People get out of shape and put on too much weight for fundamentally two reasons: they eat too much and they don’t move enough. The solutions to these two problems are fundamentaly simple : eat less and exercise more. However, what people need to do depends on the relative percentages of these two main factors contributing to their lack of svelteness . Accordingly, their […]
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Home or Commercial Gym?
I work out at home, commercial gyms, privately owned hard-core “pits”, and out doors by hiking and biking. It’s all good. What is the most effective? That all depends on your individual circumstances; however, eventually I think it’s best if you can migrate to a commercial gym to get a solid, well qualified start to developing good, […]
Continue Reading...Guest Post by Jennifer Nagy, MD
I’ve known That Strong Old Guy ever since I can remember. Later, while attending high school and college, I worked at the small fitness center owned by him and his wife. I can’t remember exactly when he showed me how to do what he called at the time “aerobic squats”, but as a result of […]
Continue Reading...My One and Only: Strong Grandma
This is a picture of my bride of the last 34 years at what I believe was her second power lifting contest. She was 32 at the time and the mother of two. We had no idea then that there would be three more children within the next five years. I mentioned back in Who […]
Continue Reading...We Are All Late Bloomers
I was reminded yesterday while watching the Green Bay Packers defeat the San Diego Chargers of how often people are not able to initially live up to other people’s or their own expectations. Very often there are setbacks and disappointments that have to be overcome in order to live up to what appears to be […]
Continue Reading...The Best Leg Exercise Ever?
I have come to believe that the lowly deep knee bend might offer the best over-all combination of flexibility, intensity, and progressivity of any leg exercise you can do. If you had to pick only one movement that would offer you the best chance to strengthen the most muscles as well as your cardio-vascular system, […]
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