The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
leverage to reach goals faster. Trying to prevent it--attempting to sustain a reduced-calorie diet,
for example--is when yo-yoing becomes pathological and uncontrollable. Scheduling overeating
at specific times, on the other hand, fixes problems instead of creating them.
The top bodybuilders in the world understand this and, even when in a pre-contest dieting
phase, will cycle calories to prevent hormonal downregulation.5 The daily average might be
4,000 calories per day, but it would be cycled as follows: Monday, 4,000; Tuesday, 4,500;
Wednesday, 3,500, etc.
Ed Coan, described as the Michael Jordan of powerlifting, set more than 70 world records in
his sport. Among other things, he deadlifted an unbelievable 901 pounds at 220 pounds
bodyweight, beating even super-heavyweights. His trainer at the time, Marty Gallagher, has