When Should You Exercise?

What’s the best time of day to exercise? Morning? Evening? Lunchtime?
The short and simple answer: Whatever time works for you.
For example, if you’re like most people, you may find that you don’t really get a choice – your schedule (and its relative inflexibility) decides when your exercise time is, even if it’s 5:30am.
For those of [...]

When Fat is Fat, and When It Isn’t.

I had an interesting exchange with a client on Friday.
After informing her that it’d be a good idea to put a fat on her vegetables so the vitamins would be absorbed better:
She: “So I should put a little bit of olive oil on it, right?”
Me: “Right, or butter, or whatever fat you prefer.”
She: “I [...]

The Intermittent Fasting Chronicles.

As you would suspect, being that I’m a scientifically-minded individual, I try things out all the time – different programs, reps schemes, nutritional approaches – in the search for the most effective, results-getting approaches for my clients, as well as myself.
Most of my experiments involve yours truly. Some have been spectacular failures, some (like [...]

Become an Educated Consumer!

If you’re a client of mine, you’ve heard me say the title of this blog post at least (by my conservative estimate) 7800 times.
It is so vitally important to apply your critical thinking abilities to the confusing and sometimes scary world of fitness and nutrition, I can’t understate it. In fact, let me say [...]

Context: Is What You’re Doing Right For You?

The vast availablity of information on the Internet is a double-edged sword; while it is true that you’ve never before had so much information so readily available at your fingertips, you’re often missing the vital links that make that information usable, understandable, or even appropriate.
In no other subject is this is this more true than [...]