Archive for January, 2010
Bent Over Row Round Back Retards
So I’m in the gym yesterday doing hanging clean to presses. On the drop pad next to me is a young feller doing bent over rows. Between my sets I watched him – hey, I don’t have anything else to do. He wasn’t using much weight, well, let me rephrase that, he wasn’t using much [...]
Cholesterol Experiment # 2 Update
Are you waiting with bated breath for my cholesterol results after adding fish oil to my supplement routine? Me too…. My gum didn’t do cholesterol screening at the end of December, what with Christmas week and New Year’s and such. So the soonest I’ll be able to get blood drawn is the last Friday of [...]
How to do Bench Press
The barbell bench press is a traditional exercise that provides a great workout for the pectorals (chest), anterior (front) deltoids, and triceps. It’s a ‘meat and potatoes’ exercise that has been in the workout of almost every lifter at one time or another. Most lifters lie down on the bench, unrack the bar, and just [...]
Low Carb Diet Tips
1. Keep a food diary. Write down everything you eat, what you were doing at the time, and how you felt. This lets you figure out your temptations and the emotional states that encourage you to snack. Many people who think they are eating less are surprised by just how much they are eating once [...]
Diet and Nutrition Term Definitions
AntioxidantsIn the form of vitamin and mineral supplements, antioxidants help counteract the effects of free radicals on cells and repair cellular damage. Antioxidants protect cells by sacrificing electrons to prevent free radicals from stealing electrons from healthy cells. Arachidonic AcidAn essential fatty acid that is the immediate precursor to “bad” eicosanoids found in fatty red [...]
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