April, 2009

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Does This Cold Make Me Look Fat?

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

A couple of weeks ago I was laid out with a nasty cold.  We have previously established that being sick turns me into a miserable ass – so I am a joy to be around.

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Looks about how I felt

One of the worst parts about being sick for me is the fact that the only time I feel un-craptastic is when I am eating.  So I tend to over eat. Ah who am I kidding – there’s no tend about it – I overeat.

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Walking is for Suckers

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

 

It happens to me every week.  Without fail I get numerous emails and new clients who come to me and are utterly confused about their lack of progress.

They say essentially the same thing:  “I walk on my treadmill every day for 45 minutes and yet I am not losing any weight.”

My answer is more or less always the same : “ That’s because walking is for suckers.”

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Hey Doofus, here’s  a newsflash:  If you are doing it
while wearing a tie it is not exercise.

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Cardio Wins the Race

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

I am a big enough man (literally and figuratively) to say when I have been proven wrong.

As most of you know I am was not a huge fan of steady state cardio for fat loss. I had always preferred using shorter intense bouts of training.

Well in the April issue of the The Stanford Journal of Metabolism there was a massive study (almost 4000 participants) comparing the fat loss effects from both steady state cardio and resistance training.

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Keep going….

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