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Article: You’re Not losing Fat Because You’re Eating Too Damn Much...
This one's a bit long and cheeky but 100% worth a read... physiqonomics.com/eating-too-much/ Do you want to know why you’re not losing fat? Like, for real? You’re eating too much. Yup, Even when you think you aren’t. Even when you think you’re eating healthy, even when you’re exercising hard, even when you think you’re…
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Burn more fat for days after just 15 minutes strength training
http://www.ergo-log.com/after15minutesstrengthtraining.html If you want to lose weight but can't stand sport, just make sure you drag your body to the gym a couple of times a week. All it takes is fifteen minutes of weight training to raise your energy expenditure for three days. And if you don't believe us, take it from…
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Insulin resistance, selfish brain, and selfish immune system: an evolutionarily positively selected
http://arthritis-research.com/content/16/S2/S4 Insulin resistance, selfish brain, and selfish immune system: an evolutionarily positively selected program used in chronic inflammatory diseases Abstract Insulin resistance (IR) is a general phenomenon of many physiological states, disease states, and diseases. IR has been…
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Delay aging by eating fewer meals per day
http://www.ergo-log.com/delay-aging-by-eating-fewer-meals-per-day.html Delay aging by eating fewer meals per day If you want to live longer, or reduce your chance of developing chronic diseases such as type-2 diabetes, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, then reduce the number of meals you eat daily. According to Mark Mattson of…
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Prevalent Nutrient Deficiencies in the US: More Than 40% are Vitamin A, C, D & E, Calcium or Magnesi
Prevalent Nutrient Deficiencies in the US: More Than 40% are Vitamin A, C, D & E, Calcium or Magnesium Deficient and >90% Don't Get Enough Choline, Fiber & Potassium http://suppversity.blogspot.dk/ The latest re-examination of data from the 2001-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) reveals: " A…
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FAT LOSS HAPPENS ON MONDAY, BOOK WITH DAN JOHN AND JOSH HILLIS
http://www.otpbooks.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BFLHS&Store_Code=OTP&AFFIL=DJ I've been working my way through the kindle version this book over the last week. I'm a fan of Dan John and recommend checking out just about all of the stuff he puts out. The book is basically covers habit modification, goal…
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What Happens in Your Body During a "Cleanse" or "Detox"
http://lifehacker.com/what-happens-in-your-body-during-a-cleanse-or-detox-1669540259 Juice cleanses, colon cleanses, fruit detoxes, sugar detoxes—we've all seen these things, but do they actually work? What are they supposed to do? Let's take a look at the science behind the fad.1 Cleanses and detoxes are trendy, popular,…
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Five Good Reasons Why At Least 50% of Your 2015 'Cardio' Training Should Be High Intensity Interval
http://suppversity.blogspot.dk/2015/01/five-good-reasons-why-at-least-50-of.html Full article in link... Bottom line: As you can see, there are plenty of good arguments in favor of HIIT training. Arguments that do yet not warrant replacing "classic" steady-state endurance training altogether. In fact, comparisons of high…
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Fish fatty acids reduce age-related physical performance decline
http://www.ergo-log.com/n3physicallongevity.html Fish fatty acids reduce age-related physical performance decline Ageing may be inevitable, but it'll be accompanied by less defects if you have more fish fatty acids [scientific name: n-3 fatty acids] in your blood. Gerontologists at the Second University of Naples came to…
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The Effects of Soy and Whey Protein on Men...
The Effects of Soy and Whey Protein Supplementation on Acute Hormonal Reponses to Resistance Exercise in Men http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07315724.2013.770648#.UlgDoFB6aHY Abstract Objective: For many resistance-trained men concerns exist regarding the production of estrogen with the consumption of soy…
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The Weekly Caloric Method
http://articles.elitefts.com/training-articles/the-weekly-caloric-method/ The Weekly Caloric Method By Jason MaxwellPublished: October 30, 2012 Posted in: Nutrition, Training Tags: Caloies, Calorie Intake, count calories, Jason Maxwell, weight loss The Weekly Caloric Method What I’m about to reveal to you is radically…
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Older Adults Need Well-Rounded Routines
It's always good to have a multidimensional fitness routine! Older Adults Need Well-Rounded Routines Doug Dupont http://breakingmuscle.com/strength-conditioning/older-adults-need-well-rounded-routines Most of us know it’s important to remain fit and active as we age. It’s not just good for your health and longevity,…
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Nutrition Diet and Exercise Blogs
Here's a quick collection of some of the blogs I like. I'll add to the list as time goes. Share any personal favorites you have in your stash! Matt Metzgar Ancestral living, research oriented stuff. www.mattmetzgar.com Gray Cook Mobility, movement patterns, spine/core health www.graycook.com Marks Daily Apple One of the go…
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Importance of Sleep
Quick blog post from the guy at 70s big. http://70sbig.com/blog/2012/12/importance-of-sleep/ Importance of Sleep Posted on December 17, 2012 by Justin I was surprised when I learned I had not done a dedicated post on sleeping, one of the most important components of recovery and quality of life. Sleep is both complicated…
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It's Not Just What You Eat, but When You Eat It
It's Not Just What You Eat, but When You Eat It: Link Between Fat Cell and Brain Clock Molecules Shown http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121111152934.htm From ScienceDaily (Nov. 11, 2012) — Fat cells store excess energy and signal these levels to the brain. In a new study this week in Nature Medicine, Georgios…
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Why Do We Eat? A Neurobiological Perspective.
Interesting writing by Stephan Guyenet here. He can be a bit of a pain in the *kitten* but his work on food reward is top notch. I'll post up the other parts as they arrive... http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2012/10/why-do-we-eat-neurobiological.html Why Do We Eat? A Neurobiological Perspective. Part I As with all…
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Your Workout Sucks, Charles Staley Lecture Vids
I've just been exposed to Charles Staley's work and for the most part I like what he has to say. The link below is to a lecture of his that covers a lot of good topics. He's very much a "functional" fitness guy, no ab work, preference toward compound movements, etc but his thoughts on exercise volume, intensity, and the…
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Proof: plank is better for your core than crunches
More good pub for anti rotation/stability based ab work... http://www.ergo-log.com/proof-plank-better-for-core-than-crunches.html If you want to build up a good mid section, with strong lower back muscles and abdominals that can take a punch or two, you're better off doing an exercise like the plank rather than crunches.…
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Rolling Patterns!
I've been on kick regarding Infant Rolling Patterns for a little bit now. When I first became exposed to them I though it was a gimmicky but novel way to approach thoracic spine mobility. Despite some reservations incorporating some of the rolling movement patterns into my mobility and stretching work easy and I plowed…
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The Truth About The Genetics Of Obesity
Another interesting article by Lutz on the Chronic Health blog. Pt1 covers some of the criticisms of the thrifty gene hypothesis. Pt2 is forthcoming and should cover a little more practical information on hormone balance, remember insulin is a hormone, and obesity ...…
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Self-Myofascial Release E Book
http://robertsontrainingsystems.com/downloads/SMR-manual.pdf Yes it sounds a bit dirty but Self Myofacial Release is a great tool and something everyone should be familiar with. There's a few posts up here on foam rolling but the PDF link about goes into more detail about techniques and tools. The author Mike Robertson has…
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Overhead Pressing
Here is a quick link on overhead pressing. The clip of Mark Ripptoe's instruction is excellent, he's also the author of the classic book, "Starting Strength" a technical guide to the big barbell lifts. If you're not doing resistance training you should start. If you're doing resistance training and not including overhead…
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Why Medicine Might Be Wrong About Salt, Fat & BMI
Why Medicine Might Be Wrong About Salt, Fat & BMI http://drlutz.blogspot.com/2012/07/why-medicine-might-be-wrong-about-salt.html Salt and fat kill you early, and your BMI tells you how early. That has been the wisdom for years, but wisdoms have an expiry date, too. Particularly medical wisdoms. Recent research says those…
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Less: Not considered Harmful - exploring "less" around food.
http://www.begin2dig.com/2012/05/less-not-considered-harmful-exploring.html Less: Not considered Harmful - exploring "less" around food. One thing more; one thing less - that is a strategy we've been talking about here at b2d for the past two months: as a way to engage with behaviour change, we can change ourselves by…
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The Enemy... Ladies Lift Weights!!
I'm really digging the 70's Big blog. Every Monday a post is dedicated to womens training. Last weeks was: http://70sbig.com/blog/2012/07/16/ The Enemy Posted on July 16, 2012 by Justin HarveyMushman AKA Kyle has been reading 70′s Big for a while. His wife, Julie (hi Julie!), competes in roller derby and also had an ACL…
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New Study: Is a Calorie a Calorie?
Here's an interesting write up on a study looking at the effectiveness of three eating styles (low fat, low glycemic carb sources, and very low carb) on weight loss maintenance.... http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-study-is-calorie-calorie.html New Study: Is a Calorie a Calorie? by Stephan Guyenet A new…
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Dont smoke, exercise, and eat well = better health, DUH!
Chart etc in the link... http://www.ergo-log.com/combined-effect-not-smoking-healthy-eating-and-exercise.html "Combined effect of not smoking, healthy eating and exercise is tremendous This web magazine is famous for its posts on things like HMB, hydroxypropyl-distarch phosphate of waxy maize starch, Silybum marianum and…
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Calories Still Matter, Stephan Guyenet
http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.com/2012/06/calories-still-matter.html Calories Still Matter The Centers for Disease Control's NHANES surveys documented a massive increase in obesity in the United States between the 1960-62 and 2007-2008 survey periods (1). In 1960, 13 percent of US adults were obese, while in 2008 that…
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Nighttime fasting may foster weight loss, LA Times...
Intermittent fasting is getting a little more main stream publicity. This article gives an ever so brief description of a recent mouse study on the 8/16 eating pattern and follows up with the obligatory counter point quotes. For extra fun wade through some of the user comments! An excerpt of the article is below, follow…
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The Truth? Healthy Living Requires Effort.
Here's a little enforcement for a previous post on effort (Don't Follow Your Passion, Follow Your Effort). The Truth? Healthy Living Requires Effort. http://www.weightymatters.ca/2012/05/truth-healthy-living-requires-effort.html I want to preface this post by explicitly stating it isn't about weight. Healthy living isn't…
