Author Archives: Mike Sheridan
Why MORE Exercise Fails for Fat Loss – “You Cannot Outrun a Bad Diet”
It’s been just about a year since Eat Meat And Stop Jogging was released, so I like to think this new editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine is my anniversary gift: The paper discusses many of the same misconceptions reviewed in the book, including the sad reality that exercise is good for your…
Strength Innovation – Lawnmower Back Extension & Rolling Dip
Chronic sitting is not only negatively affecting our health and body composition, but it’s producing a deformed physique. We’re not using our glutes or firing our core muscles, we’re getting tight hip flexors and hamstrings, and it’s putting too much strain on other areas of our body. One of the muscles getting overworked is the…
Building Muscle? Do Post-Workout the Right WHEY
If you’ve completed Live It NOT Diet!, you understand that dairy is best consumed in it’s full fat form (heavy cream, aged cheeses, and butter). Mainly because that’s where most of the benefit lies (when dealing with the pasteurized variety), but also because it contains minimal amounts of lactose and whey. [Lactose is the sugar…
Don’t Mess With the Microbes – Gut Bacteria, Obesity, and Disease
The hottest trend in 21st century research (at the time of writing this post) is swapping the gut microbes of mice to pinpoint the impact of different bacterial strains on our health and body composition. With various studies showing considerable evidence that a bacteria-shift alone can turn a lean mouse into a fat mouse (1,…
10 Landmine Exercises You’ve Never Tried…PLUS 5 More!
I recently published an article for a site called BreakingMuscle, titled: “10 Landmine Exercises You’ve Never Tried – And Should.” My original list had 15 exercises, so I thought I’d mention the other 5 here. Admittedly, they aren’t necessarily as life-changing as the Top 10, but I think you’ll enjoy playing around with them next…
Anxiety & Depression – Chemical Imbalance or Dietary Disaster?
The awareness campaigns for depression are bothersome. Which may seem like a cold-hearted comment for anyone dealing with it, or anyone that has a friend or family member dealing with it, but not when you take a look at what’s causing it. Perhaps frustrating would have been a better word than bothersome, as the main…
Unilateral Exercises – Neglected But Effective
Although single-arm and single-leg (unilateral) exercises tend to be neglected, they’re just as effective for improving strength….and in some cases, superior for building muscle. A research study from 2012 in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research discovered that the Back Foot Elevated Lunge had a slightly higher testosterone response than the traditional bilateral Back…
Exercise to GAIN Not Lose
If you’ve read Live It NOT Diet! you recognize that “you can’t out-exercise a crappy diet.” And if you’ve read Eat Meat And Stop Jogging, you understand that “training to go further and more frequently does more harm than good”…. …especially when it involves excessive amounts of steady-state cardio! BUT, that’s not to say you…