#127: Danny Lennon - Understanding Energy Balance

On this episode I had the pleasure to welcome Danny Lennon on the podcast. Danny is the founder of Sigma Nutrition providing evidence-based content to the lifting community and people generally interested in nutritional sciences. We talked about the ins and outs when it comes to understanding energy balance and dive deep into the topic as it relates to body composition changes. 00:00 Intro 5:48 Calories In Calories Out-Concept 11:23 What factors can influence weight changes? 24:16 How do you calculate calories to insure muscle gain? 34:40 The anabolic environment of an increasing caloric surplus and its limitations 44:29 Mechanisms causing low appetite and lethargy at peak body weights 55:43 Do you think there is merit in maintaining that peak body weight? 01:06:19 What happens to the CICO equation when you’re deep in contest prep? Sigma Nutrition Article: https://sigmanutrition.com/cico/ Sigma Nutrition Radio: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vhAtPjXSzCLtZLqR79QMC Sigma Nutrition Website: https://sigmanutrition.com/​ Dannys Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dannylennon_sigma/ ______________________________________________ Thanks for listening/watching! If you liked the podcast please like, comment, share and subscribe to the channel! This podcast is also available on all other streaming-platforms: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/max-mps-radio/id1349774992 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/janfrisse/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1OmzAJuchpHk8NQVUWiWGS ______________________________________________ Webseite/Website: http://janfrisse.de Online Personal Training: https://janfrisse.de/service/ Kostenloses Beratungsgespräch/Free Skype Consulting: http://janfrisse.de/kontakt Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janfrisse Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX_O44SkXYEw3-DilXpScKA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janfrissept E-Mail: coaching@janfrisse.com ______________________________________________ For my English audience: My name is Jan Frisse a full time online coach located in Essen, Germany and I am an intern with Dr. Mike Israetel. You are more than welcome to join! I will regularly release English content with the top scientists, experts, coaches and athletes in the field of the evidence-based fitness industry. Just keep in mind that this is a bilingual podcast, so there will be German content since my main target audience is Germany. I’m still absolutely happy to have you on here as well so you’re more than welcome to stay! "MAX MPS RADIO" ist ein bilingualer Podcast mit evidenzbasierten Content zum Thema Bodybuilding, Fitness, Ernährung und den Wissenschaften dahinter! Jan interviewt die Top-Experten im Feld der evidenzbasierten Fitness-Industrie und produziert Co-Host Serien mit anderen Coaches und Athleten!