Yvonne Craig is my idea of a woman who stayed in great shape her entire career without losing her femininity. In fact, I think women had it right in the 60's. For the most part they remained slim while keeping their soft curves. When men get too big and ripped it looks "forced". The same goes for women. When women overdo their workouts and do too much volume of lifting they can put on too much muscle. I think light muscle tone while being slim is the ideal route. I know that I risk upsetting

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Yvonne Craig is my idea of a woman who stayed in great shape her entire career without losing her femininity. In fact, I think women had it right in the 60's. For the most part they remained slim while keeping their soft curves. When men get too big and ripped it looks "forced". The same goes for women. When women overdo their workouts and do too much volume of lifting they can put on too much muscle. I think light muscle tone while being slim is the ideal route. I know that I risk upsetting

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Last week, a client of mine volunteered to act as my personal guinea pig for an completely un-scientific look at the effect of sugar and insulin on the human body.
The Experiment
From Monday to Thursday, my client (Mr.X) followed a diet consisting of fresh vegetables (no root vegetables or squash), berries, small amounts of nuts & seeds, unprocessed animal protein, unprocessed fats, salt, spices, coffee with cream, tea, water and 1 tbsp of fish oil per day.
From Friday to Sunday, he could eat whatever he wanted.
Come Monday morning, we would take some

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Last Thursday’s blog post on ‘The Zen of Nutrition‘ is probably the best example of my current views on Health and Nutrition.
And, after reading through the comments I see that a lot of people feel the same as I do.
we’ve had ENOUGH. (Why do we try to make it so hard?)
It’s time to de-clutter our minds and simplify our approach.
There is ZERO relationship between how many fitness guru emails we receive each day, how many fitness books we read, how many health forums we visit, and how much weight we lose

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Another Q&A. Click here to see all Q&A’s.
Intermittent Fasting and TestosteroneFirst a question related to the effects of dieting on testosterone and libido/reproductive function in general -
Q: “My sex drive just winds down to nearly nothing when I’m running an intense caloric deficit. Is there some documented/anecdotal correlation on this, or is it random according to the individual?”
A: It’s not random, it’s a fact that weight loss/calorie restriction, even moderate in nature, causes a delayed response to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). This neurohormone is secreted in a pulsatile manner from the hypothalamus, and

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Apparently, a good portion of America has gone completely insane over healthcare reform.

We’ve heard from the politicians — Democrat & Republican.
We’ve heard from the pro gov’t healthcare crowd…[unitelligible screaming]
We’ve heard from the anti gov’t healthcare crowd…[unitelligible screaming]
And we’ve heard way too much from the teleprompter readers on tv — left & right & even more right

So, today, let’s take a look at what America’s favorite celebrity doctors have to say about healthcare reform in America.
First up, Oprah’s personal health guru:
Dr. Oz
Part of the challenge we face is that all

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Jason Ferruggia just put together 5 random muscle building
tips that may make a big difference in your training..

- Don’t exceed 5-6 reps on most of your warm up sets. Your first
set could consist of a very light weight for 10-20 reps just to get
loosened up and get the blood flowing but beyond that you want to
keep the reps low. The reason for this is that you don’t want to
build up too much lactic acid or accumulate too much fatigue with
your warm ups.

- Don’t stretch before your workout

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Yeeeha….this is the kind of evidence I like to see. I am an Idaho boy and love my potatoes!

By Mike Geary, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Certified Personal Trainer

I’d like to start a little discussion today about carbohydrates… and in particular, “white foods” as well as potatoes. One reason I wanted to mention this is because so many health and fitness professionals trash talk potatoes about being a bad carbohydrate choice because of the high glycemic index. Some even say such ridiculous things as “avoid any and all white carbohydrates”.

Ok, now while I certainly agree that white

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In yesterday’s post, I introduced you to the idea that your hormones are responsible for your personal fat-distribution patterns.
For example, women with an excessive percentage of fat on the back of their arms are likely to have elevated insulin levels or low DHEA levels.

Men unlucky enough to be lugging around a generous set of man-boobs are likely to have high levels of estrogen (often combined with high insulin and low testosterone)

So, as a public service to all of my man-boobed brothers out there, we are going to take a look at how to get

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This is some great stuff by my friend Jeff we all should be practicing on a daily basis. I challenge you to give it a try. I know I will be doing it.

-Darrin Walton

By Jeff Jowers,
If you’ve ever wished that you were more motivated to experience life at your full potential then this is for you.

Most of us set goals and work hard only to find our motivation fizzle out after a couple of weeks. But there are little tricks that will help you harness the power of your mind and propel you

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