My training journey, mindful eating, my recent 'dreamer bulk' and more (Breaking Muscle interview)

10/06/19 • 67 min

The Sustainable Self-Development Podcast

If you want to work together with me, you can book a free call with me here: https://calendly.com/abel-csabai/free-consultation This week once again I'm reposting an interview that was done with me, this time on the Breaking Muscle Podcast, by Tom Maccormick. We discussed a lot of cool things, such as how I got into lifting, my simple systems with clients to help them get and stay lean, how I'm currently training, and what I learnt from dreamerbulking up to a higher body-weight. Time-Stamps: 1:25 - How I got into fitness and my back story 6:15 - Was I a skinny or a chubby kid before? 8:45 - Does being in shape improve other areas of your life? 11:33 - The sacrifices we need to make in fitness 14:50 - My systems for staying lean the sustainable way 22:22 - Mindful eating and why its important 26:40 - Other ways of tricking yourself into eating less 30:40 - Ideal body-fat percentages for bulking and wellbeing 43:00 - My recent 'mega-bulk' and how that went 46:00 - How my training and diet looks like 57:15 - Rapid fire questions, things you may not know about me The SSD Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sustainableselfdevelopment/ For individualized coaching, you can book a free call here: https://calendly.com/abel-csabai/free-consultation Tom's insta: https://www.instagram.com/tommaccormick/ Breaking muscle YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/BreakingMuscleVideos Menno's interview on the Breaking Muscle podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDXf2o0MW4U

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Dr. Eric Trexler: Poverty Macros, and Changing your Body-Fat Set-Point

If you’re interested in working together with me, you can book a free call here: https://calendly.com/abel-csabai/free-consultation In today’s episode I’m chatting with Dr. Eric Trexler, researcher, bodybuilder and overall, very smart guy. He is currently the director of education at Stronger by Science and is also a research reviewer at MASS. His main topics of interest include creatine, caffeine, and metabolic adaptation. In todays episode we mainly focused on the latter topic; why our calories have to go incrementally lower over the course of a diet, often beyond what we would predict. We also covered why some people have it seemingly easier than others, why big guys sometimes have to diet on very low calories whereas smaller ones can often eat a ton, and whether having a ‘fast metabolism’ is truly an actual advantage for fat-loss. This was a fascinating conversation, definitely one of my favourites to date. Time-Stamps: 0:55 - Who is Eric trexler? 02:25 - Creatine, caffeine, metabolic adaptation - which topic is most interesting? 4:25 - What's the 'quarter-life' of caffeine? 11:07 - What causes metabolic adaptation? (having to drop our calories lower than we would predict) 15:20 - How much people vary in their metabolic rate? 25:04 - Why low calories don't mean suffering on a diet necessarily 32:14 - Body-fat set-point and what determines it 36:30 - Changing your body-fat set-point 39:50 - Are drugs the future of weight-loss? 43:25 - Dieting on super HIGH calories - is it actually better? 48:38 - Increasing energy expenditure to be able to eat more on a diet - is it worth it? 54:03 - Eric goes into the things you can do generally to make dieting easier/successful 1:00:03 - Protein sparing modified fasts, diet breaks and non-linear dieting for fat-loss 1:07:00 - Should you maintain your new body-fat percentage for a while before you start bulking? 1:11:57 - Should you gain weight slowly, even if you're super-super lean? 1:21:18 - Where can we find you? If you’re interested in working together with me, you can book a free call here: https://calendly.com/abel-csabai/free-consultation

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The Harsh Realities of Getting Shredded with Steve Hall (brutally-honest talk!)

If you'd like to work together with me, you can book a free call here: https://calendly.com/abel-csabai/free-consultation In this super transparent and honest talk Steve Hall (revive stronger) and I share our experiences about the harsh realities about getting down to very low levels of body-fat. Personally, I have flirted with the single-digit body-fat levels before, and recently have dug into them to a generous extent. Meanwhile, Steve has took his body-fat down to ridiculously low levels for bodybuilding competitions. In either case, we both have experienced how it is like to actually fight against your own body, versus just deal with a couple of minor cravings and be tired of controlling your food intake a bit more. We touched on many sensitive and touchy subjects, like being irritated by your loved ones, having no sex-drive, and many other things. This can be a truly eye-opening conversation for anyone who is thinking about getting down to very low levels of body-fat. Time-Stamps: 0:00 - Dealing with sickness, injuries, being out of the gym 4:00 - Is bulking up to a high body-weight a mistake/delusional? 9:39 - What makes getting shredded the hardest? (hunger, social life, low energy) 15:45 - Getting "lean" vs getting "shredded" - the difference 23:40 - Getting irritated by small things during dieting 32:12 - The sweet-spot of business vs locking yourself away during dieting 36:30 - Talking of the 'D' - Libido and Sex drive during a hard diet 47:54 - How sleep is impacted during a hard diet 52:30 - Our darkest days during dieting - Steve's depletion and my super low kcal days 59:05 - Habits you pick up and keep after dieting 1:06:14 - Where you can find Steve If you'd like to work together with me, you can book a free call here: https://calendly.com/abel-csabai/free-consultation The SSD Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sustainableselfdevelopment/ My insta: https://www.instagram.com/ssdabel/ The revive stronger FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/revivestronger/ Steve's insta: https://www.instagram.com/revivestronger/ Resources mentioned: Steve's depletion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcVRrI6V5Ls