OK, Now This Is Just Scary…
I stumbled across this article the other day. It indicates that 9 of 10 adults could be overweight or obese by 2030. The ramifications of this are frightening; since obesity is associated with an increased risk of various maladies (heart disease, diabetes, stroke and various types of cancer to name a few) a trend like this could pretty much financially cripple our health care systems – both in Canada and the U.S. And that, of...
FTC Nails Internet Supp Marketers for “Online Negative Option Marketing”
Last year, Paul made this great video on a deceptive practice some internet supplement marketers engage in…”The 5-7 Day Fat Burner & Diet Pill Free Trial Scam!” [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP8GcmU9f-M] The Federal Trade Commission refers to this as “Online Negative Option Marketing” (personally, I think “Free Trial Scam” is far more descriptive, but that’s government...
Simple Steps To Fitness
A couple of summers ago, John attended a conference in Pittsburgh, so on a whim, the kids and I decided we’d tag along too, and make a short vacation out of it. Pittsburgh has some pretty cool, family-oriented things to do (the Zoo/Aquarium and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History are aweome), so it was a fun trip. Of course, when we travel, John and I like to get some semblance of a workout in, even if it’s nothing more...
Different Does Not Equal Better
I had a brief Skype chat session this morning with one of my industry buds: Will Brink…we were talking about the latest research on creatine ethyl ester (not good), and then moved on to all the different forms of creatine there are on the market now. Just for fun, I combed through some supplement formulas and put together a little list…here it is: creatine monohydrate creatine pyruvate creatine taurinate creatine ethyl...
Recipe Inflation?
Discussions about the obesity epidemic inevitably focus on commercial products, either processed foods from the grocery store, or fast food/restaurant offerings. Since the frequency of home-cooked, “slow food” meals is at an all-time low, “homemade” food has more-or-less gotten a pass. But home-cooked meals have evidently gotten bigger/richer over time, too… Restaurants get a bad rap for serving...
Bench Day – Update V
Yesterday’s session was a small improvement over last week, overall. While I still didn’t hit all the reps in each set, I didn’t suffer from “TMC” (total moral collapse) in my final sets, either. I managed: 5/5, 5/5, 4/5, 4/5, 4/5 (@ 135 lbs.) We’ll see what next week brings. I figure I’ll continue working on this until we leave for the Arnold Classic (March 5), then it will be time for a...
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