In this episode of MASS Office Hours, Dr. Eric Trexler and Dr. Eric Helms answer questions submitted by listeners and viewers in the live chat. Topics include food tracking, alternatives to food tracking, the ramifications of trying to stay very lean for extended periods of time, principles of hypertrophy training, metabolically healthy obesity, and much more.The MASS crew goes live for Office Hours every Wednesday night at 7pm eastern time. Be sure to join us for a future episode! If you'd like to submit a question ahead of time, please use this link: https://forms.gle/9Ah39mefs8cuVa9H7

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0:00 Introduction

1:22 Helms travel update

4:15 Is macro tracking the only route to sustainable weight loss?

20:40 Step count tracking accuracy

22:53 Can you maximize hypertrophy if you’re only doing group classes like bodypump?

30:06 What's the story behind the "fat but fit" paradox?

35:08 When bulking, which macro(s) should be used to create surplus?

41:07 Using velocity as a proxy for RPE/RIR

43:12 Issues with staying too lean for too long (or trying to)

57:24 Alternating unilateral reps to emphasize loaded stretching