The sensation of the squat, if you can hit one deep enough, is luxurious. As a rest position it is as soft and relaxing as my warm evening drink, and as an exercise as harsh and invigorating as my cold morning shower. Both are salubrious, in their […]
What Is Fitness Minimalism
NOTE FROM PAT: The following is a guest post by that scriptural varmint Aleks Salkin, or The Jew Hammer, as he’s known, a miscreant, it must be obvious, of the most rascally sorts. But because he writes a very plain and deeply beguiling English, and uses short sentences and the words of everyday, unlike so […]
Exercise and Guns
The goal of minimalism is to do the least amount you need to do to get the job done, and not a smidgeon more. That “and not a smidgeon more” works in both directions—addition and subtraction. Too many programs are TOO stripped down. They create gaps and deficiencies. To use […]
7 Reasons to Skip Breakfast, Train Fasted, and Eat One Meal a Day
I was at a book signing at a Barnes and Noble the other day and was delighted by the delicious turn out. Some people traveled quite a number of miles to see me and buy my book so I did my damnedest to make it worth their excursion. […]
15 Valuable Fitness Lessons Learned the Hard Way
I cannot tell you the best way to open a coconut but I can tell you the dumbest way, because I invented it. It involves clubbing the fruit with a ceramic knife, and the exact technic is not hardly a science, but spasmodic; one is free to club the thing […]