Can Too Much Cardio Slow Your Metabolism?
Adding more cardio to your exercise regimen will only help increase your fat loss right? If all else remains equal, the answer is usually yes: more calories burned = bigger calorie deficit = more fat [...]
8 Reasons Your Cardio Workouts Aren’t Working
So, you’ve started doing cardio to burn fat and get in shape. Perhaps you’ve started running every morning or taking a walk on your lunch break. Or maybe you began using the elliptical, stairclimber, or [...]
This Doctor Says, “Running Will KILL You!”
A medical doctor says marathon runners are going to drop dead of heart attacks. A diet guru says running is bad for you and you should never do it. A strength coach slams cardio, saying lifting weights and a little bit of sprint or burst training is all anyone should ever do. What a bunch of clowns... Here's what real science says...
The Physique Athlete Diet: Eat More, Burn More
Physique athletes (bodybuilding, fitness, fitness model, figure and bikini competitors) eat and train differently. In fact, a lot of what they do to develop the leanest, most muscular, most aesthetically pleasing bodies in the world [...]
Aerobic vs Weight Training: Which is Better For Fat Loss (The Duke Study – Was it Wrong?)
A recent study from Duke University comparing aerobic versus weight training to see which is better for fat loss was one of the most publicized studies of the year. My in-box was bursting with emails [...]
Move a Little, Lose a Lot (My NEAT Step Experiment, Part 3)
Is burning fat and keeping it off as simple as moving more? Is the solution to the entire obesity crisis getting off our butts? Well, yes and no. Yes, moving [...]
ME? A Couch Potato? (My N.E.A.T. Step Experiment Part 1)
Finally, I bought a Fitbit. I say finally because I’d been hearing about the Fitbit (and similar activitiy tracking devices like the BodyBugg) from my friends, readers and Inner Circle [...]
How to Get a Body Like a Movie Star This Summer
Summer is here in the New Jersey / New York City Metro area. It has been a hot one so far, since Memorial Day through this first week of June – beautiful sunny skies and [...]
The Best HIIT Workout For Fat Loss (High Intensity Interval Training)
What is the best HIIT workout for fat loss? That's not easy to say because there are so many different types of HIIT workouts and many of them are effective. And while many HIIT workouts [...]
An Insanely Effective Type of Interval Training
High intensity interval training (aka, HIIT), can be done in a variety of different ways. Here’s a wickedly-effective type of interval training: it requires no machines or fancy equipment, you can do it outside in [...]