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Losing weight/diet

Mark Sisson’s Exercise Errors

August 13, 2011

Mark Sisson has become a very popular paleo promoter and I like a lot of what he has to say. His book is pretty good and I hate him for all the hair he has on his head. I wish it were true that going paleo was good for hair re-growth but its not.
As [...]

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An Ongoing Success Story

August 10, 2011

I love getting these emails:
Hi Fred!
I am a 64-year-old post menopausal (obviously) obese woman who is on a mission. (I am also a mother, grandmother, artist and wife, among other things.)
Starting in January of this year, I belatedly started turning my life around. I FINALLY got the right information on diet and a good scare [...]

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A Note from Merry Olde England

August 8, 2011

Well it’s been a very nice vacation thus far and it’s sadly coming to a close. Yet, it feels like it’s time to get back to Serious Strength and continue helping people become the best they can be. As for me, I haven’t had a workout in 18 days and my body cries out for [...]

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Don’t sweat the scale

June 7, 2011

Last night before I went to bed, I took a tinkle, stripped down to my skivies, and weighed in at a trim 159 pounds.
The next morning I got up, took a tinkle and weighed myself again.
I was 153.5 pounds. Yes that’s right. I weighed 5.5 pounds less.
When I went to bed that [...]

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Lose weight and lower your cholesterol?

May 15, 2011

Baloney.
I just got the results of my yearly physical back and I discovered some interesting results.
Mind you, I was not trying to do anything about my cholesterol profile even though my doctor thinks I am going to expire in a few minutes unless I start eating fistfuls of statins. It amazes me that [...]

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Franco Columbu’s Diet

May 12, 2011

Franco Columbu was one of the greatest professional body builders of all time. I pulled his book Winning Bodybuilding(affiliate link) from my library, dusted it off and took a look at what he had to say.
The one thing that jumped out at me as I flipped through it was his diet. Here’s what the [...]

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Why Is Your Kid Fat?

April 3, 2011

There is no doubt that the surge in adolescent obesity is real. As a father of two wonderful young lasses, I am in their school yards virtually everyday and see it first hand. I will say however that, at least in New York City, most kids appear to be of normal body weight. The truly [...]

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Bacon Cups

March 28, 2011

Bacon cups! BACON CUPS!!
Lordy, Lordy. I believe!
That’s all I have to say about that.

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Physical Activity Burns Sugar More Than Fat

March 18, 2011

You hear and read a lot about how good it is for diabetics to be physically active because it helps regulate blood sugar. And it does.
So, why then do so many fitness experts procliam that physical activity is good for losing body fat? Well, they think that when you run or play tennis or [...]

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Elimination Diet Week 2 – Feeling Strong Now

March 16, 2011

Thus far all goes well on our journey into a healed gut – a bit too well in terms of my body weight. I stepped on the scale yesterday before my Slow Burn workout and weighed in at a trim 162.5 pounds. The week before I weighed in at 167. I thought “WTF?!”
I’m not sure [...]

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