I’ve touched on this topic in recent FaceBook posts nevertheless due to the overwhelming amount of responses I’ve received I felt the subject deserved a dedicated Blog post. The Paleo Diet (along with CrossFit) has taken the fitness world by storm these last few years. Its’ premise is rather simple: since your average caveman had more […]
Before I go into today’s rant let me state the following… First and foremost: I love bodybuilding, I truly do think it is the greatest thing ever invented. This is why I need to save it from the invasion of the fitness zombies aka people who are into the sport for the wrong reasons. I […]
Read this article on Muscle & Fitness! Give this intense training approach a try to stimulate those lagging muscle groups. This workout is not for the faint of heart, but if you give it a try, you’ll realize that it is one of the best plateau busters there is. I’m talking about the 100 reps training system. […]
Bulletproof Coffee – The Breakfast of Champions? Today’s topic was brought to me by several of my esteemed readers, it is the latest fad – Bulletproof Coffee. The NYT wrote a reasonably well researched article about it, which I decided to piggyback.What is it? The answer to all your prayers! A tasty morning drink that serves a […]
Which diet works best? This is without a doubt a multi-billion dollar question. Aside from all of the moronic dieting approaches, (cleanses, single food diets, eat only between 4 and 8 pm and so forth), there are really only two schools of thought that have any merit; low carb and low fat. Everyone (but Oprah and […]
Hi, The Fitness Industry, being no different than fashion, often swings from one extreme viewpoint to another. For years we have been told that you absolutely have to eat every 2-3 hours to stoke the furnace, to the point where people began eating every hour; whereas now, intermittent fasting is one of the hottest topics being […]
Hello,“Must do” exercises do not exist! Let me elaborate on what I mean by that. Anyone who has ever set foot inside a gym will have heard the phrase, “to get huge, you gotta bench, bra,” (in a better gym, people would advise you to squat, but that is a different matter!). So which exercises are […]
Welcome back everyone,Today’s topic is one that should be obvious but is not. Our society, in a general attempt to get rid of science altogether, has replaced cause and effect with the listing of correlating facts to prove any theory.The fitness industry is especially guilty of such practice since it helps to sell stuff that […]
Hello again,Rep ranges…this is an epic battle field in the fitness world. Here is the traditional thinking: 4-6 reps for strength, 8-12 for hypertrophy, 15 and over; fat loss (aka toning).This type of thinking creates the following picture on the gym floor: Big (aka fat) dudes moving a decent amount of weights for a few reps, […]
Hello again, Arguably, elite athletes do something right since they perform at levels of which mere mortals can only dream of. Yes, great but what does that have to do with me in the here and now, Maik? Excellent question, glad you asked! I want to focus not so much on the outcome but on […]