In today’s episode Jason goes over metabolic adaptation and why you shouldn’t be scared of it. Metabolic adaptation is normal and is supposed to happen! It is the body's natural response to navigation away from homeostasis. He goes in depth about the different effects that can happen to the body when a change in nutrition or training takes place, and how to protect your body against it.

Jason explains how even though we shouldn’t fear metabolic adaptation, we do need to be worried when certain effects don't show up. When your body has adapted to lower calorie ranges, you will need to periodize so that you don’t stay there forever or create metabolic issues. He explains how there needs to be diet breaks, and also to make them strategic to guard against metabolic adaptation.Enjoy this quick and informative episode and change the way you think about metabolic adaptation!

In this episode you will learn:

Metabolic Adaptation is natural
Side effects of adaptations or lack of
Periodize everything
Diet breaks and Refeeds

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