June 15, 2010 By 37 Comments

How NOT To Get Six Pack Abs

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With all the articles on the internet and in magazines about how to get six pack abs, you surely know all the secrets by now.  I will spare you from reading another overdone, unedited and plagiarized article that you’ve likely come across.

As I see it, it’s my duty as a fitness author to contribute at least one remarkable pile of text to the world regarding my thoughts on the overly-searched string of keywords known as six pack abs.  So sit back, relax, and enjoy learning exactly how NOT to get six pack abs. [Read more...]

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May 10, 2010 By 25 Comments

6 Meals A Day: Stoke The Metabolic Fire

If your goals are to be healthy, lose weight, or to build muscle, consuming 6 meals per day is the most optimal dietary approach.  Period.

Many fitness gurus, fitness experts, registered dietitians and even some medical doctors suggest the 6-meal-per-day diet.  If all these folks recommend such an approach, it must be the best and only way, right?  Many claim this boosts one’s metabolism and increases the burning of body fat.

In the fitness world, it’s fairly common for people to hold onto a belief or dogma without much thought as to why.  These beliefs are often slightly incorrect or just plain false.

Today I’d like to present you with some information, encourage you to look at it for yourself and then make your own decisions.  Make your own choices after you’ve looked at some research.

All this takes is the willingness to open your mind, think freely and consider other ideas and possibilities.  This is what I did over 2 years ago as I discuss in my article about meal frequency. [Read more...]

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May 6, 2010 By 23 Comments

7 Reasons Your Fat Loss Diet Isn’t Working

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As the summer approaches, the hottest topic on the lips of every physique-conscious individual is, without a doubt, fat loss.

Dieting down for the summer months is humdrum for those who wish to reveal their six-pack abs and look great in their bathing suit.  Just the other day as I was training, I overheard some chatter amongst a few of my peers about their fat loss efforts, their routines and how “slow” their fat loss attempts were going.  As a result of my nosy eavesdropping I inferred as to why they were failing miserably.

After their conversation was over, here are a few ideas I would have liked to run by them.

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April 26, 2010 By 92 Comments

GOMAD – Gallon of Milk A Day: Is It For Everyone?

Due to the recent (okay, not so recent) phenomenon that is the internet, it seems we’ve a plethora of good, bad and downright terrible information at our disposal.  With relative ease, I can search for just about anything I’m looking for in google, and in most cases, I’ll get the answers I need.  Hell, we can normally find most of the secrets we’re after as well.

Today, I want to take a quick look at one of the top muscle-building, weight-gaining secrets from the Black-Ops strength and bodybuilding underground, and shed some light on some of the good, the bad and the ugly.

Yes, GOMAD does indeed stand for the notorious diet that consists of a gallon of milk a day.  No shit – that’s a ton of milk. [Read more...]

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