How Our Bodies Burn Fat
The quick and short answer is our bodies burn fat when we expend more calories than we consume, but as you know I don’t focus on calories. Rather, I focus on the macronutrients. Nevertheless, let’s take a look at…
Preparing Meals in Advance is Key to Healthy Food Choices
So you want to eat healthily, but it’s hard. When somebody tells me it’s hard, I always say, “If it were easy, everybody would be doing it.” I’m here to tell you that it may appear difficult to eat healthily,…
Use Time Under Tension (TUT) to Build Muscle
Lifting heavy has it’s place, and in fact it was once thought to be the only way to grow muscle mass. However, research has shown you can increase muscle mass without lifting heavy and taxing your joints. Increasing muscle…
Why I wrote “Fat Burning Secrets”
When I competed in my first bodybuilding contest, I spent 16 to 17 hours a week in the gym. Doing a split routine where I worked out a couple…
Begin With The End In Mind
That’s what Stephen Covey wrote in “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” Motivation, desire, and constant steps towards a goal are key to success. We use goal setting in other parts of our lives, so why not for obtaining…
Is Your Diet Causing You To Age Prematurely?
You’ve heard it’s true, but maybe you don’t know how diet affects aging exactly. If our diet affects how we age, can we stop or perhaps even reverse the effects? Research actually proves we can mitigate and…
When is the best time to do cardio?
I get asked this question a lot, so here’s my take on this based on research as well as personal experience. In short, the best time to do cardio is when your glycogen stores are empty. How…
Love Your Cafè Mocha? Try this as a Healthy Replacement
One of my favorite coffee drinks is a Cafè Mocha, but count the calories and you will cringe. I was enjoying my usual double-tall non-fat two pump mocha at the local Starbucks one morning and decided to read…
HIIT Workout emphasizing Glutes-Stair Step Machine
OK, you know I’m a big proponent of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) over normal, long cardio sessions where you keep your heart rate at a certain level…
“I Need to Lose Weight Fast”, you say?
Many people are familiar with the phrase, “I need to lose weight fast”. We hear this all the time. The fact is that it is simply not possible to lose weight safely in an extremely short period…
