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Beware: These Bad Habits Might Take Years Off Your Life

I found an article that shows how certain activities can take 30 minutes off of your life. The positive thing is that certain activities can add an hour back to your life. “Warning: The following prime...

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Top Immune Boosting Foods

This is the time of year where several viruses are going around. You can avoid catching the majority of viruses you are exposed to, if your immune system is strong enough. Most people focus on...

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Maximize Your Flexibility & Mobility before Squatting

I’m not as big of a fan of the squat as many people. It isn’t that I’m totally against it, I just believe that you don’t need to treat it as the “King of Exercises” if you feel you already have enough...

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Curbing Car Travel is Effective as Cutting Calories for Reducing Body Weight

I found an interesting article today that examines a study claiming that cutting cat travel is an effective weight loss strategy. They even go as far as to say that it is just as effective as reducing...

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Alwyn Cosgrove’s Opinion on “Fitness Research”

Alwyn Cosgrove is one of the most respected minds in the fitness industry. I like his take on “fitness research”. Our gym trains people in the real world and sees real world results. In fact – we don’t...

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Basketball Star Workouts: Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwight...

I think basketball players are the most elite athletes on the planet, right up there with Olympic gymnasts. I found a fun article which goes over the workouts of the top players in the league. …I’m...

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Miss Universe Olivia Culpo: Her Diet and Workout Program

I think the whole Miss Universe thing is pretty funny. I’m not a big fan of beauty pageants in general. That being said, I figured others might be interested in Olivia Culpo’s diet and workout program....

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Paleo Followers Lose Weight on The Potato Diet?

I eat low carb and paleo from time to time,but never for the long term. My belief is that there really isn’t a need to exclude carbs from your diet to lose weight. This year a popular paleo forum had a...

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The TRX “Y Exercise” for Good Posture

Eric Cressey shows how to properly do the “Y exercise” on the TRX to improve posture. He also shows some common mistakes. This guy is almost always spot on when it comes to demonstrating good form in...

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Top 10 Paleo Trends in 2012

Robb Wolf has been endorsing the Paleo lifestyle long before it became trendy. I’d almost say he is the top Paleo guy online…or at least in the top 3. Anyway, he just put up a post about the top 10...

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The Health Benefits of Olive Oil

The two fats I use these days in cooking are olive oil and coconut oil. Both of these are tremendous for health…and if used strategically they are great for fat loss.   Some benefits: Maintains Good...

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Burn Fat With Nicotine before Eating a Large Meal?

I’m not an advocate of smoking or taking in nicotine, but wanted to share this video with you. Ever wonder why people who smoke are often times pretty darn lean? Kiefer will explain how nicotine blocks...

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Intermittent Fasting VS Intermittent Feeding – by Brad Pilon

Brad Pilon just put out a solid post about why many people are Intermittent Feeding, not Intermittent Fasting. He explains why some people who have failed with Intermittent Fasting weren’t actually...

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Eating Whole Eggs Can Improve Blood Lipids and Fat Loss

As a kid raised in the 70′s and 80′s, I was taught that egg yolks were the devil. I used to make egg white omelettes in my late teens and early 20′s. Luckily I know better now. Here’s more good news...

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Eating to Increase Your Metabolism [Pt 1]

We have all known someone with the ability to eat large amounts of calories, not even workout, and still look lean and defined year round. By chance, these people have a revved up metabolism. What...

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Eating to Increase Your Metabolism [Pt 2]

In part 1 I introduced the idea that leptin resistance is a key reason why people seem to have a problem with their metabolism. Increasing leptin is easy and can be accomplished in the short term with...

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Eating to Increase Your Metabolism [Pt 3]

If you read Part 2 of this series you will have a solid action plan to get your metabolism back to normal levels. In the process, you may add a touch of body fat, but will be in a much stronger...

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How Many Carbs Per Day to Lose Body Fat? It Depends…

If I was to hire someone to create a diet plan customized for my goals and activity levels, Nate Miyaki would be that person. Nate spends his days teaching advanced nutrition mastery workshops in the...

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Dramatically Increase Flexibility and Mobility With This 6 Minute Warmup

My biggest weakness is lack of flexibility. I just can’t get myself to take the time to stretch. In fact, I hate stretching. About 3 months ago, Dan Go contacted me about a way to increase flexibility,...

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Finally! How to Tell if a Supplement is Worth Taking.

For the past six months I’ve been researching supplements extensively. You see, I am in the process of starting a supplement company. My goal is to only offer supplements that are proven, beyond a...

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