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Re-Boot Your Resolution

Here's an idea: instead of trying to re-write your entire life come January 1, how about you pick one thing to focus on improving and...

You've gotta try the Vegan-Keto-Monkey Diet! Or do you? **(Plus a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!)

Whole 30. Paleo. Keto. Vegan. Pescatarian. Eat Right for Your Type. Carb Cycling. Atkins. Pritikin. Weight Watchers. EMP 180. SlimFast....

"What Would Happen If..." ?? How to learn to be a scientist

Lotsa folks think of improved nutrition / fat loss as basic math: I eat 500 calories and I burn 600 calories, so I’m in a calorie deficit...

!! Bonus Fitness Falsehood !! Motivation Will Drive Your Fitness

It may be the biggest fitness falsehood of all time: Motivation will drive your fitness. Motivation – like excitement, anger, joy,...

Fitness Falsehood #5: Some types of exercise give you “long, lean” muscles instead of “bulky” muscle

Muscle tissue is muscle tissue. There is no “lean” vs. “bulky” muscle tissue. There are bigger muscles and smaller muscles. Period. What?...

Fitness Falsehood #4: No Pain, No Gain

I like to think that most people understand by now that nothing you do in the realm of fitness should cause you pain – sharp, sudden,...

Fitness Falsehood #3: Exercise Should Be Fun

This is one of the worst, because it leads you to believe that if you’re not having “fun” (whatever that actually means) that you have...

Fitness Falsehood #2: Cardio Makes You Fat

Simply put: fat gain results from eating more calories than your body can use; the “left-over” calories are stored as fat ( =energy) for...

Fitness Falsehood #1: Cardio is What You Need to Lose Weight

First, there are different types of “cardio” (= cardiovascular exercise). There’s steady-state cardio: you get your heart rate up to a...