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I Challenge You!

March 4, 2010

Fat gain is sneaky!  Because of this, you MUST be on the lookout for it. When should you start keeping an eye on whether or not fat is creeping up on you?  As early as possible.  My personal belief is that people should be engaged in some sort of regular physical activity from the time they graduate from high school until they leave this earth. Did you know that from (...)

Compare Yourself with Yourself

March 1, 2010

Have you worked out with a workout partner and the two of you did exactly the same exercises for exactly the same number of sets and repetitions over exactly the same period of time — say 3 months — yet your partner got results that were either far less or far beyond what you achieved? Have no fear.  There’s likely nothing wrong with your partner or with you.  The difference (...)

Your Motivation to Workout

February 24, 2010

What’s one of the best motivational tools available that will keep you working out regularly? A friend! If you have a friend that is dedicated to health and fitness, and that depends on you as a workout partner, you may find yourself working out consistently and vigorously.  Birds of a feather really do flock together.  The peer pressure will keep you going and will keep you working out hard. Currently, (...)

Inspiring Example

My brother brought this to my attention — Herschel Walker’s mixed martial arts debut.  This guy is awesome!  He’s 47 years old.  He’s in tremendous condition, and he shows what is possible with focus, hard work, and determination.  Now, all of us aren’t world-class athletes like Herschel, but all of us can be in great condition past 40!  Check out Herschel in the following clip.  Also, check the physique from minutes 1:13 to 1:23. swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/v/PSsgbMpD_fw&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0", "vvq-1293-youtube-1", "425", "344", "9", vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes);

The “Varied” Diet

February 22, 2010

Key principles of good eating and a good diet include balance, moderation, and variety. My term for a good diet is a “varied” diet. What is a “varied” diet?  One that contains the various types of foods recommended in the “Dietary Guidelines for Americans”, published by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture.  These organizations’ take on what a good diet looks like is illustrated (...)

The Truth About Weight Loss, Part 2

February 3, 2010

Think about this: If being fantastically fit was easy, everybody would be fantastically fit.  Why?  Because everybody would like to be in good shape.  Isn’t that true? Why isn’t everybody fit?  I can think of two reasons.  One is that their health is declining and won’t permit them to do what it takes to be fit.  The other is that it is usually hard to become fit and remain fit (...)

The Truth About Weight Loss

January 28, 2010

Many people began this year with the intention to “lose weight” and/or become more healthy.  These goals are eminently possible!  I hope that if you started the year with a fitness or health related goal, you haven’t given up.  Continue!  If you continue, you will win!  Guaranteed. Let’s say that you are one of the many people in this country that started the year with the intent to “lose weight”.  (...)

Everything Counts

January 22, 2010

I’m working with a guy on fat loss right now.  He’s very disciplined with his workouts and he is mostly disciplined with his eating.  However, that “mostly” disciplined eating may be torpedoing his efforts.  You might ask, what makes his eating “mostly” disciplined?  The answer is: occasional “snacks”. If you are attempting to lose weight, snacks have the potential to kill your fat loss efforts.  Why? Snacking is usually undisciplined (...)

Does Your Workout Make You Smile?

January 17, 2010

Have you noticed that in every fitness product commercial all of the people working out are smiling?  Whether the product is a super-amazing-ab-toner-thingy, an incredibly-fantastic-fat-melter program/device, or a tremendously-wonderful-all-in-one body toner machine that will fit under your bed when you’re not using it, all of the people using these devices/programs in commercials have toothy grins on display while using them. Hmmm.  I’ve been working out for over 30 years, and (...)

Happy New Year

December 31, 2009

Hey folks!  Happy New Year! Make this one your best year ever! Darryl