When Donna shared her story in the Ketogenic Living Facebook Group, I thought it was fantastic! I asked her if I could share it on here and she was happy to oblige. So far, she's down 25 pounds since the New Year, but isn't stopping there. She wants everyone to know the great weight loss benefits of Keto. Here's Donna! Hi Craig, I was always a thin person. I could eat whatever I wanted and I didn't have any consequences for it. I was a carb junkie for 35 years. But then something happened. ...
Health Benefits of Endurance Training
Endurance training does not just build up your muscle mass and strength, it also provides unquestionable health benefits improving the overall way your body looks, feels and performs. Irrespective of where you do your training – in an expensive gym with a personal trainer, at home in front of a TV, or with YouTube video guides and dumbbells in your hands, your body is sure to show some obvious improvements. What is Endurance Training? Endurance training is the act of exercising in a ...
- October 14, 2013
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Motivation: Move Toward Your Goals
We've all been to the point of not wanting to get up to go to the gym, continue a diet, or do something positive. It happens to the best of us and it's definitely something that has hit me on several occasions. Sometimes we just get unmotivated, and sometimes it gets us on the worst day. We're all guilty of thinking in the negative, not wanting things. Everything is fine and normal, but there is no action in not wanting something. I'll give you a rundown of what I did to keep myself motivated to ...
- October 14, 2013
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Starting Strength [Beginner Routine]
This is one of the best and most used strength training routines recommended to new trainers. It emphasizes the gradual, but linear progression of strength by using only a handful of exercises. Whether you are coming back to training after a long break, or you are brand new to the field - this is ultimately going to be ideal for you to get in shape quickly. This program has been successful for over 30 years, with the simplistic idea of mastering the basics of effective compound lifting using ...
- October 13, 2013
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Dieting Like You Don’t Mean It
Most people start off on a diet that promises fantastic results, but is also very restrictive. From low carb to low calorie to taking a pill - they promise it will get you the results you want. It might be for an upcoming event, a new year's resolution, or just an off-the-mill spawn of insight. So, why don't these diets work? Well, usually it's because they are too restrictive and people don't like to be restricted. Remember when your parents told you to not do something when you were younger, ...
- October 4, 2013
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The Fundamental Lifts to Master
The Squat. Well, do you want to learn how to do a proper squat? Well known Mark Rippetoe on the Squat: There is simply no other exercise, and certainly no machine, that produces the level of central nervous system activity, improved balance and coordination, skeletal loading and bone density, muscular stimulation and growth, connective tissue stress and strength, psychological demand and toughness, and overall systemic conditioning as the correctly performed full squat. I'll tell ...
- September 26, 2013
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