Many people are aware of the common health risks that are associated with obesity, like strokes, diabetes, heart attacks, etc. Today we are looking at the less obvious ones, the ones that may compromise your health care or even prove fatal in the event you need to be rescued from a fire, flash flood, orContinue reading “Risks caused by obesity you probably never thought of”
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Just squat!
No matter what training tool you use (or just bodyweight) always keep squatting. The squat is one of the most universal and necessary movements that a human body can do. Regardless of the program you are on, if you are not squatting on a regular basis you are missing out!
How the culture tries to profit from “aging” you early
One thing I hate is someone trying to make me think, act, and live how they think I should at a certain age. They first try to get to you when you turn 50 and they send you an invitation to join a very large “geezer’s” organization (it starts with the letter “A”). Forget it!Continue reading “How the culture tries to profit from “aging” you early”
Toxic thought is dangerous to your health and life
Unless you are living under a rock, you see and hear this poison every day. On the Internet, hate is at epidemic proportions. In traffic, people are ready to kill others because they don’t like how they drive. People are seething with rage, bitterness, and vengeful thoughts. Even if they don’t act out those thoughts,Continue reading “Toxic thought is dangerous to your health and life”
Squatting for lifelong independence
Let me be very blunt, if you cannot get up out of a chair or off the toilet by yourself, you are no longer physically independent. Talk to anyone who works in health care, especially with the elderly and you will see what I mean. The best way to avoid that as you get olderContinue reading “Squatting for lifelong independence”
Tendon strength–the missing link in training
The first time I heard tendon strength mentioned as a focal point of training was back in 2004 at a Russian Systema school here in my city. The instructor, Saulius “Sonny” Puzikas, had served in Special Operations (Spetsnaz) before the collapse of the Soviet Union. He knew what mattered in the real world when. itContinue reading “Tendon strength–the missing link in training”
Someone else being skinny didn’t make you fat
Being healthy is not your default condition
Many people today think they are entitled to be healthy without doing anything about it. I am not just talking about being lean or ripped, just generally in good health. Folks, it’s not just a given that you will wake up each day and be healthy, much be fit. Granted, some people are born withContinue reading “Being healthy is not your default condition”
The “new study” on one minute workouts missed the main point
The general public is often scammed by the “latest and greatest fitness break through”. Why is that so common? Simple– people are lazy people refuse to do solid research people are gullible This is why people fall for the supposed shortcuts. Take the recent study that claims that one minute of intense exercise is equivalentContinue reading “The “new study” on one minute workouts missed the main point”
Never be a slave to the opinions of others in training or in life
There are many parallels between how you train and how you live your life. Most of the people I respect as mentors have gone “against the grain” of popular opinion in both of those areas. They don’t worry about being cool or accepted or liked, they just blaze their own path or “follow their gutContinue reading “Never be a slave to the opinions of others in training or in life”
The Cave 