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This site aims to provide the reader with resources & articles on such topics as nutrition, exercise, and other lifestyle issues with a no bull honest attitude. I often take up novel approaches and write about things that, while at times eclectic, ar

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• Core Conditioning Part II: The “Ab Wheel”

  Posted on Friday May 30th, 2008 at 14:28 in ab rollout, ab wheel, abdominals, abs, back, conditioning, contraction, core, exercise, fitness, flex, isometric

  First, let me apologize ahead of time for the photographs - there simply isn’t very much space to take pictures in my house, and the ab wheel isn’t very practical in the yard! This is one ...

• Core Conditioning Exercises: Part I

  Posted on Tuesday May 27th, 2008 at 11:16 in abdominals, abs, athletic, back extension, bodyweight, conditioning, core, exercise, fitness, muscle, obliques, six pack

  I’ve always maintained that having a strong core is vital to any athletic endeavor, be it weight lifting or running. When people think of core strength, the usually think abdominals. In reality,...

• Intensify Your Training: Jump Rope!

  Posted on Friday May 23rd, 2008 at 07:13 in aerobic, agility, athlete, balance, boxer, boxing, cardio, cardiovascular, conditioning, coordination, endurance, enhance

  As adults, a lot of us have completely forgotten about jumping rope. And let’s face it, a lot of us who are younger only jumped rope as children when we were made to at school. Yet jumping rope ...

• A Great Night’s Sleep - Optimizing Your Environment

  Posted on Monday May 19th, 2008 at 11:05 in 5htp, alarm, awake, bed, bedtime, blackout curtain, caffeine, circadian rhythm, dawn, exercise, fitness, injuries & recovery

  Since we touched on sleep in our previous recovery tips, I figured it was only logical to follow up with an article on how to actually do it. Now that might seem a bit odd, someone telling you how to ...

• Recovery Tips: When to use what techniques!

  Posted on Sunday May 18th, 2008 at 19:44 in ache, athletic, bodybuilding, contrast baths, cryotherapy, epsom salt, exercise, fitness, growth, inflammation, injuries & recovery, muscles

  I will conclude the week, albeit a little bit later than I would have like, with a summary of when to use the recovery methods I outlined earlier. Daily: With exception to the obvious, such as proper...

• Recovery Tips: Rest, Periodization, Preventative Methods

  Posted on Friday May 16th, 2008 at 18:31 in exercise, fitness, glycogen, inflammation, injuries & recovery, intervals, lactic acide, muscle, periodization, recovery, rest, soreness

  One of the biggest mistakes beginners make during a workout is ignoring their body’s need for rest. This doesn’t mean that no-rest workouts are bad, but rather that they can’t go on ...

• Recovery Tips: Epsom Salt Bathing/Soaks

  Posted on Friday May 16th, 2008 at 09:24 in athlete, bath, bath salt, bathing, cleanse, detox, doms, epsom salt, exercise, fitness, injuries & recovery, magnesium

  Bath salts are a wonderful, natural thing which have been around for centuries. The variety which we will focus on today is often sold under the name Epsom Salt, and is simply Magnesium Sulfate. Benef...

• Recovery Tips: Static & Dynamic Stretching

  Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 14:02 in active, athletic, ballistic stretching, doms, dynamic, fitness, flexibility, injuries & recovery, muscles, passive, pnf, soreness

  Stretching is a fundamental exercise that all people ought to partake in, whether they are active or not. In addition to improving your range of motion, thus helping prevent injury, it is also a very ...

• Fruit Will NOT Make You Fat!

  Posted on Tuesday May 13th, 2008 at 11:14 in apples, bananas, blood sugar, carbohydrates, citrus, cutting, diet, exercise, Fat, fitness, fructose, fruit

  Often times I hear people cautioning others that excess fruit will make you fat. While it is true that calories in excess of one’s expenditure will inevitably lead to one gaining weight, it is h...

• Recovery Tip #1 - Contrast Baths/Showers

  Posted on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 13:51 in acidosis, athlete, blood flow, body building, circulation, contrast bath, cryotherapy, doms, fitness, hydrotherapy, injuries & recovery, lactic

  I’m starting the week off with this tip about contrast showers, also known as hydrotherapy, because it is my favorite regardless of whether or not I am sore. I do these daily just for the invigo...

• Tips to Recover Faster & Stronger

  Posted on Monday May 12th, 2008 at 11:30 in athlete, body, body building, doms, fitness, glycogen, injuries & recovery, muscle, nutrition, nutritious nutrition, performance, recovery

  Starting today, and for the rest of the week, I will post a daily tip on recovery. I was working on a larger article regarding this topic; however I can get much more in depth with a daily article on ...

• Intermittent Fasting - gain lean mass & lose the fat

  Posted on Thursday May 8th, 2008 at 16:44 in bodybuilding, diet, endurance, energy, exercise, Fat, fitness, gain mass, gymnastics, IF, intermittent fasting, lifestyle

  Intermittent fasting is by far my favorite way to keep myself lean, while still gaining mass and endurance all the while eating anything wholesome I want. There seems to be a lot of misinformation out...