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Bony to Beastly
162 pages, ebook
Published January 1, 2012
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July 18, 2024
found this thru reddit. i'm currently on a bulk and this was helpful for understanding the fundamentals better. writing is about what you'd expect (bro)
January 27, 2024
Apesar do mau gosto estético inerente à comunidade do fisiculturismo, o livro — me recuso a citar o nome — mais que cumpre seu papel. Não é apenas um manual para “meter o shape” (novamente, o mau gosto): é também um compilado de fatos e discussões científicas a respeito de vários assuntos da educação física — um compilado condizente com a ciência atual e, em alguns casos, visionário sem escorregar para a pseudociência.
O texto foca vários níveis de eficiência em levantamento de peso, nutrição, sono, motivação e suplementação. Cada etapa desses processos todos é cuidadosamente levada do nível zero a um nível avançado mediante uma prosa acessível e cientificamente informada.
É uma pena que o livro esteja limitado a um curso específico voltado para o público anglófono. Deveria ser uma publicação editorial comum e estar disponível no mercado varejista como grande parte das publicações. O conteúdo é valioso sobretudo para os “hardgainers”, uma parcela da população carente de trabalhos claros e, na medida do cabível, profundos.
“Bony to Beastly” (agora, depois de lhe ter rasgado elogios, posso citar o nome sem corar), tendo esse êxito como manual e como divulgação científica, é indispensável para quem tem dificuldade em ganhar massa muscular e para qualquer um interessado em educação física, fisiologia humana e afins, ainda que minimamente.
O texto foca vários níveis de eficiência em levantamento de peso, nutrição, sono, motivação e suplementação. Cada etapa desses processos todos é cuidadosamente levada do nível zero a um nível avançado mediante uma prosa acessível e cientificamente informada.
É uma pena que o livro esteja limitado a um curso específico voltado para o público anglófono. Deveria ser uma publicação editorial comum e estar disponível no mercado varejista como grande parte das publicações. O conteúdo é valioso sobretudo para os “hardgainers”, uma parcela da população carente de trabalhos claros e, na medida do cabível, profundos.
“Bony to Beastly” (agora, depois de lhe ter rasgado elogios, posso citar o nome sem corar), tendo esse êxito como manual e como divulgação científica, é indispensável para quem tem dificuldade em ganhar massa muscular e para qualquer um interessado em educação física, fisiologia humana e afins, ainda que minimamente.
August 30, 2024
This book is geared mostly towards absolute training beginners, for which I think it is actually not too bad.
Sadly, there's a lot of things not thought through, so I didn't actually finish reading.
Some of the things I greatly disagree with:
1. Weighing yourself only once a week to eliminate natural fluctuations: I get the point, but they won't be eliminated that way. Weigh yourself daily, take the average (or a more robust metric such as the median) over 7 days and compare those values.
2. Advocating for raw milk: The benefits are a myth and the negatives by far outweigh the benefits:
If you ask me, the claim "We’re kind of obsessed these days with the research being done into nutrition and we’re pretty up-to-date and pretty savvy when it comes to spotting bogus fads" (p. 66) seems pretty far fetched regarding that.
3. Heavily advocating for consumption of red meat: Various studies have shown the dangers of red meat consumption, finding a link to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and all-cause mortality (for example [2,3,4,5,6]. The WHO categorizes unprocessed red meat as "probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A), based on limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effect" [8,9]. This recommendation is definitely not science based and outright dangerous.
Take the recommendations - at least ones of nutritional nature - in this book with a grain of salt. That being said, I haven't read the whole book so maybe there is value hidden here that I skipped or just didn't see.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm sure there's better sources of information out there.
References:
[1]: Lucey, J. A. (2015). Raw milk consumption: risks and benefits. Nutrition today, 50(4), 189-193.
[2]: Shi, W., Huang, X., Schooling, C. M., & Zhao, J. V. (2023). Red meat consumption, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European heart journal, 44(28), 2626-2635.
[3]: Abete, Itziar; Romaguera, Dora; Vieira, Ana Rita; Munain, Adolfo Lopez de; Norat, Teresa (September 2014). "Association between total, processed, red and white meat consumption and all-cause, CVD and IHD mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies". British Journal of Nutrition. 112 (5): 762–775. doi:10.1017/S000711451400124X. ISSN 0007-1145. PMID 24932617. S2CID 14401281.
[4]: Neuenschwander, Manuela; Ballon, Aurélie; Weber, Katharina S.; Norat, Teresa; Aune, Dagfinn; Schwingshackl, Lukas; Schlesinger, Sabrina (3 July 2019). "Role of diet in type 2 diabetes incidence: umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective observational studies". BMJ. 366: l2368. doi:10.1136/bmj.l2368. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 6607211. PMID 31270064.
[5]: Mozaffarian, Dariush (12 January 2016). "Dietary and Policy Priorities for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity". Circulation. 133 (2): 187–225. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018585. PMC 4814348. PMID 26746178.
[6]: Qian, Frank; Riddle, Matthew C.; Wylie-Rosett, Judith; Hu, Frank B. (2020). "Red and Processed Meats and Health Risks: How Strong is the Evidence?". Diabetes Care. 43 (2): 265–271. doi:10.2337/dci19-0063. PMC 6971786. PMID 31959642.
[7]: "Q&A on the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat". World Health Organization. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
[8]: International Agency for Research on Cancer (26 October 2015), IARC Monographs evaluate consumption of red meat and processed meat (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2015
[9]: "Press release: IARC monographs evaluate consumption of red meat and processed meat" (PDF). International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
Sadly, there's a lot of things not thought through, so I didn't actually finish reading.
Some of the things I greatly disagree with:
1. Weighing yourself only once a week to eliminate natural fluctuations: I get the point, but they won't be eliminated that way. Weigh yourself daily, take the average (or a more robust metric such as the median) over 7 days and compare those values.
2. Advocating for raw milk: The benefits are a myth and the negatives by far outweigh the benefits:
In conclusion, raw milk is not inherently safe and carries a significant food poisoning risk with its consumption. There is no evidence that raw milk has any inherent health or nutritional benefits those media claims were shown to be myths. [1]
If you ask me, the claim "We’re kind of obsessed these days with the research being done into nutrition and we’re pretty up-to-date and pretty savvy when it comes to spotting bogus fads" (p. 66) seems pretty far fetched regarding that.
3. Heavily advocating for consumption of red meat: Various studies have shown the dangers of red meat consumption, finding a link to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and all-cause mortality (for example [2,3,4,5,6]. The WHO categorizes unprocessed red meat as "probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A), based on limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effect" [8,9]. This recommendation is definitely not science based and outright dangerous.
Take the recommendations - at least ones of nutritional nature - in this book with a grain of salt. That being said, I haven't read the whole book so maybe there is value hidden here that I skipped or just didn't see.
As far as I'm concerned, I'm sure there's better sources of information out there.
References:
[1]: Lucey, J. A. (2015). Raw milk consumption: risks and benefits. Nutrition today, 50(4), 189-193.
[2]: Shi, W., Huang, X., Schooling, C. M., & Zhao, J. V. (2023). Red meat consumption, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European heart journal, 44(28), 2626-2635.
[3]: Abete, Itziar; Romaguera, Dora; Vieira, Ana Rita; Munain, Adolfo Lopez de; Norat, Teresa (September 2014). "Association between total, processed, red and white meat consumption and all-cause, CVD and IHD mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies". British Journal of Nutrition. 112 (5): 762–775. doi:10.1017/S000711451400124X. ISSN 0007-1145. PMID 24932617. S2CID 14401281.
[4]: Neuenschwander, Manuela; Ballon, Aurélie; Weber, Katharina S.; Norat, Teresa; Aune, Dagfinn; Schwingshackl, Lukas; Schlesinger, Sabrina (3 July 2019). "Role of diet in type 2 diabetes incidence: umbrella review of meta-analyses of prospective observational studies". BMJ. 366: l2368. doi:10.1136/bmj.l2368. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 6607211. PMID 31270064.
[5]: Mozaffarian, Dariush (12 January 2016). "Dietary and Policy Priorities for Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Obesity". Circulation. 133 (2): 187–225. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.018585. PMC 4814348. PMID 26746178.
[6]: Qian, Frank; Riddle, Matthew C.; Wylie-Rosett, Judith; Hu, Frank B. (2020). "Red and Processed Meats and Health Risks: How Strong is the Evidence?". Diabetes Care. 43 (2): 265–271. doi:10.2337/dci19-0063. PMC 6971786. PMID 31959642.
[7]: "Q&A on the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat". World Health Organization. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
[8]: International Agency for Research on Cancer (26 October 2015), IARC Monographs evaluate consumption of red meat and processed meat (PDF), archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2015
[9]: "Press release: IARC monographs evaluate consumption of red meat and processed meat" (PDF). International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
May 22, 2024
The theory is very well explained, let's see how it will go when it comes to practice (this one is on me for sure lol)
May 5, 2015
Furt dokola to samý, proč já to vůbec čtu.
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