5 Minute Fat Loss

Two girls at the beach were admiring the passing scene, which included a bodybuilder who was strutting his best.  “That’s my type,” said the first girl. “Well, I don’t know,” the other replied.  ”I have a friend who married a man that owns a two-car garage, but he just keeps a bicycle in it!“

There’s a postulate in quantum physics that states, “We don’t know how much we don’t know.”  This statement rings out such resounding truth when it comes to weight training… and, yes, sex… but for now we’ll stick to the topic of weight training. 

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If you’ve ever tried to lose fat on your own you know how challenging it can be.

Have you ever quit your exercise routine because you became bored with it? And going to the gym seemed like a chore?

Have you ever struggled to lose just a few pounds, even though you were going to the gym and eating a bunch of boring healthy foods?

The sad fact is that most people who try to do it on their own fail. Very rarely does their body seem to change much, even when they try their hardest.

By far, the absolute best solution to this problem is to get a personal trainer. They can guide, direct and motivate you to a better body. Personal fitness trainers can help to change someone’s physique like nothing else on the planet

But, many times this isn’t the case and the trainer ends up being more problems than they’re worth… Read the rest of How to NOT Get Fleeced By A Personal Trainer…

Steroids. They’ve been a topic of discussion in my life for over 25 years. Do I recommend them? Never! Have I worked with athletes who have used them and found at least short-term benefit? Absolutely! Have I helped people get “off the juice” by helping them better understand training and eating? Yes, and that feels good!

I am often asked about steroids via e-mail, and the questions are usually related to specific drugs and dosages. “How many mg. of Sustanon should I do per week in an 8-week cycle,” or “is it better to mix Winstrol and Primo for a 12 week cycle, or should I start with Anadrol to get some size first?”
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When people hear the term Unified Theory, some times called the Grand Unified Theory, or even “Theory of Everything,” they probably think of it in terms of physics, where a Unified Theory, or single theory capable of defining the nature of the interrelationships among nuclear, electromagnetic, and gravitational forces, would reconcile seemingly incompatible aspects of various field theories to create a single comprehensive set of equations.

Such a theory could potentially unlock all the secrets of nature and the universe itself, or as theoretical physicist Michio Katu, puts it “an equation an inch long that would allow us to read the mind of God.”

That’s how important unified theories can be. However, unified theories don’t have to deal with such heady topics as physics or the nature of the universe itself, but can be applied to far more mundane topics, in this case nutrition.

Regardless of the topic, a unified theory, as stated above, seeks to explain seemingly incompatible aspects of various theories. In this article I am attempting to unify seemingly incompatible, or opposing, views regarding nutrition… namely, what is probably the longest running debate in the nutritional sciences: calories vs. macro nutrients.

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Ahhhhh . . . . the sounds of a gym. Music blaring, people chattering, workout partners shouting at one another believing that the greater the decibel level the easier the rep, people grunting as they grind out one final rep before complete muscle failure, and of course, what would a “gym” be without the reverberation of . . . weights CLANKING, BANGING, SLAMMING, SMASHING and CRASHING into one another?

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What has this world come to? Is the gym no longer sanctity where one can go to get away from the chaos of their hectic lives? And, heaven forbid, someone actually going there to WORK OUT! Every time I think that I’ve seen everything that there is to see in the gym, or believe that nothing could possibly surprise me, inevitably, I see something that makes my jaw hit the floor. When you enter a gym, there are certain sounds that you expect to hear. Loud music, dumbbells banging together, people chattering, weights dropping to the floor (which drives me absolutely ballistic), workout partners shouting at one another, and guys that feel it necessary to scream out in writhing pain so thunderous that you believe you might be witnessing the very first male childbirth. That’s fine. No matter how annoying, we learn to live with these sounds and antics.

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Okay… I need a little help. I need someone to explain something to me.

Hear me out, please.

Whether we are trying to lose unwanted body fat or gain additional muscle to our bodies, nutrition comprises 70-80 percent of the equation when it comes to reaching our fitness goals. Cardio training and resistance training make up only the remaining 20-30 percent. This is an irrefutable fact! There is no questioning this. It has been documented and confirmed time and time again. Anyone who has walked into a health club, or read a fitness magazine has heard this concept.

That being said, here is my question:

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People have been telling me for the last week that my previous post (Excuses Are For Losers, February 15, 2009) offended them and that they took some of my comments personally.

Want to know my response to them?

“Good!” 

They need to take it personally.

They need to be offended.

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Brad is a 26 year-old bodybuilder that lives in Blue Springs, MO.

He is not a fictitious character.

He is a real person.

Brad has been exercising for about twelve years now. Brad isn’t a large man by any means. He weighs about 165 pounds. If you met Brad you wouldn’t think anything special is standing in front of you. He is a very kind, unassuming individual. But Brad is a special as it gets.

Brad has the heart of a lion and a will to live that is rare and exceptional.

Brad is what I want to be.

Brad loves life and is doing what is necessary to live.

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Okay…I’m standing in the gym one day. It was a Friday. I know that because I had just finished with a grueling triceps and bicep workout. I look up in the mirror and see, what had to be eight of the skinniest, goofiest looking dudes come in. They all looked like a bunch of little Eminems (not the candies…the rapper). They all had on wife-beater undershirts (you know the tight fitting white ripped tanks). All of them had a little peach fuzz on their upper lip (a very weak mustache), and of course all of these kids thought they were Arnold Schwarzenegger.

So, after seeing these guys walk in I thought to myself, “Self, something really funny is about to happen.” So I decided to hang around for a little bit while watching these guys. Here in my town these guys are local high-school football players…well, they are on the team. They are all little clones of each other, a bunch of little freaks that think they are bigger and stronger than what they really are. They thought they were so cool. They had their “posse” and felt that everyone should be concerned about them. Apparently the high school gym was closed for the day so they thought they would grace us with their presence. Thank God they did!

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