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February 10, 2011 Leave a comment
DO NOT skip Breakfast!
Breakfast is still important. Extremely important. The most important meal of the day, in fact. You’ve heard it time and time again. But need more proof? Men’s Health gives you 3 Reasons. They also have a great quiz to help you make the best decisions when choosing what to eat in the morning.
February 8, 2011 Leave a comment
If you want to build muscle you can’t smoke and you must get lots of sleep. Duh, right? But what about playing hoops or going for a jog at lunchtime? And is eating right after a workout good for you? Learn the seven biggest mistakes people make when trying to build muscle at today’s Men’s Health article: 7 Muscle-Building Mistakes to Avoid.
February 3, 2011 Leave a comment
HIIT- Good for Weights, Too!
I really didn’t feel like being in the gym last night. It was a long day at work, I was late picking up the kids, and my body was still a little sore from playing basketball the day before. So on the way to the gym I decided I’d just do a quick workout. Now I preface that with the fact that my quick workouts have been known to last an hour or so.
But I was determined to keep my promise to myself. Luckily, I’d just installed this cool app on my Android phone. Called HIIT for “High Intensity Interval Training,” it allows me to feed it variables like prep time; rest/recover period; work/training period; and how many sets or rounds for each cycle-through. The cool thing is it beeps or buzzes when it’s time to switch exercises or downshift from work to recover. Read more of this post
January 30, 2011 2 Comments
We have three or four months before spring is here. 90 to 120 days to shed those extra pounds before we’re forced to wear shorts and tee shirts or be uncomfortably hot. It’s also one of the last chances I’ll have to train outdoors with my shirt off without embarrassing my children— or myself— but I’ll leave that for another day’s post.
The good news is that it was about this time last year that I read two books that helped me look as good as I had probably since my college football playing days: The All Pro Diet by Tony Gonzalez, future Hall of Fame Tight End currently of the Atlanta Falcons; and The Abs Diet by Men’s Health Editor-in-Chief David ZincZenko. Read more of this post
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