Archive for March, 2008
“Eat food. Not much. Mostly plants…”
Excellent article in the online bodybuilding magazine, Testosterone Nation, which highlights some excellent nutritional recommendations in The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan. The book explores the American food manufacturing system and based on this article and reviews I have seen, is a ‘must-read’.
It provides clear evidence that despite [...]
Week-5 of Paleo Diet + ultra-brief exercise – 9.5kg/20.9lbs down!
Day 0
125kg/275lbs
Day 21
117kg / 257.4lbs
Day 35
115.5kg /254.1lbs
Training:
5 days a week now
still no more than 30 minutes per day
±15 minutes of weight training (very short rest between sets):
10 sets of 3 reps / 15 sets of 2 reps (heavier) on one of the following:
barbell clean and push press
single dumbell clean and push press
barbell snatch
deadlift
John Davies’ “BEAR” [...]
Do your ‘beach work’ and to hell with what the gurus say
My buddy Reza and I are starting to have more frequent discussions about fitness, training, diet and health. A recent topic got me thinking about what it takes to keep someone on a fitness program. Naturally, I analyzed my own decline (which I am thankfully turning around quite nicely) and uncovered something very strange, which [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Build strength, muscle, endurance while burning fat in only 20 minutes? Possible?
How in heavens name can you get a good workout that does all of the above in only 20 minutes? Its all in choosing the right tools and then doing them at specific points of the workout, with the right amount of intensity. Nonono, this has nothing to do with the grunting and screaming types [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Great progress (IMHO) on a version of the Paleo Diet in only 21 days
About 21 days ago I decided to get myself back into shape. The plan was to use all the knowledge that I had gained in about ±20 years of religiously studying weight training, human performance and nutrition in the trenches + all my formal training as a biologist to undo all the damage that I [...]
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