Well I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. So what am I doing this weekend? Writing more content for you, my loyal readers of course. As always my goal for updating this blog is to give you some insight and practical strategies to make your workouts more productive. So let’s get started!
I am no different from most people who exercise, in that I like strong muscles and being healthy, but my prime objective and motivator to …
I have always believed that weight loss is fundamentally not that difficult. The bottom line is that you have to adjust your food intake (or activity levels) so that you’re burning more calories than you take in. Over time, this causes you to lose weight. That’s really all there is to it. The greater issue is how to maintain the weight loss, but that’s a topic for another day.
Fat loss programs and experts are many, but few give you the …
Good Friday evening, I hope you’re doing great. I’d like to follow up my entry on why we get fatter as we age with the solution to the problem. So what can we do to prevent the loss of lean mass over time as we age? Is it possible to control anabolic (tissue building) forces within the body to oppose the destructive effects of oxidation and gravity?
I’m glad you asked.
Weight-bearing exercise is the ONLY safe and natural way to …
Hello everyone and welcome back. Today I want to talk about exercise, or more accurately, training for a goal. You see, there is a difference between exercise and training. Training for a goal is defined as “preparation with the purpose of an action”. Whereas exercise is defined as “work or effort”. It’s important to make the distinction because they are usually considered the same thing. You see, you can exercise every day but never reach your target goal unless you train.
Some …
Hey there, it’s Craig… hope you’re doing well… I want answer a question that many people in their mid thirties and beyond have probably pondered at some point; why do I keep getting fatter and appear softer each and every year? The answer is you have a lack of muscle. Let’s take a look . . .
Muscle serves the body in many ways. Some of its most important functions include:
the generation of heat (thermogenesis)
the utilization …
Hope you are doing great today. Well I think the Olympic hangover has passed and now it’s time to get down to business right? I’ve got so many fitness strategies to share this year and I’m very motivated. I thought today’s post should expand on the last post a bit. This was written with my tongue firmly planted in my cheek but I think it brings home the message quite well.
Most people, in the post Olympic wake have become …