10 Quotes by Martin Berkhan

Nothing predicts failure as much as impatience. Nothing reveals experience— specifically, lack thereof— like the need to do things fast.

Everyone who learns about nutrition through the usual channels, be it fitness magazines, mainstream diet books and forums, gets cursed with the prevailing belief system of what constitutes a good diet.

Excellence comes from giving people what they need, regardless of wants and expectations.

Doing things faster is doing things slower.

The statistics all point towards the same conclusion: we have a global outbreak of fuckarounditis.

Fuckarounditis: A behavioral disorder characterized by a mediocre physique and complete lack of progress, despite significant amounts of time spent in the gym.

The energy balance equation is incomplete. It doesn’t include the most vital variable of all: the human element.

Tackling plateaus is what clueless people on the internet do instead of tracking, reviewing, and deciding. Wrestling with plateaus is what people do instead of waiting.

If someone tells you calories don’t matter, they have no credibility. But if someone tells you calories are all that matters, they have even less.