Editorial profile
No Lies Lifting Editorial
The default byline for evidence-first explainers and practical fitness-claim reviews on No Lies Lifting.
Editorial lane
- Research and editorial desk
- evidence synthesis
- fitness myths
- consumer safety
Published footprint
- 85 published articles
- 84 published guides
- 1 published video breakdowns
- 26 published myth-buster assets
Articles
- Japanese walking: interval-walking evidence without the miracle framing
- Protein timing matters less than you think
- Do ab circuits burn belly fat?
- Do you need whey protein, or just enough protein?
- Protein soda, protein coffee, and functional drinks: does it count?
- Creatine gummies vs powder: does the format matter?
- Creatine plus collagen: recovery stack or marketing stack?
- TB-500 and thymosin beta-4: recovery claims need better human proof
- Tesamorelin is not a generic belly-fat peptide hack
- The Wolverine stack: BPC-157 + TB-500 claims still need proof
- MOTS-c: metabolism peptide hype is ahead of human proof
- GHK-Cu: skin-care evidence is not injection anti-aging proof
- CJC-1295 + ipamorelin: growth hormone signals are not anti-aging proof
- AOD-9604 for fat loss: why the promise outruns the proof
- BPC-157 for injury healing: what human evidence actually says
- Peptides for fat loss, injury healing, and anti-aging: what claims need to prove
- Creatine is not a steroid
- Creatine does not damage healthy kidneys
- You do not need to train every set to failure
- How to pick a good hypertrophy exercise
- Cardio is not the only way to lose fat
- GLP-1s and muscle loss: what lifters actually need to do
- Zone 2 cardio is useful, but it is not a fat-loss shortcut
- Weighted vest walking: useful progression, not a transformation hack
- Fasted cardio is not a fat-loss shortcut
- Sweating more does not mean more fat loss
- Six small meals do not boost metabolism
- What a fat burner claim needs to prove
- Lifting weights does not make women bulky
- Pre-workout supplements: useful caffeine or hidden-stimulant roulette?
- Dry scooping pre-workout is not a better energy hack
- Berberine is not natural Ozempic
- Mouth taping is not a shortcut for sleep or recovery
- Continuous glucose monitors are not fat-loss magic
- Cortisol belly supplements are mostly a shortcut story
- Bovine colostrum is not a recovery miracle powder
- Protein powder and heavy metals: useful shortcut, not a daily free pass
- NAD, NMN, and NR supplements: markers are not immortality
- L-carnitine for fat loss and performance: metabolism help or marketing?
- Hydrogen water for workout recovery: useful signal or expensive bubbles?
- Carbon-plated running shoes: race-day edge or expensive placebo?
- Machines do not build real muscle as effectively as free weights: what the evidence actually supports
- Resistance training is much more effective for men than for women: what the evidence actually supports
- Only sets of 8–12 reps build muscle: what the evidence actually supports
- Full range of motion is always superior to partial reps for muscle growth: what the evidence actually supports
- If you are not sore after a workout, the workout did not build muscle: what the evidence actually supports
- You need to constantly change exercises to confuse the muscles and prevent plateaus: what the evidence actually supports
- Compound exercises are all you need for strength and muscle: what the evidence actually supports
- Resting less than 60 seconds between sets builds more muscle: what the evidence actually supports
- You need at least one gram of protein per pound of body weight to build muscle: what the evidence actually supports
- Plant protein cannot build muscle as effectively as animal protein: what the evidence actually supports
- Eating carbohydrates at night automatically causes fat gain: what the evidence actually supports
- Insulin spikes are the main reason people gain body fat: what the evidence actually supports
- Skipping breakfast slows your metabolism and causes weight gain: what the evidence actually supports
- Intermittent fasting burns more fat than a normal calorie deficit: what the evidence actually supports
- Keto causes more body-fat loss than any diet with carbohydrates: what the evidence actually supports
- Reverse dieting repairs a damaged metabolism after a diet: what the evidence actually supports
- A 3,500-calorie deficit always produces exactly one pound of fat loss: what the evidence actually supports
- Fitness watches accurately measure how many calories you burn: what the evidence actually supports
- HIIT keeps your metabolism elevated enough to burn major calories all day: what the evidence actually supports
- You must walk 10,000 steps per day to lose weight or be healthy: what the evidence actually supports
- Sauna sessions burn meaningful body fat and replace cardio: what the evidence actually supports
- Cold plunges activate brown fat enough to cause meaningful weight loss: what the evidence actually supports
- Waist trainers permanently shrink your waist and burn belly fat: what the evidence actually supports
- Creatine only works if you complete a loading phase: what the evidence actually supports
- You need to cycle off creatine so your body keeps responding: what the evidence actually supports
- Creatine only works properly when taken immediately before or after training: what the evidence actually supports
- Creatine makes you gain body fat and look permanently bloated: what the evidence actually supports
- BCAA supplements are necessary to build muscle and prevent muscle loss: what the evidence actually supports
- Glutamine supplements noticeably increase muscle growth and workout recovery: what the evidence actually supports
- Magnesium supplements prevent exercise-related muscle cramps for everyone: what the evidence actually supports
- Every workout requires an electrolyte drink: what the evidence actually supports
- Stretching after a workout prevents delayed muscle soreness: what the evidence actually supports
- Taking an ice bath immediately after lifting improves muscle growth and recovery: what the evidence actually supports
- Foam rolling permanently lengthens muscles and breaks apart fascia: what the evidence actually supports
- You need exactly eight hours of sleep every night or you will lose your gains: what the evidence actually supports
- A wearable recovery score accurately tells you whether you should train: what the evidence actually supports
- Doing cardio kills strength and muscle gains: what the evidence actually supports
- Running makes you lose muscle even when you keep lifting and eating enough: what the evidence actually supports
- HIIT is always better than steady cardio for fitness and fat loss: what the evidence actually supports
- Zone 2 only works if you stay inside an exact heart-rate range: what the evidence actually supports
- The 220-minus-age formula accurately gives everyone their maximum heart rate: what the evidence actually supports
- Every runner should maintain exactly 180 steps per minute: what the evidence actually supports
- Treadmill running is much less effective than outdoor running: what the evidence actually supports
- Strength training makes runners bulky and slower: what the evidence actually supports
Guides
- Daily protein intake guide
- Fat loss basics guide
- Macro calculator guide
- TDEE and calorie deficit guide
- Supplement evidence guide
- Creatine guide
- Caffeine and performance guide
- Hydration and electrolytes guide
- Mobility and warm-up guide
- Sleep and recovery guide
- Rest intervals guide
- 5/3/1 guide
- Texas Method guide
- Conjugate and Westside-style training guide
- Plateau troubleshooting guide
- 1RM calculator guide
- RPE and RIR guide
- Training max guide
- Top set plus backoff guide
- Cluster sets guide
- Autoregulated strength training guide
- Percentage-based programming guide
- Beginner training plan chooser
- Peaking block guide
- Linear progression guide
- Deloading and recovery week guide
- Full body hypertrophy guide
- Upper/lower split guide
- Push pull legs guide
- Bro split guide
- High-frequency hypertrophy guide
- Myo-reps guide
- Rest-pause training guide
- Drop sets guide
- Tempo and time under tension guide
- Volume landmarks guide
- Rep ranges guide
- Women at the gym guide
- Perimenopause and menopause strength training guide
- Postpartum return-to-lifting guide
- Double progression guide
- Exercise selection for hypertrophy guide
- Lagging muscle specialization guide
- Best back exercises guide
- Best chest exercises guide
- Best shoulder exercises guide
- Best glute exercises guide
- Best leg exercises guide
- Best quad exercises guide
- Best hamstring exercises guide
- Best biceps exercises guide
- Best triceps exercises guide
- Best ab exercises guide
- Best calf exercises guide
- Squat guide
- Front squat vs back squat guide
- Incline bench vs flat bench guide
- Bench press guide
- Deadlift guide
- Trap bar deadlift guide
- Hip thrust guide
- Dips guide
- Romanian deadlift vs conventional deadlift guide
- Overhead press guide
- Pull-ups and rows guide
- Pull-ups vs chin-ups guide
- Olympic lifts for strength and power guide
- Beginner hypertrophy program guide
- 4x4 intervals guide
- Interval pyramids guide
- Polarized training guide
- Tempo runs guide
- Zone 2 training guide
- Threshold training guide
- Long run progression guide
- Pace calculator guide
- Heart rate zones guide
- Cut versus bulk training guide
- Body recomposition guide
- Can short workouts build muscle?
- Beginner running guide: get fit with a walk-run plan
- How to improve VO2max: easy volume and intervals
- HYROX training guide for beginners
- CrossFit training guide for beginners
Video breakdowns
Myth busters
- Spot reduction is not how fat loss works
- Sweating more does not mean more fat loss
- Missing a 30-minute protein window does not waste your workout
- Every set does not need to go to failure
- Berberine is not natural Ozempic
- L-carnitine is not a metabolism shortcut
- Hydrogen water is not a recovery shortcut
- Carbon-plated shoes are not guaranteed PRs
- NAD boosters are not immortality proof
- Tesamorelin is not a belly-fat shortcut
- CJC-1295 + ipamorelin is not anti-aging proof
- GHK-Cu injections are not systemic anti-aging proof
- MOTS-c is not a longevity shortcut
- AOD-9604 is not proven clean fat loss
- BPC-157 is not proven injury repair
- TB-500 is not proven rapid injury repair
- The Wolverine stack is not proven injury repair
- Creatine does not damage healthy kidneys
- Mouth taping is not a recovery shortcut
- Protein powder is not automatically a clean daily staple
- Bovine colostrum is not liquid gold for adults
- A stronger-feeling pre-workout is not automatically cleaner
- Dry scooping is not a better pre-workout hit
- A CGM is not a fat-loss magic meter
- Cortisol belly supplements are not a waist-targeting shortcut
- Lifting weights does not make women bulky