“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Winston Churchill I’ve done my fair share of bashing the supplement industry on this blog (here, here and here), and I’m not done. There’s too much lying and deception out there. We gotta take the power back. …
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I remember when I first started lifting, some of the real hardcore guys at the gym – you know, the manly-men with tank tops, leather gloves and those cute little belts that cinch at the waist – used these crazy things called “stacks”, these supplement packages with multiple items that “worked together” to make you even more jacked. They …
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I spent the weekend at my parents’ house in Northern Vermont just relaxing, enjoying the sunshine and good company. The gorgeous weather got me thinking about how many people are scrambling to get “beach ready” now that it’s nice outside. And that got me thinking that when I design exercise programs for fat loss, I …
“Too many people rely on abstracts and ignore methodology, data, and other important information. The Pubmed abstract is not the final word.” – Examine.com “I told you so!” has been the rallying cry on the internet the past few days as the anti-anti-gluten crowd (which is quickly becoming as annoying as the anti-gluten crowd) has …
As I’m writing this, I’m enjoying a Sunday afternoon relaxing with my girlfriend and my dog. And as much as we concentrate on exercise and nutrition, rest is often what makes the difference between success and failure in our fitness efforts. I’ve always had trouble relaxing and hitting the “off” switch (which my parent’s dog Sadie, to the …
Spring is a funny time of year. The weather is changing, the temperature is up and down, and lots of us are getting sick. When people get sick, they take medicine, so spring is a popular time for people to stock up on supplements they think will keep them healthy. I’d rather take a proactive …
Fact: nutrition is often the one factor holding people back from reaching their health and fitness goals. Fact: many people would have a much easier time dialing in their nutrition if they knew how to cook tasty food. I’ll never forget the day I decided I was going to eat myself to a new state …
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This was a solid week for writing. I posted a more op-ed, off-topic piece about egoism in the personal training/strength coaching world and my latest baseball article for Stack got posted. There’s another one about baseball-specific conditioning in the hopper, so keep an eye out for that. You can check those articles out here: Tom …
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” – Joseph Brodsky I did more reading in 2013 than in the past decade combined. Unfortunately, I still didn’t read for pleasure as much as I’d like. Even more unfortunately, I tried and failed (twice) to read some fiction. Either way, …
After a recent conversation with a friend revealed that he didn’t think Kevin Hart was funny, I was furious. Surely this friend (you know who you are) simply lacked the intellectual fortitude to appreciate Mr. Hart’s elevated brand of humor. To further widen the knowledge gap between me and my comedically-challenged friend, I went back …
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