If you cannot do a real pullup this is something to begin preparation for you to do so. For the test I’m laying out for you below to maintain uniformity I want everyone to only do palms-facing-away pullups (pronated grip) and not palms-facing-you chinups (supinated grip). On the video below the Coach shows multiple grips…
Sometimes when you are angry with someone it helps to sit down, take a moment to cool off, and think about the problem. Got this in an email today – pretty cute if I do say so myself.
Best place to watch it online is at HULU http://tinyurl.com/ykwo9ov Crystal Renn, model and author of “Hungry: A Young Model’s Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves” and Marianne Kirby, co-author of “Lessons From the Fat-O-Sphere” faced off against MeMe Roth, president of National Action Against Obesity and Kim Bensen, author of…
Grab a bullhorn and stand on the highest mound in your city and shout “Eat less and exercise more!” Watch how many people change because of it–virtually no one. Almost everyone understands the basic five-word diet mechanics of weight loss. If only it were that easy in the real world. Modern-day weight loss is complex…
The usual excuse of “lack of time” for not doing enough exercise is blown away by new research published in The Journal of Physiology. The study, from scientists at Canada’s McMaster University, adds to the growing evidence for the benefits of short term high-intensity interval training (HIT) as a time-efficient but safe alternative to traditional…
Not all that long ago my long-time marketing mentor and friend Joe Polish interviewed me for his success series. If you didn’t hear the interview you can get the MP3 downloads of it here http://www.geniusnetwork.com/davidgreenwalt/ The username is PURSUE and the password is PERSIST. What I really wanted to say here is congratulations to Joe…
Base 10 Training is a name I have given to the following protocol of resistance training The “Base 10? part comes from the basis of this protocol being 10 sets of 10 reps per body part. It’s quite a bit of volume for the average Joe or Jane. It’s about one-half to one-third the training…
By as early as 7 years of age, being obese may raise a child’s risk of future heart disease and stroke, even in the absence of other cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). “This…
Catchy article title huh? 🙂 What the heck is a telomere? Telomeres are the protective caps at the end of chromosomes that reveal how biological stress ages a person. Keeping telomeres long is a goal we all need to have if we want to live longer. A new study had this to say about the…
You may read about this in a bodybuilding mag. I think it’s a classic example of how focusing on the inconsequential minutia makes for cool headlines and internet-blog flamefests but really does little for truly improving strength or leanness. PURPOSE:: To determine if protein supplementation (PRO) prior to an acute bout of heavy resistance training…