Adee Cazayoux is a former elite weightlifter and founder of Working Against Gravity, which is one of the strength industry’s most visible nutrition coaching companies. Adee joins us to talk about myths and misconceptions in nutrition for strength, including why bulking is often times much more difficult than cutting and how to stay smart about training within a certain bodyweight range.
In this episode of the BarBend Podcast, David Thomas Tao talks to Adee Cazayoux about:
- What is “Working Against Gravity” and the three things Adee focuses on (1:50)
- More women seek out nutritional coaching than men; why is that? (4:37)
- Do men and women generally approach nutrition differently, even without coaching? (5:40)
- Are certain sports more difficult to program nutrition for? (6:25)
- Refueling and rehydrating after a weight cut and/or weigh-ins (8:10)
- The first thing people get wrong about nutrition and strength performance (10:50)
- Bulking: Myths and misconceptions (13:37)
- It is HARD to be full all the time, especially when training at intensity (16:17)
- What’s changed about the performance nutrition space in the past 5-10 years (20:20)
- The origins of the “WAG” name (24:00)
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