On the weekend of May 1st I did a Turbo Fire workout with Chalene Johnson. Well, me and 1,000 other people, all of us crammed into a the vast ballroom under the Hyatt in Los Angeles. Debbie Siebers warmed us up, Brett Hoebel got us going, Leandro Carvalho made us shake our booties, and then […]

There are few physical attributes that are considered equally important and attractive in both men and women, given our emphasis on sexual dimorphism and the different goal each sex has for their own body. Women in general do not wish to be bulky and muscular, while men do not wish to be svelte and slender. […]

If you’re trying to navigate the super market shopping aisles and buy healthy meat, you can easily run into a bewildering number of labels and designations. What does each mean? Do you need a dictionary to understand what it all means? If you don’t care about the quality of your food and are content to […]

You’ve seen the scene. It’s awesome. Rocky Balboa gets up at four in the morning, and in the dim dawn light makes himself a raw egg smoothie. Five eggs, cracked into a glass, and then chugged down, all slimy and cold. It spurred thousands of young fitness enthusiasts to try the same, and no doubt […]

So you’re at a friend’s house for dinner and the main course has been finished. Your host says that the best is about to be served, and brings in homemade fudge brownies, with a huge carton of vanilla ice cream on the side. You know you shouldn’t, but what the heck, it’s a Friday night, […]

Go back two hundred thousand years ago. Imagine our ancient ancestors, the first Homo sapiens, exploring the African countryside where they originated, hunting for food. They probably ate a diet composed of meat, nuts, fruit, and assorted vegetables. Simple, clean, nutritious. The only sugar they ever ingested was that found in ripe fruit, or the […]

There is a commonly held belief that muscle burns fat. That the more muscle you gain, the more fat you naturally burn as your metabolism gets ramped up. Is this true? As a result of this belief, many people advocate an intense weightlifting regimen for some 3 – 4 weeks before you begin your diet, […]

When people get serious about their diets, they tend to start monitoring their weight and how they look in the mirror just as seriously. Each morning begins with getting on the scale, looking down between your feet and watching to see how the numbers have changed. Some people even track their body fat percentages on […]

When people think of their strongest muscles, they usually think of the same thing: big chest, or broad shoulders, or slab-like thighs. They may even, if they are particularly deluded, think that their swollen biceps are the most powerful, but rarely do people think of the strongest collection of muscles in their whole body: their […]

Nothing is as confusing and ever changing in the world of sports and fitness as the question of supplements. Which should you take, and why? Which are essential, which provide only a minimum benefit, and which are a complete waste of time, money, and potentially your health? Should you be taking fifteen pills a day, […]