In the Home Stretch!! What's so different about my approach to fitness now is that I am focused on the Growth and Development I gain from each program, rather than the amount of weight or inches lost. What I have gained from this program Gotten into a disciplined early morning exercise routine 2 days per ... read more >
"Too much protein is bad for your kidneys and it saps the calcium from your bones!" I have heard this on many occasions from people and while I know what study they are going to cite to prove their point, what people also fail to mention is that study studied people who had impaired kidney ... read more >
Whenever I did programs in the past, I always focused on being perfect. I focused on whether or not I was able to follow the program to the letter. I would judge myself as a success or failure based on these self imposed rigid standards and also what the scale said at the end of ... read more >
I believe the first two weeks of any program are going to be the most challenging. My first two weeks were TOUGH. I was sore, tired, and I had to tell myself to keep showing up. Week 3 has been better and I don't feel as sore and tired. Part of this is due to ... read more >
If you're a vegetarian, then skip over this post. I respect everyone's moral stands and choices on whether or not they eat meat. The author of course wants to sell books so he needed a catchy title and here we have: Eat Meat and Stop Jogging. The purpose of this book is to counter ... read more >
We all know that we need to eat fiber but why? Fiber gives our colon a great workout and also helps to keep it all moving which is very important. Constipation is painful and can even land you in the hospital! Fiber does more than send us to the toilet. It can also help reduce ... read more >
Why We Get Fat is the follow up book to Gary Taubes' best selling Good Calories/Bad Calories Both books examine why calorie counting is futile, why high carb diets have produced nothing but failure, and why almost everything we've been taught about weight loss/management is wrong. Good Calories/Bad Calories is like the War and Peace ... read more >
I took a seminar from Rachel at the Perform Better Summit and I really liked her presentation. She and her husband Alwyn own a gym in Southern California and during her talk she showed snippets of their 8 week challenge programs for women. During these challenges, women aren't allowed to get on the scale but ... read more >
All adults must strength train because strength is required in every part of our every day lives. You cannot get out of the car, play with your children, walk to work, climb stairs, or even vacuum your house if you do not have enough strength. You will find these tasks nearly impossible and you may ... read more >