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Russian Twist Do’s and Don’ts
Hello to all of my fitness readers trying to get the most of out exercise, and most importantly to the people who want exercise to be a benefit and not a source of future pain. The Russian Twist is usually performed seated on...
Ancestral Eating in the 21st Century
“If you’re going to eat like a caveman without moving like a caveman, you’re going to have a bad time.” Whatever you want to call it (the paleo diet, the primal blueprint, the carnivore diet, etc), this conversation around...
Listen to the Bees for a safe Workout
Ever wonder why they call it working out? After 6 years of being a personal trainer, the answer is pretty obvious: working out is not only work, but it’s hard! Our nervous system loves to optimize for the easiest and most...
Trouble Losing Weight? Diet and Exercise might not be the answer!
I’m about to say something controversial: diet and exercise are not the most important parts of losing weight. Yup, that’s right. A personal trainer saying that there are more important things involved that the very reason...
The Many Factors of Weightloss, and Easy Tips to Help Lose Weight
It’s the New Year. You’ve been at the gym every day for a month, and seen no results. In fact, you’re more tired and hungrier than ever. You just don’t understand. You’ve heard the stories for years: cardio and weight training...
Workout with the Magic School Bus
Years ago, Miss Frizzle and the Magic School Bus gang explored a world without friction. What ensued was a colorful depiction of chaos, and a valuable lesson on how our bodies are affected by the world around us. These days, I...
Stop Storing Nuts and Start Living
Like a squirrel storing nuts, our brain uses our physical tissue as a storage system for emotions and intense experiences. This phenomenon is not fully understood by modern medicine, but has been known of for centuries in...
What is your threshold?
If I give you one dollar, you might smile. But would you consider yourself rich in a practical sense? Probably not. But what if I gave you a dollar every minute of every day for the rest of your life? The question is not if you...
Deafening Silence
Imagine a heroin addict; a complete slave to a drug which slowly withers away self and leaves a husk of a human that has forgotten any other way to live. In between uses, there is a slow build of desire until the next use. It is...