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Category: Fitness
The Skinny on Fat Burning
You’ve probably heard the saying that muscles are made in the gym and abs are made in the kitchen. Nothing could be truer. When I was in my third year at JMU I hit my heaviest weight ever at around 250lbs. Since that time roughly 15 years ago I’ve, for the most part, managed to… Continue reading The Skinny on Fat Burning
Dante’s Inferno
50 Minutes in an Infrared Sauna I book a series of 3 sessions in the Infra Red Sauna at Restore CryoTherapy in Virginia Beach. I am escorted into a room off the hallway and through a door that separates me from the rest of the patrons and employees. Everyone is there for different reasons. Some… Continue reading Dante’s Inferno
How I Lost Stubborn Weight and Cut my Body Fat in Half
I turned conventional fitness advice upside down and did things my way. My personal account of how to lose stubborn weight and how you can too.
Its Always Darkest Before the Dawn
Its always darkest before the dawn. I love this quote. It can be used in so many situations and scenarios in real life. Today I am using it to describe that time of the year where you get a case of the “fuck its”. Its mid-February. Its cold as hell outside. The days are short… Continue reading Its Always Darkest Before the Dawn
Workout Design
The picture to the left is th workout I did yesterday, 1.31.21. For years, the best workouts that I have ever had were written down and planned out the day before. Some of the worst workouts I’ve ever had are the ones where I show up to the gym and just wing it. I cant… Continue reading Workout Design
Meal Bar Comparison
The comparison is between a Quest Cookies and Cream Bar, a Clif Chocolate Chip Bar, a Kellogg’s Double Chocolate Bar, and a Zone Perfect Chocolate Mint Bar. For all four people in my household, we all prefer four different meal bars. For simplicity sake I only evaluated a few criteria in the meal bars. Those… Continue reading Meal Bar Comparison
My Daily Vitamin Routine
I sometimes get asked what I take for my daily vitamins. So, here it is. I prefer a mix of chewables and pills just because chewables taste pretty good and it makes me feel like I am not just swallowing a handful of pills. In the chewable form I take 5000 units on Vitamin D… Continue reading My Daily Vitamin Routine
The Fitness Industry The Good, The Bad, But Mostly the Ugly
Ah, the fitness industry. I recall a place where I spent nearly a decade of my life building my career. I am not sure if other people who look back at former industries they’ve worked in with as much disgust as I have for the fitness industry. I started out in the field for all… Continue reading The Fitness Industry The Good, The Bad, But Mostly the Ugly
Easy Nutrition 101
Everything you eat is either classified as a carbohydrate, protein or fat. Many foods contain more than 1 of these macronutrients and when that occurs, the food is labeled for the macronutrient it most contains. For example, peanuts are classified as fat because they mostly are, but they also contain carbohydrates. Protein and carbohydrates each… Continue reading Easy Nutrition 101
