Why Glycemic Index Diets Probably Won’t Help With Fat Loss
Have you ever been told that to lose weight, you should eat low glycemic index (GI) or (supposedly better) low glycemic load (GL) foods? Or, did you ever read that [...]
Could This "Calorie Shifting" Tactic Increase Your Fat Loss?
Eating the same number of calories every day – in a deficit – is the simplest and most common approach for setting up a fat loss program. But did you ever consider that you could [...]
The World’s Most Efficient Muscle-Building Workouts For Busy People
How long you workout is not always the most important factor. How intensely you work out, how efficiently you use your gym time, and how you progress from one workout to the next is more [...]
33 Superset Workouts To Build More Muscle In Less Time
You may have heard of supersets before, but did you know there are at least a half a dozen different types, and one of them is the ultimate way to build more muscle in less [...]
Atomic Habits By James Clear: Book Review
I’ve read a lot of books on changing behavior and building habits and James Clear’s Atomic Habits is one of my new favorites… Read this review at Amazon.com: https://amzn.to/2yIpvxn […]
The Ketogenic Diet: It Works… But I Still Don’t Recommend It (Here’s Why)
Diet popularity comes and goes in cycles. The ketogenic diet – aka “keto” – has re surged in popularity to a high point I have not seen seen in 25 years. Keto and other types [...]
Lifting The Confusion About Supersets
Supersets are an outstanding weight training technique for building more muscle in less time. At least a dozen scientific studies have confirmed that superset workouts dramatically increase training efficiency (making it ideal for busy people). [...]
Intensity or Insanity? How Much Training Effort is Enough?
QUESTION: Tom, do you think that the intensity of your workout is”THE THING” that gives you results or is it more about being consistent with your workouts? The reason I ask is because I’m following [...]
Breaking Bad… Eating Habits
You want to stop drinking soda or eating potato chips (or, insert other indulgence you know is not helping your fat loss endeavors), you sincerely do. But you’ve tried so many times, and while you [...]
Are You Making These HIIT Cardio Mistakes Too?
High intensity interval training or HIIT cardio has been around for years, and almost everyone has tried it, or at least heard of it. Many people swear by HIIT, for cardiovascular fitness, fat loss or both. Other [...]