Jiro Dreams of Fitness

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This past weekend my wife and I hit a local theater to see “Jiro Dreams of Sushi”, a documentary film about one of the most highly regarded sushi chefs in the world, who just happens to be 85 years young and the first sushi chef to receive the Michelin Guide’s 3 star rank. We went in the film expecting to be wowed by footage of fantastic food but came away with so much more. Foodies and sushi fans will obviously ...

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Eating Your Way Into Health

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Anytime one does something long enough patterns develop.  Over the years I’ve helped hundreds of people to lose fat.  To be sure there have been some that haven’t succeeded, and in that time I’ve come to distinguish a few patterns among them.

1. Those that “get it” pretty quickly and start to immediately adjust their eating and lifestyle habits.

2. Those that take some time, perhaps 3-9 months, before it sinks in that changes in eating and exercise are not temporary, but ...

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Working Out is a Waste of Time

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Yep, working out is a waste of time. However practicing, or simply “doing” exercise is quite fun, and in my opinion one of the best things you can do for yourself.

What is the difference?

Americans it seems believe it is our God given right to believe that if a little is good then more is better. Obviously that has paid off when it comes to the waist line wars – we have the biggest! But if you are reading this in ...

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Eat (real food) or Die

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You have all seen the stories on the news – eat desserts for breakfast and lose weight! Drink more wine for better health! And on and on it goes so I thought I’d use an equally subtle title for this blog post. We would naturally love to believe these things, and judging by the fact that 2/3rds of Americans are overweight or obese, many of us do.

And in some respect I don’t blame people. For decades now our society has ...

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The Fat Trap Trap

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Late January tends to be about the time when everyone who resolved to lose weight on January 1st either notices that what they are doing is working, or are starting to slack on nutrition/exercise, or are reconsidering if their goals were realistic in the first place. Hopefully you are in the 1st category, but if you are one of the fortunate to have seen some results at some point you will plateau or hit an obstacle life tends to throw ...

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2012 – Here’s To A New and (hopefully) Smarter Year

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It’s that time of a year when even in a gym as non-mainstream as mine more people are inquiring about how to lose some pounds and reduce the stress of sitting in front of a computer for 12+ hours a day.  (Quit your job and move to Indonesia and surf?)  The more people I train, the more years of training experience I have under my belt, the more quality information I read, and the more workshops with the best minds ...

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Tips for Holiday Fat Loss

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‘Tis the season for holidays parties and all the assorted sugar bombs and alcohol that cause millions of people to make that New Year resolution to exercise more and eat better this year.  And this time they really, really mean it.

Now we all know prevention is the best medicine, so none of you are going to fall into that old pattern right? I thought so. Regardless, I’m going to provide you with a few strategies to make it through the Holiday ...

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Does Reaching Your Goal Require Suffering?

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If you read fitness magazines or websites chances are you’ve heard the saying “train like an athlete”. I’ve used it plenty when discussing methods of strength training with clients, and in general there is truth to it regarding getting people to move better. However, I believe there are aspects of training like an athlete that are not optimal, nor even healthy for the vast majority of people.

This past week writer Jim Collins was on the Charlie Rose show ...

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Be Bruce Lee In 3 Easy Steps

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Of all your friends that exercise, frequent a gym, or play sports, who has made the most progress?  Have you ever thought about how and why that person got results?  We may want to chalk it up to genetics but you should ask them how much time they spent practicing or training on a weekly basis.

An extreme example perhaps but how much training did Bruce Lee put in to develop his kicks to this level? It’s pretty obvious he spent ...

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Who Needs Coaching Anyway?

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My profession is pretty simple in that essentially I assist people in aspects of health and fitness using a base of knowledge, strategies, and experience that helps them attain their goals more efficiently then they could do on their own.  Sure, everyone knows that fast food is unhealthy, but that doesn’t seem to be slowing down the rise in obesity.  Everyone knows exercise is good for you, but how many people get lost in waves of contradictory information on what ...

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