Episode 8: Interview with Eric Helms from 3DMJ

This week we interviewed Eric Helms from 3dmusclejourney.com, providing some very measured and rational insights on diet & training. If you're familiar with Matt Ogus, he is one of Eric's clients.   ‘With regard to clean/dirty, I don't give much credence to these terms. The truth is there is nothing inherently unhealthy about dirty foods, it's rather that if they dominate your diet, you generate deficiencies as a result. The paleo community has attempted to convince us that we need to avoid entire food groups in order to be like the paleolithic man. In actuality we don't really know how the paleolithic man ate, and there is nothing to suggest what they were doing was optimal.'   ‘I tell my clients that their diets should be inclusive rather than exclusive, meaning that provided you hit your macros, get sufficient fruits, vegetables and fibre, and you have some macros left over, then sure, have your snickers bar. In fact I'd hedge a guess to say that results on the diet will be better this way, as you're less likely to fall off the wagon.'     Eric Follows an outcome based approach – calibration period with clients rather than relying a calculator for maintenance, to account for individual differences.