It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that your typical pancakes are certainly NOT the type of food you want to eat if your goal is fat loss or staying lean. However, for years, there’s been a basic type of modified pancake recipe floating around in bodybuilding circles that is a healthier version (although [...]

With the holidays fast approaching, now is the time to make yourself aware of the foods that will be available to you and avoid pigging out on the bad stuff. The average person will gain about 2-3 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years’. It’s not just the actual holiday meals that will be the problem. [...]

Wendy Chant, the author of “Crack the Fat-Loss Code,” came up with a different approach to losing weight. The book is based on the assumption that our bodies will resist starvation by holding on to the fat. She explains that we can overcome the natural cycle that controls the storing and burning of calories by [...]

What guy doesn’t like b00bs? Hell, many ladies appreciate a nice looking set as well. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and felt this would be an appropriate blog post. I’ll be honest, as a guy, I never really think about this topic but I should. Number one, my wife comes to mind. And two, [...]

If you want to lose weight, don’t count calories in general. The weight loss industry has conditioned us into thinking that if we consume less calories, the weight will fall off. But, the book, The Fat Resistance Diet by Dr. Leo Galland, M.D., offers a different way to think about controlling your weight. He claims [...]

It was gonna be a terribly hot day in the Yucatan. The travel guide said it may reach 108 degrees Fahrenheit. My son and I were taking a tour of the Mayan town of Chichen Itza. It was an all day event. We left our Cancun hotel before 8am and didn’t come back ’til after [...]

Believe it or not, your sleeping position can affect your abs. Sleeping on your back with a pillow under your legs will help you with that stubborn back pain. I didn’t say it will eliminate it, just alleviate some of the pain. But, it will contribute to building your abs by keeping your legs up [...]

· Crunches with your legs elevated. Keep your legs up on a couch or chair OR to make it the most effective, lift them up in the air with no support. This allows the upper muscle section of your abs to be worked more by not allowing your hip and leg muscles to assist in [...]

· Old fashioned sit-ups. This provides a lot of stress on the lower back and increases your chances of injury. They mostly work your hip flexor muscles and hardly work your abs at all. It makes it worse when you have your hands behind your head and pull. · Straight leg lifts for your lower [...]

It’s actually very easy to lose weight for the average person.  All they need to do is burn more calories than they consume on a daily basis.   That is obviously easier said than done from the statistics the news and magazines show about the obese individuals that exist in the United States.   Let’s [...]