Layne Norton
Nutritional scientist with a PhD in nutritional sciences, drug-free powerlifter and bodybuilder, founder of Biolayne and host of the Dr. Layne Norton Podcast.
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Having a biochemical pathway does not mean something will produce an outcome, though any real outcome has a mechanism behind it.
just because something has a biochemical pathway doesn't mean it will create an outcome but if there's an outcome there's absolutely a mechanism to explain it
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Having a biochemical pathway does not mean something will produce an outcome, though any real outcome has a mechanism behind it.
just because something has a biochemical pathway doesn't mean it will create an outcome but if there's an outcome there's absolutely a mechanism to explain it
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
How protein is distributed across meals matters, but much less than total protein intake per day.
what I had said is I think protein distribution matters but I think it matters much much less than total protein intake per day
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
Anyone aiming to be as muscular and strong as possible is probably better off not intermittent fasting, though for most people it is a perfectly fine tool for adding some muscle.
if your goal is to be the most muscular strongest human being you can possibly become I think you're probably better off not doing intermittent fasting just because those last that last 5% may make a big difference and you're never going to be able to pick that out of a human randomized control trial in eight weeks at least I don't think you will
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
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About one gram of protein per pound of body weight a day is enough to essentially max out the anabolic response for most people.
the big rocks are about a ground per pound of body weight if you want to really for all intents and purposes max out the anabolic response you're going to be fine one gram per pound of body weight
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
It is very hard for a woman to get too muscular; muscle generally looks good, and it is fat that makes people look bulky.
it's very hard to get too muscular for a woman and and what I'll say is like you know typically muscle look s good and fat is what makes you kind of look bulky
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
The timing of carbohydrate intake across the day probably does not matter much.
I am not real convinced at all that it really matters when you eat your carbohydrate intake
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
Be imperfect but consistent: most people worry about minutiae while not exercising, sleeping or managing stress consistently.
we have way too many people worrying about the minutia who just don't even exercise on a consistent basis or they don't sleep well on a consistent basis or they don't manage their psychological stress well or they try to be perfect with their nutrition then they fall off the deep end and what I'm saying is like no like be imperfect but be consistent with what you do
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
A single bad night of sleep does little harm; sleep is cumulative, and sleeping long at the weekend does not repay a week of poor sleep.
no no no one bad night of sleep doesn't do that sleep is a cumulative effect just like if you have a week's long worth a bad sleep but then you sleep 12 hours on the weekend you're not making up that sleep debt it's more about what you're doing time over time
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
Muscle growth needs sets taken close to failure but probably not to it, while maximal strength is probably better served by rarely touching failure.
for muscular hypertrophy you need to get close to failure uh but you probably don't need to train to failure to maximize hypertrophy but you got to get pretty close you can be stronger but to maximize strength you're probably better off not touching failure very often
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
Leave most sets short of failure, and if you take one to failure, make it the last set of an exercise.
I would argue that probably you you'd want to leave most reps most sets shy of failure and if you're going to take one to failure take the last set of an exercise to failure
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
Machines or free weights, low or high reps, failure or a few reps short all build roughly the same muscle, provided the work is hard.
when it comes to building muscle really the world is your oyster the the the research really shows machines versus free weighs Low Reps High going low reps High Reps going to failure stopping a few reps shot it all builds the same amount of muscle for the most part um but you have to work hard
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
Perhaps 80 percent of resistance training's health and strength benefits can come from three or four sessions of 30 to 40 minutes a week.
I'm just going to throw a number out 80% the majority of the benefits for health strength resistance training you could probably get in three four sessions of 30 to 40 minutes you know you don't have to have a huge input of time
Tools for Nutrition & Fitness | Dr. Layne Norton Said 12 Aug 2024
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