Chun-Yang Chen

“You save up calories/macros for the upcoming feast by eating nothing but protein leading up to it. Skip post-workout carbs and everything else—just have protein all day. You eat protein on your normal feeding schedule or follow an intermittent fasting routine for the day, fasting up until about 8 hours before the feast.”
― Michael Matthews, Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger: The Advanced Guide to Building Muscle, Staying Lean, and Getting Strong

“The kettlebell swing is one of the best deadlift assistance exercises one can do. It develops a hard driving lockout and bulletproofs the back. Donnie Thompson, RKC was undoubtedly the first elite powerlifter using the swing for this purpose. He credited kettlebells with taking his pull from 766 to 832—and saying farewell to his persistent back problems.”
― Andy Bolton, Deadlift Dynamite: How To Master The King of All Strength Exercises

“My eating “system” is very simple: 99 percent of the time, I eat the same thing for breakfast (green smoothie), for lunch (sardine salad), and for an afternoon snack (coconut milk with protein powder)—which saves a lot of brain time pondering what to eat and saves a lot of prep time, because the more you do something, the faster you’re able to do it. For dinner, we eat out, or I try a new recipe and include my children so it’s a fun learning project, or Jessa cooks.”
― Ben Greenfield, Beyond Training: Mastering Endurance, Health & Life

“We trained outdoors — even in the winter time. There would be snow on the ground and we’d be in the backyard carrying the logs, using the sledgehammers, and sprinting hills. I felt like this was real life Rocky IV.”
― Zach Even-Esh, The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength and Conditioning: How to Get Stronger and Tougher--In the Gym and in Life--Using the Training Secrets of the Athletic Elite