I’m sure we all know who Steve Jobs is and how successful he is, but do we really know the story behind the man? This is a video of his inspiring 2005 commencement speech at Stanford. As a person who always tries to listen to and follow their inner voice (no I am not losing my mind), I find his words to be so true. It’s one of the most inspirational talks I have ever heard and encourage everyone to set aside 15 minutes to listen. Some of my favorite quotes include:
Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you …
Note from Mike: Below is a guest post today from Rusty Moore of Fitness Black Book. I asked Rusty to write something up because as a trainer I can attest that the info he presents on his blog is accurate and very easy to understand. Rusty’s site focuses on the “Hollywood Look” (who doesn’t want to look like a Movie Star?), which is mainly about getting slim and defined instead of building excessive amounts of muscle. The article he wrote here is a way to get ripped abs without …
I wanted to provide some more inspirational reading. Hope everyone is keeping up with the challenge and seeing great results one way or another (and if you are just coming to the blog, no worries…you can start your own 30day challenge right now and make changes to see what kind of results you can get). Some may have already seen this comment but I just wanted to make sure everyone got a chance to see how Dan has made tremendous progress. Great job Dan and hope this also …
Continuing along with our discussions on feeding and working out, I once again came across another good article by Ori about eating before a workout (or not):
Diet Fallacy #2. EATING BEFORE EXERCISING will provide your muscles with instant energy
Many people assume that the human body operates like a machine and therefore in order to work, it needs to be fueled liked a machine. Eating before exercise seems to make sense. But does it really?
As you’ll soon realize, the idea that pre-exercise meals provide the muscle with instant energy is …
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So when you see that stack above….what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Well they are “whole wheat” so it must be healthy. Ha! You know what I think of? Going into a coma and sleeping for hours after I eat it. I imagine huge brain fog and needing a pot of coffee to stay awake for the day. I picture getting nothing really done but taking all day to do it. Breakfast….the illusion for health and weight loss as sold by the general public. Think of the name….”Break” …
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I am sure some of these sayings below look familiar….and there may be some new ones I made up. Take time out to really think about how we can control our outlook, time, happiness and results in life. Enjoy the day…and it’s what you make of it!
Smile like everyone you see is your friend
Work like you don’t need the money
Play like you were a child again
Greet people like you haven’t seen them in years
Walk/Drive like you had all day to get somewhere
Dress like no one would ever notice what …
Many people will tell you about some sort of “importance” of pre and post workout eating/drinks, but is it really necessary and could it actually be working against your fat loss efforts?
To start off here is a very informative quick video from Brad Pilon (author of the Eat Stop Eat) about how food effects GH levels (from intense exercise). Be sure to click and watch it (less than 2 minutes).
Release Those FFA…
For this weekend, let’s take our focus to probably the two most addictive things we all own…..a cell phone and a computer. Let’s take our “Intermittent Fasting” strategy to those two items. Remember from yesterday’s post about the little stressors in life adding up? Would you like more free time to not worry about things like email, returning calls, etc? I know once I shut off my computer and walk away, it’s like I feel 10lbs lighter (not in the sense of weight loss of course….but in …
Ask most anyone and they will probably agree with you that stress is not good…and then they go on telling you how stressed out they are all the time. In today’s world we have to take action to stop stress from taking over our lives (and taking it in the wrong direction). First let’s look at what is really going on inside of us.
Your autonomic nervous system (ANS) is an involuntary response system built into your body that controls many of your organs and muscles (heart, lungs, …
Guest Post by Mark Sisson at Mark’s Daily Apple: Here at Mark’s Daily Apple, we advocate the Primal Blueprint Lifestyle, that is, a health philosophy that in large part acts to mimic the diet and physical activity of our pre-agricultural ancestors.
And, while we’ve explained in the past what it means to “Get Primal,” we figured what’s not to love about a bulleted list that reminds us how to incorporate these methods into our everyday lives.
Read on to learn how you can get primal on every level on every occasion:…
