According to the latest research, strength training is one of your best defenses against oxidative stress. In fact, after a mere 6 weeks of of workouts, test subjects saw significant improvement in two key markers of oxidative stress And when you consider that oxidative stress is directly responsible for atherosclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, heart failure, myocardial infarction, Alzheimer’s disease, fragile X [...]
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Today’s article is for the ectomorphs in the audience. Specifically, it’s for the ectomorphs who want to look a little less like Michael Cera and a little more like 1970s bodybuilding legend Frank Zane….or maybe somewhere in between. And I’m here to tell you that it can be done. It isn’t going to be easy…but [...]
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It’s Week 3 – Day 2 of this nasty Deadpool Workout enjoy. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed up. Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the way [...]
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According to Dr. Peggy Mason (chair of Neurobiology – U of Chicago), eating is a natural form of pain relief. During the course of her research, Dr. Mason found that rats will not react to moderate amounts of pain while they are eating or even if they are being given a squirt of water directly [...]
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Way back in the olden days (the 1970s), housewives around the United States tried to burn off body fat by following some version of the Grapefruit Diet. (also known as the Hollywood Diet & the Mayo Clinic Diet) Dismissed as a fad, the theory behind the Grapefruit Diet was that if you ate half a grapefruit [...]
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Alright people…get ready to sweat. It’s the third and final week of this Deadpool Workout. So – push yourself a little harder than last week. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all [...]
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This is a play on the classic soup & sandwich lunch special. The problem I find with most packaged deli meats is that they’re full of sodium and fillers so I decided to use a real turkey breast. Turkey breast is pretty easy to cook and really fast (around 3-5 minutes fast, I kid you [...]
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Want to get more out of your workouts? Caffeine Gum may be the answer. According to this study, chewing caffeinated gum during an interval sprint workout (4 sets of 5 sprints x 30 seconds per sprint) resulted in…. a 5.4% improvement in performance (mean power output), increased testosterone production, reduced cortisol production and reduced levels [...]
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. Week 2 – Day 3…last workout of the week . Get ready to sweat…this one is a real Mother-Trucker. . WORKOUT WARM-UP . Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. . Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed [...]
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Seven pounds of seafood, veggies & bacon fat Formerly known as the Davey Jone Locker Challenge From today on, it’s known as the Paleo Pig-Out So……do you think that you’re man/woman enough to take down the Paleo Pig-Out? ,
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Most days, I enjoy sifting through the latest research into weight loss, health, fitness, etc… But not today. Today I read a study that dooms Mr. Balloon Belly here to a lifetime of popping diet pills and undergoing gastric bypass surgery. The Research In this study, researchers used an MRI machine to determine each participant’s [...]
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It’s Week 2 – Day 2 of this nasty Deadpool Workout enjoy. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed up. Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the way up [...]
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It wasn’t so long ago that America was fed by an army of family farmers. Local food produced by local farmers. And every once in a while, something would go wrong and somebody would get sick from eating contaminated food. And sometimes, maybe more than one somebody would get sick. But, today…when a couple of [...]
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Alright people…get ready to sweat. It’s the second week of this Deadpool Workout. So – push yourself a little harder than last week. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed [...]
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There’s nothing better on a hot summer’s day, if you actually get hot day’s in summer, than something light, fresh and bursting with flavour. That was very poetic of me, wasn’t it? This recipe is super easy and works really well on a buffet if you have peeps comin’ around. Enjoy guys. Serves 4 2 [...]
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