is joined by Alexandra Paul of Baywatch. They discuss Alexandra's work as a health coach [http://alexandracoaching.com/], her remarkable activism (and even her arrests), her work for animal rights and how that has changed her, her career development after Baywatch, and much more. BOOKS & RESOURCES * Diet for a Small Planet [https://amzn.to/2SxslAs] by Frances Moore Lappe * Animal Liberation [https://amzn.to/2OYErQW] by Peter Singer LEARN MORE ABOUT ALEXANDRA… * Alexandra Paul's Website [https://alexandrapaul.com/] * Alexandra Paul's IMDB [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000575/] * Alexandra's Coaching [http://alexandracoaching.com/] The post 13 – Baywatch’s Alexandra Paul [https://scottabelfitness.com/13-baywatchs-alexandra-paul/] first appeared on Scott Abel Fitness [https://scottabelfitness.com].

12 – Anatomy of a Perfect Workout

We discuss what goes into an actual, solid workout: what to focus on, tempo vs cadence, pumping reps vs explosive reps, myths, warmups. Some Quick Notes: * “The muscles work the weights; the weights don't work the muscles.” * *Most* of what we talked about is related to using the inside/out approach instead of an (exclusive) outside/in approach. I.e., yes, your weights go up, but you should pay attention to how the reps feel. To paraphrase Fred Hatfield: Are you getting very inch of every rep of every set? * Scott recommends watching the workout sections in Pumping Iron: Arnold Cable Rows [https://i.imgur.com/UViKcHD.gif] Squats [https://i.imgur.com/uuhY5H0.gif] SCOTT'S WARMUP VIDEOS: GENERAL PREPARATION PHASE INTEGRATED WARMUP AND PHYSICAL REHEARSAL The post 12 – Anatomy of a Perfect Workout [https://scottabelfitness.com/12-anatomy-of-a-perfect-workout/] first appeared on Scott Abel Fitness [https://scottabelfitness.com].