Note: This was written last week but I didn't get around to posting it on time. [Read more]
the notebook
Fitness and health is a crazy, sometimes fucked up world. There is so much information out there it's hard to tell what's right, what's wrong, and more importantly what's going to work for you. If you're smart and dedicated you can sort through the crap and get to the good stuff. Find the good stuff and you can make a go of it on your own. Other people can't and need help. [Read more]
Flickr photo © Drew Bennett [Read more]
Spending the past month doing Insanity is totally different after completing Insanity: The Asylum. Before I was struggling through the warmup and conking out halfway through the workouts. Now I'm breezing through the warm up and pushing even harder through the entire workout. [Read more]
The title says it all, on September 1st, 2011 is when pre-orders for the highly anticipated P90X2. Carl Daikeler let out the news on Twitter that pre-orders will start at 9am PT/12pm ET. [Read more]
Entertainment Tonight host Mark Steines lost 30 pounds using 10 Minute Trainer (affiliate link). In case you aren't familiar with 10 Minute Trainer, it's a program created by Tony Horton for people who don't have a lot of time to work out. Living up to its name, each workout is only 10 minutes long. [Read more]
Generally when people find out I'm following a Paleo food plan the first question is "What is that?" After a short explanation the follow up question is almost always "what can you eat?" Short answer: A lot. [Read more]
For some reason I tend to avoid really talking about food on this site. It might have something to do with the fact food and I have a love/hate relationship; I love food but certain foods hate me. [Read more]
Chris Kresser is quickly becoming one of my favourite bloggers on the subject of Paleo and health—probably because nom de plume is The Healthy Skeptic and I can certainly relate to a good skeptic. But that's a story for another day. [Read more]
On one hand it was kind of sad during this morning's workout. Today was my 30-day fitness assessment for Insanity: The Asylum (affiliate link). Shaun T. I'm going to miss tripping running through the agility ladder, repeatedly smacking my feet with a plastic rope jumping rope, and really pushing so hard I almost throw up the boundaries of my fitness level. [Read more]
