Dieting, calories, food choices and weight loss. Part 2.
I’m back with more FOOD TALK. Today I’m going to discuss the topics of: yoyo dieting, why you need to eat enough calories to lose weight, the importance of protein, and how to go about SMART dieting to lose body fat. (Make sure you read: Part 1, which covered topics like: You can’t out-exercise a […]
Perfect your pull up and build a strong back.
I think the pull up is quite possibly the ultimate measure of upper body strength. It’s also an awesome back and arms strength building exercise. I’ve heard it referred to as the upper body “squat”, in terms of how important an exercise it is. It is, to the upper body, what squats are to the […]
Dieting, calories, food choices and weight loss. Part 1.
What I’m going to talk about today is the HUGE subject of food and dieting. I won’t be able to cover everything I want to, in this one post, but I am going to do a series of posts covering the basics of what I feel are important principles to understand when it comes to […]
Build a good strength base!
Before you worry too much about getting super lean, getting super big, getting fitter, becoming more skilled or more coordinated… GET STRONG FIRST. Strength is definitely the foundation of fitness. All human movement requires strength. The stronger you are, the harder you will be able to push and train, which will mean you will gain […]
Fundamentals # 4: Recovery
“You are only as good as how quick you can recover.” This subject is HUGELY important to me. Recovery will make all the difference in the world between getting stronger and fitter, while staying injury free, versus succumbing to injury after injury from your training which will in turn equal zero or very slow progress. […]
Lift heavy things.
This one is for those of you with weight-loss goals, and I’m not pulling any punches. At the risk of sounding sexist, the vast majority of “cardio addiction” sufferers I have encountered have been women, but there are plenty of men in need of this advice: Get off the treadmill and start lifting weights! No […]
Getting started is half the battle won.
No supplement, fitness gimmick, workout gear, dieting fad, new ipod playlist or even new research will ever take the place of consistently training with intensity and progression, and maintaining a controlled diet. There aren’t any shortcuts. There is no magic pill. There is no “Get fit quick” program you haven’t yet discovered, and no perfect […]
Fundamentals # 1: The “overload” principle
One of the most basic of all strength-training principles is the overload principle. Simply stated, this principle tells us that our bodies will adapt to whatever rigors we place on them. In other words, the more work you do, the more you will be capable of doing over time. With exercise, you can elicit an […]
Fundamentals # 2: Consistency
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. -Aristotle In my opinion, 90% of success with training is just turning up and being consistent. You won’t get magical results in a few short weeks. I have had clients (trying to lose weight) who have lost inches or a […]
Fundamentals # 3: Commitment
We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training. Archilochus, Greek Soldier, Poet, c. 650 BC. We can have all sorts of expectations, wishes, desires and dreams for ourselves, but in order to fulfill those expectations, we need to commit to doing whatever it will require. […]