I are scientists…It’s not pretty, it’s downright ugly - but he sure is one handsome devil!

I had a friend ask me a few days ago, “Can eating fruit make you gain weight?” Sure, but there is a twist to this story…

Think about it – if your maintenance calories are around 2500, where you gain or lose no weight, what would happen if you ate an extra 500 calories in bananas?

Everything being equal, you will gain weight.

Plus, eating lots of fruit equals a fair amount of sugars, leading to a glorious spike in insulin secretion.

BUT…..

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I have a beautiful love-hate relationship with the Olympic-power-lifts. 

Love: I wish I invested in learning these lifts when I was younger.

It’s a long term investment, with a greater return later.

Hate: if I had 30 days to make someone faster, stronger, a complete badass, I wouldn’t make them do snatches and cleans.

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Here’s his transformation from a skinny, chubby faced kid to a Geordie Shore cast reject.

I wanted him to understand that success is all about effort and working your but off every day – in the gym, at school and in life.

Swole after a case of squats!

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© Stefan Kloo

Why should I care? Understand how insulin influences weight loss and muscle gain, or suffer a massive ball-ache.

A-typical bearded -cave-man couldn’t order a Bigmac when he was a little peckish.

We were hunter-gatherers, so the insulin system came about to protect us from long periods of starvation.

Controlling insulin is a fine balancing act to be mastered.

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© Josh Gee

Why should I care? Have you ever looked at great companies and asked yourself what makes them so great?

Everyone is on the same side and wants the company to go from good to great.

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