After my recent interview with Menno Henselmans on refeeds and diet breaks, we dissect the same topic with Dave Maconi. He has been generally a proponent of refeeds and diet breaks, while personally I tended to lean towards the idea that refeeds and diet breaks are not as beneficial as many claim. We attempt to have a civil argument here, which only occasionally turned hostile...in short, Dave attempted to destroy both Menno and me, while I tried my best to destroy him back. Let's see how it turned out! Time-Stamps: 0:00 - Some general talk about us getting older and becoming more fragile 7:44 - What influenced Dave in his thinking about refeeds 10:40 - My (Abel's) skepticism about refeeds 15:20 - Anecdotes on refeeds 20:00 - More of my skepticism on refeeds 23:26 - Refeeds, diet breaks and adherence 31:35 - Can you diet on higher calories with refeeds? 41:05 - The case studies of bodybuilders and why they are hard to evaluate 47:25 - What to expect from future research on diet breaks and refeeds 51:50 - Menno implementing protein sparing modified fasts for his lifters 1:01:10 - "Optimizing" things to get an extra 1% gains 1:05:05 - What would it take for us to change our opinion 1:08:20 - Menno's take on the hardships of dieting being in our heads 1:20:30 - Where can we found you? Website/coaching: http://abelssd.com/ you can reach out at: abel.csabai at gmail.com Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sustainableselfdevelopment/ Insta: @SSD Abel Dave's website: https://drdavemaconi.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW-PI9YMJ6SXPiqXy2FYfLg Dave's insta: @dave_maconi