#1. Just because you’ve been on a diet before, you are not Omniscient Godmaster of Dieting. I’m no stranger to atypical dieting, and I’ve developed some pretty thick skin for the comments and questions of others during various “nutritional phases” I have traversed. First, let me say that I eat atypically 99.9% of the time. […]
Workouts, Nutrition, & Turds
Here are 3 10-minute kettlebell swing workouts, 2 nutrition notes, and 1 video of me holding poop. Of course, there’s also a 5-Minute Sweaty at the end…so that’s… 10 + 10 + 10 + 5…aha! 35!…that’s 35 minutes of workout! What a bargain! 3 10-Minute Kettlebell Swing Workouts #1. 10-Minute Swing Ladder Chain: 3 reps […]
The Density Diet
I’m going to go out a limb here. I’m going to talk about food intake in terms of which most of us here are familiar: training variables. When it comes to working out, we know we need to “wave the load” [intensity]; we can and should lower volume from time to time, and–I hope you […]
9 Reasons You Should Start Fasting, Even If You Don’t Want to Lose Weight
*GASP* You don’t even breakfast?! You, Miss Health Nut, fitness pro, not eating breakfast?! For shame! That’s a direct quote. It came immediately after revealing my reason for scarfing a gargantuan lunch post-workout to a friend who had dropped by [for tea…oops]. I get it. The media and even mainstream health resources have beaten us […]
“Managing Compromises,” Diet Edition
Life is all about managing comprises…. Which is precisely why you won’t catch me eating oil on my salad very often. If you were to presume that it’s because I’m trying to cut calories–or, more particularly, calories from fat–you’d likely be perplexed when you saw my salad heaped with avocado, a layer of cheese, and […]