I know I just sent you Tom’s incredible article critiquing the TV show The Biggest Loser. Well, I happened to just see this week’s episode.
Overall, I enjoyed it. I won’t repeat Tom’s list of all the positives here. But I do have one specific that astonished me…
One (more…)
You’re trying to lose weight, right?
No, you just think you are. You are actually trying to shed fat.
You’ve been working out, just like I advise, using weight training and cardio.
But each week, the scale is only going down 1 pound. Or maybe less.
What do you do? (more…)
I almost never talk about other people’s blogs but I’m making an exception today.
This is the best analysis I’ve seen of the show The Biggest Loser.
It happens to come from one of my favorite people in the fitness world, Tom Venuto. He really gets to the core (more…)
This is the short version of Darrin’s view on muscle recovery time. To read the longer version, click here. To read Jason’s view, click here.
How long do your muscles need to recover between workouts?
That is one of the most important questions for any lifter – whether (more…)
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Editor’s note – There is so much monthly science news when it comes to muscle fitness, that it’s probably hard for you to keep up. In these ~monthly posts, I’ll summarize various items of recent research. I’ll cite the official reports so that the hard-core of you can read the (more…)
Continue reading about Science News For Building Lean Muscle – September 12 2009
Do you use the assisted pull-up machine? Some people also use it for dips.
I’m talking about the machine where you can either stand or kneel on a platform. Then you adjust the “counterbalance” weight to essentially reduce your bodyweight for the exercise.
We’re talking about it a little over (more…)
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“Daddy, what’s that?” asked my daughter as I added a teaspoon of powder to my glass of milk.
“It’s called creatine,” I said, adding another half scoop.
“Why are you taking it?” she asked, really only half-interested. What she really wanted to know was “when will you be done so (more…)
