FitBit Charge 4 Review
While the Apple watch has taken over in the marketplace as the number one smartwatch, the Fitbit Charge series has remained one of the most popular fitness tracker bands ever. [...]
Antagonist Superset Training: Science, Benefits & Workouts
Even before modern scientific research on supersets was ever published, world-class bodybuilders had already figured it out. Antagonist superset training was a favorite technique of the bodybuilding champions in the 60s and 70s Golden Era, including Mr. America Dave Draper and the one and only Arnold Schwarzenegger. This is the definitive guide to supersets…
Drive By Daniel Pink: Book Review, Book Summary And Discussion On Intrinsic Motivation
As far back as the 1940s, psychologists knew humans had two types of drives. One is biological drive, which includes motivation to eat, drink, and reproduce. Another is external drive [...]
Clean Eating And Orthorexia, Part 2: The 10 New Rules
In the first part of "Clean Eating And Orthorexia" I described the growing obsession many people have with eating only the purest, healthiest foods, aka "clean eating." You'd think that nothing but good would come [...]
Clean Eating And Orthorexia, Part 1
Clean eating has no official definition, but it’s usually described as avoiding processed foods, chemicals, preservatives and artificial ingredients. Instead, clean eaters choose natural foods, the way they came out of the ground or as [...]
The 10 Biggest Fears About Fitness And Weight Control During The Coronavirus Outbreak… And How To Deal With Them
There’s no sense in denying the facts or trying to sugar coat it. We are in the middle of a pandemic unlike anything our generation has ever seen, and it sucks. People are dying. [...]
Hang In There. The Pandemic Will Pass. Stay Strong.
During a time of crisis, I think the first important thing to remember is that it will pass. So hang in there and stay strong. The second thing is that staying [...]
Losing Weight Slowly Helps You Keep It Off Better: Fact Or Myth?
Losing weight slowly is better for you, right? Everyone knows that losing weight faster does bad things to your body and increases the chances of weight regain, right? Maybe. But maybe not. If [...]
I Told You I’d Be Back (To Terminate Even More Fitness B.S.)
Burn the Fat Blog was on hiatus from early 2019 until the spring of 2020. We are back, but pardon our dust – we’re still rebuilding. Here’s where we went, [...]
The Ultimate Home Gym For Maximum Muscle… It’s Not What Most People Think
You don’t need any weird contraptions or fancy infomercial machines to transform your body at home. There are only four must-have pieces of equipment you need in a home gym, [...]