@justabeggarwhojesuslove I remember a comment about not being able to be healthy consuming carbs in the video.
You’re burying the lead with the EPOC stuff. The magnitude of EPOC from
strength training is worth mentioning which is where things get tricky. If The Methodology is the best way to get to health, it needs revised because there is a large body of evidence that muscle mass drives positive metabolic changes…more than a calorically balanced, nutrient dense diet even. But it has to be done routinely, not once every heavy day. Conditioning on the other hand…not as much is needed as The Methodology will have you believe.
You also can’t (without altering your chemistry) build that muscle in a deficit. You can absolutely get stronger, which is going to help many who walk into an affiliate for the first time. This has been
the magic of the 3-on-1-off WGM model. Of course your squat will increase if you went from never squatting to doing a bunch of movements that involve a hinge. Neuromuscular connections are a thing.
But to build the metabolic flame higher, you can’t be in a deficit and you surely can’t limit carbs to just “some fruit, little starch”. You’ll need at least 2g/lbs of bodyweight from carb to effectively fuel metcons for performance…so you’ll need even more than that to actually build mass. Thats why you see so many people with their fruity chewies at the gym. Replenishing glycogen at a time it’s most able to be taken up.
To say the pursuit of building muscle is unhealthy is troublesome, IMO. But I’m not blind to the fact that many people should prioritize losing weight before worrying about gaining muscle, just a point of contention on the efficacy of how.
I think we’re probably in a similar camp over all as
I’ve been pretty open on my takes of the current landscape and view towards body composition. I just think it’s worth explicitly stating nuances.