Just in case you were curious as to how I spent my weekend, I went snowboarding. Killington stayed true to its cause to be the first North American ski resort open each season by opening its doors yesterday, October 30th. Once I saw the announcement on Killington’s website, there wasn’t really any question in our [...]
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About a month and a half ago or so, I was struck by an unusual request from a regular personal training client of mine. At the start of our session, he said,
“Go immediately to your doctor, and get yourself and your wife a prescription for a drug called Tamiflu.”
At the time, I was somewhat confused. [...]
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From the annals of my celebrated gym-face picture vault comes another county fair prizewinner:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Michael Chinchilla.
Above: This is exactly how Chinchilla looks right before he’s about to deliver a spinning elbow to your noggin. Exactly.
Who knew seated biceps curls could inspire such concentration and focus?
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Just randomly perusing the Internet landscape:
Eat Fat to Lose Fat.
It shouldn’t even be questioned that the low-fat diet advanced during the fat-phobia craze of the 80s and early 90s is an unhealthy and nonsustainable diet. Aside from throwing the baby out with the bathwater (i.e., essential fatty acids with saturated fats), the low-fat diet also [...]
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Monophasic sleep – sleep that occurs in one unbroken stretch, i.e., the usual 7-8 hours most people get every night.
Polyphasic sleep – sleep that is broken down into sections and accumulated throughout the day, i.e., 3 hours at night, a morning nap of 1.5 hours, and a 20 minute afternoon nap. Or, the Ubersleep cycle.
For [...]
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