Archive for December, 2009

Dave’s 300, a 300 Workout Variation

Those of you’ve who’ve seen the movie 300 know the Spartan warriors were depicted as the ideal of muscular manhood. There were more abs in that movie than in a season of Baywatch! But those ripped physiques didn’t come easy. Not long after the movie emerged, new exercise routines, inspirational titled “the 300 workout”, quickly appeared. [...]

So You Want to Lose Some Weight?

People go on about the decline of the United States – lower test scores, fewer jobs, an economy in recession, our loss of status in the world. Well I’m here to tell you it’s not all downhill. That’s right, my friends, chin up! For when it comes to fatties, the United States is Number One! [...]

What Next? Adding Fish Oil

Having reached the end of my experiment, I didn’t have any next step already planned out. So I did a quick regroup last night and decided I’d add fish oil to the mix, since it’s been promoted to be beneficial to one’s cholesterol profile. It will end up being a bit of a late start, [...]

Cholesterol Experiment 1 Results

Well, I got my cholesterol results back and I’m both pleased and disappointed. Let’s sumarize the whole deal: Starting October 30th, I began an experiment taking a few supplements and (80%) sticking to a fairly rigid diet in an attempt to lower my cholesterol. It’s been creeping up for years despite a healthy lifestyle of [...]

Cholesterol Experiment Days 35 – 39

Ehh…. I’ve been lax lately in not posting, mainly because how exciting is it to read what is eseentially the same posts over and over? Suffice to say I’ve been taking my supplements, jogging my miles and lifting my weights over the last few days precisly as I took them, jogged them, and lifted them [...]