Possibly the only question more charged in fit-minded circles these days than steady state vs. interval cardio, is the classic and omnipresent Protein Question. The Protein Question, also known as the Great Protein Debate or the Protein Lecture depending on who is doing the speaking, is one of the most-asked, most-studied and least-satisfactorily-answered health questions …
103. 20. Those two numbers have haunted my every waking moment for the past three days. Even though I have a known weakness for numbers – body fat percentage! max reps! weight! calories! IP addresses! (xkcd, I love you!) – the tenacity of these two little numbers in my mind has surprised even me. Every …
Just a quick note for those of you that are interested. My blog on the Huffington Post “An Open Letter to Rihanna: What it’s like taking your boyfriend to court” is generating a lot of good discussion (intermixed between a handful of asinine and jerky comments). Late yesterday, Jezebel picked it up and the wonderful …
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See? It’s so easy even hamsters can do it. Raise your hands if you have meditated this month. At all. I’m serious. I want to see hands, people. Now, how many of you have meditated every day? For all of you that lack the ability to manipulate the space-time continuum, I am not raising my …
My favorite memory of my first road race: Man 1: (To buddy, right after I passed them going uphill) Dude, you just got passed by a girl. Man 2: Yeah, well. So did you, dude. Man 1: You think we can catch her? They did not catch me. A fact that made me glow with …
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Some days are easy workout days. Which is fine. I have learned – many times over as I am a remarkably slow learner – that you don’t have to hammer yourself on every workout. Last week was one of those weeks where I had blood-sweat-and-tears workouts on six out of six days. (More on that …
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First, I want to thank everyone who commented yesterday on my Assault: On Causing Pain post. Occasionally I use this blog as a mental clearing ground and I’m always amazed at how smart, thoughtful and – most of all – kind you guys are. There are not many places on the Internet where I could’ve …
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Yeah, I look all innocent here, punching BOB. It is an oft-repeated axiom that opposites attract. This is not true. At least not when it comes to people. Rather, as any social psychologist will tell you, like attracts like. I know that many people will protest “but my significant other is my exact opposite!” This …
If you think my food quirks are weird, you should try buying me a drink. Truly, it’s a wonder I still have friends that will be seen with me in public places any more. Gym Buddy Paul found this out the hard way the other day at a TurboKick social gathering (that’s right – we’re …
Anyone curious as to what happens to the male anatomy when running in sub-zero temps? Sorry, can’t help you. How about what to do if an adorably squishy-wishy koala bear wanders into your back yard? Again, I have no idea. Even things that you’d think I’d know something about, like CPR – I am actually …
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