Category Archives: Lifestyle
Sleep Loss = Muscle Loss (Bro!)
Recently I posted an article for T-Nation called “4 Ways Modern Life is Making You Fat” that covers the negative consequences of excess sitting, stressing, screen time, and insufficient sleep. The underlying message being, that you can do everything right with respect to diet and exercise, but these lifestyle factors put a giant wrench in…
Research Recap – Oct 2015
Looking at the last week in October, it’s no wonder people don’t know what to eat anymore. Monday gave us the WHO report that processed meat is carcinogenic and red meat ‘probably’ carcinogenic, while Friday shared a review from the Lancet that low-fat diets don’t work for weight-loss. Fortunately, there’s only one study you need…
5 Rules to Foolproof Your Paleo Diet
— Originally posted as a guest article for RobbWolf.com — If you’re already following a Paleo Diet, or something that closely resembles it, you know the drill: Eliminate grains, dairy, legumes and processed foods Only eat what runs, swims, flys, bleeds, and breathes If a caveman couldn’t eat it, you can’t Easy enough right? …you’d…
The REAL Reason Asians Are Healthier
Historically, the Chinese and Japanese have been healthier than North Americans. And it’s common to glorify 1 of the foods they eat (ex: soy), or 1 of the foods they ‘apparently’ eat less of (ex: red meat), when it’s not one food making the difference, it’s their diet (and lifestyle) as a whole. Recently I…
The 20+ Muscles You’re Forgetting & Why They Continue to Weaken
— Originally posted as a guest article for StrengthSensei.com — The protocol for determining natural movement is pretty straight-forward: Look at hunter-gatherers Look at children How did we move before technological advances? And how did we move before we were told how to move? This is the same illustration I used to speculate whether steady-state…
5 Exercises You Should Be Doing Daily (aka Lifestyle Movements)
Anyone that’s done a 12-week exercise plan, stopped completely, and lost all their results, understands the importance of consistency. Similar to the way someone busting their butt in the gym every day, and getting nowhere understands that it’s what you do the other 23hrs that matters. (or maybe they don’t…lol) Provided you have your sleep…
Research Recap – Sept 2015
As scientists dig deeper into the importance of our microbiome, new research looking at the beneficial bacteria in our gut, and the usefulness of a probiotic supplement, continues to surface. For instance, there appears to be a correlation with gut bugs and heart biomarkers (HDL & Triglycerides), that are improved with a probiotic supplement. Likewise,…
The Foot Rebuilding VIDEO
Last week an excerpt from my 1% Fitness book was posted as an article on Charles Poliquin’s website, StrengthSensei.com: The 20+ Muscles You’re Forgetting & Why They Continue to Weaken It discusses the importance of strengthening your feet, which account for “25% of the bones and muscles in your body.” And shows us how each…