It’s no secret I’m a bit of a gym nut. I started lifting weights several years ago and for close to two years I’ve been going 5-7 times a week to the gym. I also know how it can be a bit intimidating to walk into a crowded gym with complex machines and guys whose […]
Upgrade Your Core Menu – Healthy Eating Without Restrictions
Most diets work through restrictions. Additional self-enforced rules of eating to stay healthy. Don’t eat sweets. Don’t eat fried food. Don’t eat carbs. But the truth is, most diets don’t work. Instead of trying to diet mainly through restricting yourself, try changing your eating habits by adding new foods. By adding new, healthy foods you […]
Links for Getting in Shape
It’s approaching summer, a great time to be fit and look good. Here are a couple resources for getting in shape that I’ve stumbled upon recently. Good ideas in all: Tim Ferriss documents how he gained 34 pounds of muscle mass from a combined total of eight hours in the gym over one month. Even […]
New to Exercise? Make Workouts Daily
I’m an avid gym goer. I go to the gym almost every day for at least an hour. But I didn’t used to be. I was never a star athlete and any exercise I got used to be pretty irregular. It took me several attempts over months to form the habit of regular exercise. In […]
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