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We Are Fatter Today Than We Were in 2008
This just in. A Gallup survey just came out demonstrating that the rate of obesity is increasing nearly among all age groups, compared to the obesity numbers from 2008. Gallup polled 500K+ individuals to gather this data. The age group that showed the least amount of upward change was the 18-27-year old adults (look at the chart…
Front Lever + Back Lever Video
httpsss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXcccE1lIUM Watch my newest video of me making an attempt at front lever + back lever in one go. It took me about 2 months to finally be able to do front lever, but another month in addition to that to get to the point where I could do the back lever, too. Front…
Concentric and Eccentric Contractions – Force and Speed
I was just reading an article about the damages in the muscle during an eccentric muscle contraction compared to concentric contraction. I’ve known for a long time that eccentric contractions cause a lot greater micro damages in the working muscle. I also knew why that happens – because during the eccentric (negative) phase of the…
You forgot how to hear this voice
When I was in my teens and twenties I wanted to be powerful. I wanted to be famous. I wanted to have a lot of money. The closest I got to fame (if one could call it that) was during my bodybuilding career. But I didn’t feel powerful. I didn’t have lots of money. And,…
Creatine and Beta-Alanine Supplementation, Effects on Athlete’s Performance
It is one thing to see studies, done only on animals, but it’s a completely different story when studies are performed on humans, better yet – on athletes… I am going to introduce you to a study, recently conducted in the College of New Jersey (Hoffman J, Ratamess N, Kang J, Mangine G, Faigenbaum A, Stout J.). These researchers used…
Sugar or Artificial Sweeteners?
Which should you choose for sweetening your food – sugar or artificial sweeteners? Which sweetener is better? Is any of them “better” at all? In an experiment scientists gave rats a predetermined amount of yogurt with saccharin and another group of rats – the same amount of yogurt with glucose (1). Not only did…