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Why Women Should Not Run

April 16, 2013 By DH Kiefer 555 Comments

Here’s another article re-edit/rerelease. This one was originally published on EliteFTS.com, and we’re presenting this updated and polished-up version today in case you missed it the first time around. I’m not sympathetic. When I look at the fat guy in the gym wasting his time doing forearm curls … [Read more...]

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From Bookworm to Bikini: Week Nine

April 15, 2013 By Caroline Gick 2 Comments

By Caroline Gick Last week was all about training. This week, I want to talk about my diet. I’m at the four-week mark—in terms of time remaining until my show—and my challenge over these next thirty days will be to lean out in certain areas while not getting too hard and vascular in others. To … [Read more...]

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Anabolic Cardio

March 17, 2013 By DH Kiefer 32 Comments

When you want to reach ridiculously low levels of body fat, what’s the first thing conventional wisdom tells you to do? More cardio. The idea, then, is to put in hours and hours of work on treadmills, ellipticals, and bikes, right? That, conventional wisdom says, is how you’ll get the fat off. … [Read more...]

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From Hamster Wheel to Hot Chick

February 20, 2013 By Jennifer Petrosino 6 Comments

By Jennifer Petrosino The same scene plays out in my local Gold’s Gym every single day and night. First, I’ll see dozens of “fluffy” women—you know the type—pumping and grinding their lives away on elliptical machines. Next, I’ll see a handful of extremely lean ladies poised like a pride of lions, … [Read more...]

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The Cute Girl Guide to Carb Back-Loading

February 7, 2013 By Staff 20 Comments

I was raised in the 1980’s, where most people’s idea of exercise was Jane Fonda attempting to give us aerobics instruction on VHS with Michael Jackson’s “Can You Feel It?” playing in the background. Back then, I watched my mother go on just about every diet there was. The entire decade was a sad … [Read more...]

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Fat Loss, Endurance, and HIIT: Are You Making Cardio Mistakes?

January 4, 2013 By DH Kiefer 7 Comments

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BioJacked TV #33 – Kiefer with special guest Marci Nevin – Q & A

January 1, 2013 By DH Kiefer 7 Comments

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Top Seven Fitness and Nutrition Experts

November 30, 2012 By DH Kiefer 31 Comments

I have a bone to pick with the Buddha. Here was a guy who spent his entire life living outside of society, giving lessons to people about how to live in society. How hypocritical is that? The Buddha is probably the first person in history to open the door for those with absolutely no experience on a … [Read more...]

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Does Lifting Weights Make Women Bulky?

November 28, 2012 By DH Kiefer 4 Comments

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Just Big Radio Interviews Kiefer

December 22, 2011 By DH Kiefer 9 Comments

Everybody loves a good "hometown fat kid makes good" story. In this interview of Kiefer with Vincent Dizenzo on Just Big Radio, the guys discuss Carb Back-Loading, which Vincent himself has seen great success in using, and Kiefer reveals how he went from fat kid to physicist to sought-after … [Read more...]

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