In this episode, we’ll discuss the Weight Loss Hierarchy, a simple framework for building your weight loss program. The three general ingredients in a weight loss program are: Diet & Nutrition Muscle-Building Activity Non-Muscle Building Activity The question that we tackle in this episode is how do you build a weight loss program when your … Read more
We’ve all done it; we’re rocking our healthy lifestyle, sticking to a healthy eating plan, losing the fat and feeling very proud of ourselves – when bang! All of our hard work is put in jeopardy by one bad decision (or sometimes several bad decisions). Maybe you ate a 12,000 calorie hamburger, or you talked … Read more
So, does it really matter if you do resistance training before cardio or vice versa? You bet it does… It’s true that many researchers use to believe that it didn’t matter which came first and many personal trainers still don’t, but researchers have more sophisticated ways of looking at what happens to the muscle after … Read more
Have you ever heard the advice, “Never eat at night because the calories will be stored as fat”? It makes sense…you aren’t active at night, so if you eat a ton of calories, more of those calories will be available to be stored away, after all, you won’t be burning them because you’ll be sleeping… … Read more
If you only have 10 more pounds to lose, then congratulations! This means that you’ve already tackled the big rocks…you probably train consistently, have a fairly high protein/high fiber diet, and your diet is likely contains very limited amount of sugar. But…you have those last 10 pounds to get through and you can be sure … Read more
I was editing an article that I wrote a couple of months ago when I came across a section that caught my attention. As weird as it sounds, today, these paragraphs spoke to me, I was moved…
It was as if the “me” of two months ago was speaking to the “me” of today, and giving me some tough love. I wanted to give you an exert from this section with hopes that you guys will be moved as well. Here it is…