FacebookXInstagram

The Biggest Loser Pros And Cons: An In-Depth Objective Review of Television’s Most Popular Reality Show

2025-08-17T13:20:31-04:00By |Classic Posts, Weight Loss & Fat Loss|

With a new Biggest Loser documentary debuting on Netflix, I’m revisiting my one and only viewing of the show - the Season 8 premiere - which I watched solely to write this review. What I saw was extreme crash dieting, dangerous workout stunts (including a medevac), and humiliating weigh-ins. My in-depth article breaks down the show’s pros and cons - the good, the bad, and the ugly - from a fitness professional’s perspective.

Read More

Cardio Intensity for Fat Loss: How Hard Should You Really Work Out?

2025-07-11T16:27:10-04:00By |Cardio Training, Classic Posts, Exercise & Fitness|

Intensity is one of the most important training variables, and at times, it's definitely beneficial to push yourself and train with high intensity (effort level) especially if you're short on time and want efficiency. But can you get too much of a good thing? How much intensity is too much? Do you need "insanely" hard workouts that bring you to your knees to maximize your potential? Read on to find out...

Read More

Your Fitness Future Foretold: 20 Predictions For The New Year

2025-01-01T21:15:09-05:00By |Classic Posts, Motivation & Mindset|

Instead of making New Year predictions for trends in the whole diet and fitness industry, what if I could take out my crystal ball and predict with perfect precision exactly what kind of health and fitness results you will achieve by the end of the coming year? I can do that. In fact, I already did. Click here to see the prediction list in today's blog post

Read More

Low Carb Intelligence vs Low Carb Stupidity, Revisited

2024-11-11T13:29:44-05:00By |Classic Posts, Food & Nutrition, Weight Loss & Fat Loss|

High fat, low carb keto diets are still trending. They're not just trending, low carb diets are here to stay. But despite all the new science available today that gives us a better understanding of how low carb, high protein or low carb, high fat diets really work, a lot of people are still thinking about it wrong and doing it wrong. Marketeers are taking it to the bank… consumers, on the other hand, are being taken. And that’s why I’m revisiting and re-sharing this classic article, 20 years after its original publication

Read More

30 Things I Learned From 30 Years of Bodybuilding

2024-01-25T11:26:02-05:00By |bodybuilding, Classic Posts, Motivation & Mindset|

I started lifting in the early 1980's and right from day one, I was engrossed with the bodybuilding style of training and eating. I think it's always valuable to take time for reflection, and realizing this year that I had accumulated 30 years of training experience (including 28 competitions as a natural bodybuilder), I thought you would enjoy a post on my “lessons learned” that might help you in your own fitness endeavors, and hopefully help you shave a few years off your learning curve.

Read More

The Shocking Truth About Electrical Muscle Stimulation (EMS) To Build Muscle And Burn Fat

2023-09-03T12:36:32-04:00By |Abs, Classic Posts, Gain Muscle, Hall of Shame|

The "Shocking" truth about electrical muscle stimulation (EMS). Shocking. Get it?  Sorry, bad pun - I couldn't resist. But this deserves to be poked fun at. "Attach electrodes to your belly, turn on the current, [...]

Read More

The Double Edged Sword Of “Healthy” Fast Food

2023-03-10T20:02:32-05:00By |Classic Posts, Food & Nutrition|

A Burn the Fat Blog Archives Classic. Originally published March 15th, 2010. What’s on the menu at fast food restaurants lately? Ironically enough, the answer increasingly is… “health food!” Even more incongruous, many fast [...]

Read More

Are Microwave Ovens Safe? What Science Really Says About Microwaves, Your Food And Your Health

2023-10-31T14:50:27-04:00By |Classic Posts, Food & Nutrition|

Online natural health "experts" claim that microwaves will "zap" your food, deplete it of important nutrients and alter its molecular structure in dangerous ways. They also warn that microwave exposure and eating food cooked in microwave ovens will cause harm to your body and even cause cancer! Is there any truth to any of these reports? No, it's a bunch of BS. And here's why...

Read More

How To Stay In Shape While Traveling

2022-06-18T17:20:59-04:00By |Classic Posts, Exercise & Fitness, Food & Nutrition|

Some people may be thinking, "Impossible! You can't even maintain, let alone improve, when you have to deal with airports, business meetings, all-day seminars, hotels, mini-bars, room service food on speed-dial, restaurants and all that travel stress." Actually, in most cases, yes you can stay in shape while traveling, and even get in better shape, if you really want to, and here's how

Read More
©Copyright Fitness Renaissance, LLC - All Rights Reserved | Website Design by iMAGN Media
Go to Top