RAPID FAT LOSS MASTERCLASS: PSMF, FAST FAT LOSS & WHO SHOULD NOT USE AGGRESSIVE DEFICITS FT. DR. MIKKI WILLIDEN | EP. 233
Chasing Clarity: Health & Fitness PodcastShow Notes
Most people argue about rapid fat loss like the only variable that matters is speed. It isn’t. The rate of loss is downstream of a decision that gets made long before anyone touches a calorie target: who this is being used with.
On this episode I’m joined by Dr. Mikki Williden to kick off a new collab series where we both answer the same questions independently and let you see the reasoning on both sides.
In this episode we cover: WHAT A PROTEIN SPARING MODIFIED FAST ACTUALLY IS THE BENEFITS OF RAPID FAT LOSS THE POTENTIAL DRAWBACKS OF RAPID FAT LOSS HOW WE USE THESE STRATEGIES IN PRACTICE WITH CLIENTS RAPID FAT LOSS DAYS & UNDULATING CALORIE CYCLES REFEEDS & DEFICIT DELOADS THE POPULATIONS RAPID FAT LOSS IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR
If you’ve ever wondered whether you could get lean faster without losing your muscle, this episode gives you the honest version: what the research actually supports, where it stops, and why I turn most people away from this approach entirely.
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