If a Trainer, Diet Book or Magazine Tells You to Eat More Often for a “Faster Metabolism”…Please Read This First!

If you haven’t seen this already, it seems that the mainstream media is starting to finally catch on to some of the research about meals and metabolism. The NY Times has a piece entitled “The Claim: Eat Six Small Meals a Day Instead of Three... (read full article)

Take the 100 Pushup Challenge….if you dare!

The Challenge: You are to work up to perform 100 pushups (or as many as you can) in 5 minutes. If you do not reach 100 then record how many pushups you can do in 5 min below in the comments. You can use your watch to time it, clock or this online stopwatch... (read full article)

Movie Review: The Future Of Food

Awhile back, I sat down for 90 minutes and watched the movie The Future Of Food. I think it’s a great watch for all of us that actually care about what we put in our bodies. It could be a good introduction to family and friends that don’t... (read full article)

25 Insights and Revelations about Fasting, Foods, and Getting Results

I like to think that there is so much more to life...that worrying about eating all the time. Finding a simple and effective way to keep in shape year round is the most liberating experience there is! Here are 25 quick and to-the-point insights about... (read full article)

Is the Gym Really Necessary?

Here in the US you can look around and probably find a gym in every town, and sometimes multiple ones within miles of each other. Rows and rows of machines/treadmills, body pump classes all day and enough free weights to go around. But is it working?... (read full article)

Soy, Toxins, Fast Food, and Fat

Mmm...chicken! Wait, what's this? I have a lot of backlogged news stories to share, so today, I’m going to throw a few at you with a few comments (any bolding in quotes is mine). Some of these are pretty old, but no less pertinent. Feel free... (read full article)

Structuring Your Training Periodization

A few weeks ago in my overview post on sprint training, I promised an overview of some training periodization theory. There seemed to be a good deal of interest in the topic, so here we go. Lucky for those of you that couldn’t give a hoot about... (read full article)

Trainer Tells All – What I Have Learned About Health and Fitness

I was riding my mountain bike yesterday and all of the sudden it just came to me. I just started thinking about how many things I’ve learned through my own personal working out (since I was a kid and playing competitive sports) as well as being... (read full article)