Your Greatest Tool for Getting Lean… and Why You Aren’t Using It

November 29, 2010

A mere 8% of an iceberg is visible above water, while a whopping 92% remains submerged in the frigid depths. Similarly, the human mind is made of two components, one smaller but more “visible,” the other larger but more “hidden.” These are better known as the conscious and unconscious mind, respectively. Most modern health and […]

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This Thanksgiving… Give Your Diet the Day Off!

November 23, 2010

Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. It’s more laid-back than Christmas, the weather hasn’t become bitterly frigid yet… and it’s a food lover’s dream come true! But with more and more people going on diets that are more and more restrictive, we are losing our enjoyment of this holiday, worrying excessively about […]

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The Dark Secrets Behind “Calories In – Calories Out”

November 20, 2010

Eat less, exercise more. It couldn’t be any simpler on paper, yet why is our quest to lose fat and gain muscle so damned difficult? As we’ve already seen, the theory that we have an innate drive to accumulate as much energy as possible doesn’t hold any water. Could it be that the conventional wisdom […]

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Debunking the Thrifty Gene

November 5, 2010

Is the obesity epidemic due to our innate drives to eat as much as possible and exercise as little as possible? A “thrifty gene,” if you will, that evolved to favor those of us who easily packed on the pounds to weather the terrible famine conditions that our ancestors were forced to endure? Hell no! […]

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Why Don’t Wild Animals Get Fat?

October 28, 2010

When was the last time you saw an obese orangutan? Or a llama with love handles? Wild animals are experts at keeping in damned good shape without ever forcing themselves to eat less and exercise more. How can they succeed at a chore that most of us find so difficult? Lazy, Lazy Lions The standard explanation […]

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Why “Eat Less, Exercise More” Doesn’t Work

October 25, 2010

“In order to lose weight, you simply need to eat less and exercise more.” Sound familiar? That’s because 99% of all weight loss and maintenance advice boils down to the quote above. But while it is necessary to incur a caloric deficit if you are looking to lose that beer gut once and for all, […]

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The Kenny Powers Training Method

October 15, 2010

“A true champion, face to face with his darkest hour, will do whatever it takes to rise above. A man fights, and fights, and then fights some more. Because surrender is death, and death is for pussies.” -Kenny Powers I’m not a big TV-watcher, but every now and then someone will convince me to check […]

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