We’ve all been there. The new year rolls around and we have an enormous amount of ambition. There are so many things we are looking forward to, but as the months start going by, we start to focus on errands and forget our large, long term goals. Slowly but surely, you start to forget what […]
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Why Fitness Magazines are Ruining your Workouts
The Special Benefits of Gaining Weight
Dietary Supplements
First of all, I’d like to say I’m not a big fan of dietary supplements, but in some cases, they’re necessary. Vegetarians, vegans and those with food allergies inevitably may have to supplement in order to avoid malnutrition. With that being said, there are three principles to supplementing wisely: Get nutrients from food whenever possible […]
Looks Like Sugar is Worse Than Tobacco
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2536180/Sugar-new-tobacco-Health-chiefs-tell-food-giants-slash-levels-third.html The article above goes into the growing concern about sugar and it’s long term effects. Think about it, heart disease, obesity and diabetes are growing at an alarming rate compared to lung cancer. Sugar is almost in everything. Smoking on the other hand, is not as available. The fact that sugar is in most […]
Bullshit Physical Therapy
The thing that gets me most about physical therapy is how much bullshi’t is involved in it these days. There are people out there with legitimate problems, yet the practice is outdated. People are usually sent to physical therapy to rehabilitate a broken bone, torn muscles/ligaments or even a dislocation. Rest, massages and pain killers […]
Sweating isn’t Cool
How to Train for Sports Properly
The first thing most athletes are told is to avoid heavy weight lifting and that sports training should consist of training that targets strength, speed, stamina, flexibility and balance. Functional or explosive training is what most sports programs will offer you. In fact, this has only been popularized recently, after the whole aerobics boom of […]
Three Reasons Why You Should be Taking Creatine
Working out for Balance
It’s funny how popular “functional training” is these days despite the lack of evidence. One element of the functional training fad that I want to discuss today is training for “balance”. The idea is that we have “stabilizer” muscles to support the bigger muscles in our body. Train these muscles and we’ll be better equipped […]