Author Archive for Marshall Tully
Marshall Tully is a Canadian strength coach and fitness/nutrition writer, and founder of the private Toronto training facility, Full Blast Personal Training.
The Bon Vivant’s Nighttime Protein
Eating a bowl of cottage cheese before hitting the sack has long been a ritual for many hardcore fitness buffs. Casein (one of the proteins in dairy- and the one that’s especially abundant in cottage cheese) has a time-released effect when it hits your stomach, making it a perfect choice for supplying the body with a steady stream of amino acids while you sleep. But what if you can’t stand cottage cheese, and still want a casein fix? Here’s an exotic recipe that’s not merely palatable, it’s downright decadent.
Love Letters + Hate Mail 12.09
Were the Ancient Greeks on the juice? Is weight training destroying your teeth? What’s the final verdict on caffeine and fat loss? Our panel of XXL brains digs into the mailbag.
Ask Not… (Part 1)
After a decade in the training racket, you get pretty accustomed to answering the same handful of newbie questions over and over. Usually, they’re not stupid questions- they’re just the wrong questions.
DLPL 12.09
That which is currently helping the bar come off the floor.
Badam Daliya: It’s the Right Thing to Do
Compliments of the bloody do-gooders over at Spezzatino magazine, here’s a great hippie-worthy recipe I recently contributed to their mag, for their special issue devoted entirely to plant-based eating.
Stairway to Heck
Weights should feel heavy when you lift them. Cardio should feel hard when you do it. Pretty entry-level stuff, no? Check out this wild video demonstrating one of the main protocols I used to get a pretty girl down to 7% bodyfat for an important photoshoot.
