Archive for December, 2009
The Front Squat
As you may have already discovered, the squat (along with deadlifts) is at the top of the heap as one of the most effective overall exercises for stimulating muscle gain and fat loss. This is because exercises like squats and deadlifts use more muscle groups under a heavy load than any other weight bearing exercises. [...]
Good Trans Fats vs. Bad Trans Fats
Artificial trans fats are one of the most prevalent poisons in our food supply; but most don’t know that healthy natural trans fats DO exist.
I’m going to talk about something today that most of you have probably never heard… that there is a distinction between good trans fats and bad trans fats. There is some [...]
At-Home, No-Equipment Workout
Maybe you don’t have a gym membership. Maybe there isn’t one close to you. Maybe you don’t have any equipment because there’s no place to put it, or maybe you’re a cheap bastard and don’t want to spring for it. Or maybe you punched your boss and now you’re out a job and have to spend [...]
Your Body’s 10 Weirdest Health Clues
I found this article on MSN and thought it pretty interesting. You can read the original article if you want.
Your body’s 10 weirdest health clues
By Danielle Kosecki
What size bra do you wear? How’s your sense of smell? Can you still fit into your college jeans?
The answers to these questions — plus other weird body clues [...]
Bill Star’s Advanced 5×5 Workout
HISTORY:
This program and variants have been making the rounds on the internet for a few years. Variations have been made for specific lifters, it’s been rehashed and re-explained by various people ranging from your standard guy who had a lot of success with it all the way to some fairly high level coaches in multiple [...]
