“Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.” -Mark Rippetoe, strength coach [with debatably more fame than Pat Flynn] I think we would all agree. And I think we would all aim to be both harder to kill and more useful. But, now let’s play a game. Who […]
Holiday Workouts: Boost the Bodyweight Burn
One push-up burns approximately 1/3 of a calorie. At this rate, you could cancel out a slice of holiday cheesecake with a mere 775 push-ups! Assuming you can do 100 push-ups in 5 minutes or so… You’d be able to indulge, without reservation, after just under 40 minutes’ worth of push-ups! Boom. You’re welcome. Strong […]
Pre-workout nutrition: 8 cents of beef
via SIZZLE I’m a bit of a hippie. I’ve been called “crunchy granola” on more than one occasion. (This is a term that I initially ignored but eventually succumbed to Googling. Lo and behold, I am, indeed, crunchy granola. But really I only meet 1-and-a-half of the characteristics assigned to this category of person.) That […]
Tips for Not Hating Yourself on Thanksgiving
Eat all the food! Eat none of the food! Eat a bite of each of the foods! Run one million miles before eating any food! Perform 20 push-ups between all bites of food! Eat all of the bites of all of the foods, relax for digestion, and immediately refuel for all of the resting ahead! […]
Did you know….? 5 Things I Just Learned.
Sometimes my blog post ideas just come to me. Like I see a hunched-over middle-aged man doing lots of chest exercises and then sloppily, jerkily, goofily performing 3 rows–and I think to myself, “why, this should be a blog post!” (And so it was. Last week. Here.) Other times, I agonize over no fewer than […]