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Posts from ‘June, 2009’

What Does The Fitness Industry Need Most? (Part 1)

More guru’s, experts, and professionals would be nice – someone who can help ME.
Another supplement line with all organic ingredients would be excellent! (if it were even possible)
How about some new gadgets to buy on late night TV? I hear the booty-plasmatronic machine is a real good deal. Plus it only takes 10 minutes a [...]

You Don’t See Birds Wearing Backpacks, Do You?

So often, we worry about everything going on in our lives. We could drown in all the anxiety we create for ourselves. One of the best things we can do for our health and well being is to realize that life goes on no matter what – and there’s no use stressing ourselves out over [...]

The holy grail of fitness goals: Look good and BE good! — Reader Q+A

QUESTION:
Hi John, I’m 43 y.o male , 1.85 m , 80kg , i discovered Tom Venuto’s BFFM ebook last February and by applying his program got rid 10 kg of fat and now I am at about 12.5% BF and in the better shape of my life from a BF point of view . I [...]

Natural Movement Outdoor Strength Training Session: Outdoor workout video tutorial

This is a natural movement outdoor strength training session that I modified slightly from a recent Men’s Health article which you can read here (I don’t think the workout is posted online, only in the physical magazine article). I had fun going through it, and I can tell you without a doubt that this one [...]

2 Quick and Uncommon Conditioning Workouts

Here are two quick workouts for those that like trying something different than your normal everyday strength training routine.

How to Move on All Fours: Basic Crawling and Quadrupedal Fundamentals of Natural Movement for the Purposes of Strength Training and Fitness

Moving on all fours should come naturally to humans. Personal trainers and strength coaches tend to label it as an animal exercise or animal movement, when in reality, it’s just natural human movement. Humans learn to crawl even before they learn to walk, and children are adept at moving on all fours in a variety [...]

Your Personal Trainer Behaves Like a Doctor – my revelation about the fitness industry

In medical school, aspiring doctors learn a lot more about drugs and treating the symptoms of disease, rather than how to prevent disease in the first place. It’s likely that the nutrition and fitness courses they are required to take in medical school don’t offer a comprehensive solution to the prevention of disease.
Nikhil Rao wrote [...]