Random WOE: Tracking Calories Burned at the Gym

When people find out what I do for a living, they’ll slam me with a barrage of comments designed to let me know they’re “on it,” as though the mere act of being within a ten-foot radius of me compels them to tell me all about their diet and exercise habits. I love this. My favorite of these is when … [Read more...]

Carb Nite or Carb Back-Loading

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Lessons From Sausage

Sausage can teach us many things about life. At its most basic level, a link of sausage is just an oblong sack of meat. Many oblong sacks of meat exist in our world—including fitness professionals conspicuously shaped like sausages—and their contents vary, as do the sacks that cover them. … [Read more...]

K-Squared Bombs, Episode 1

I’ve read some interesting articles lately making liberal reference to the term “K-Bombs.” Judging by the content of these pieces, I naturally thought this stood for krock-of-shit bombs—which would be highly appropriate but for the fact that crock is spelled with a ‘c,’ and not a ‘k.’ I did a little … [Read more...]

Lance Armstrong: Perspective

Imagine working your ass off for years and getting recognized as the best employee in the company. Now imagine being fired the next day. You must be fired, they say, for cheating because no one could achieve so much, and the company doesn’t want anyone to feel bad about their lack of accomplishment. … [Read more...]

The DH War On Drug Abuse

The 2012 Summer Olympics were boring. Not from an athletic perspective, of course—there was plenty of excitement in that department. I’m talking about our old friends scandal and controversy. Nothing of note happened this year, unlike past Olympics, where rumors of athletes’ drug use ran rampant and … [Read more...]

The Sins of Organic

Sometimes, even I’m a little bit behind the times. The organic movement started oozing through the world slowly, like a pasty goo in the bowels of the nation while I sat through my first schoolroom instruction. By the time I was studying theories on paths to quantum gravity, the movement had started … [Read more...]

BioJacked #15: The Mountain Dog Howls with John Meadows

On this episode of BioJacked, I was lucky enough to get a chance to talk with John Meadows of Mountain Dog Diet. He's a bodybuilder and coach and special liaison to EliteFTS, presenting at their Learn To Train seminars. He also trains with Dave Tate. … [Read more...]

Unstable Surfaces for Stability Training (aka Clown School)

My friend Todd is unstable. We live in a world where most of what we’re taught is based on policy and protocol rather than science. The consequences thereof run through basic subjects, like health, nutrition, training advice and even therapeutic practices. This makes me a little unstable too, like … [Read more...]

BioJacked #14: Q&A with Kiefer and Alex Navarro

In this edition of BioJacked, Alex and I hit the forums to answer all the questions we ignored on previous shows. I wish I could remember everything we covered, but it was a lot. Listen closely because this was our first experiment with home broadcasting via BlogTalkRadio and we didn't have adequate … [Read more...]