ACAI BERRIES: Miracle Fruit?
Today’s post deals with Acai berries, which over the last few months we’ve seen a huge influx of shakes, powders, diet pills, etc. containing this “miracle fruit”.
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WHY BOTHER?
Sunday morning. Today is back day, which means 490+ lbs. of deadlifts, countless pull-ups, 250 lbs. seated rows, and some rope rows to finish up. After that
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LOKI SCHMIDT: AN EXAMPLE IN HOW TO BEHAVE
As some of my readers may know, Loki Schmidt passed away last Thursday night. For those that don’t know her, she was he wife of Helmut Schmidt,
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STANDING ON ONE LEG? SERIOUSLY?
Attention: rant mode on! After last week’s post on kettle bells, it is time to deal with another widely popular gym phenomenon, particularly among bad trainer: doing
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KETTLEBELLS: ARE THEY REALLY NEEDED?
For the last couple of years, kettle bells have stormed the gym scene. Almost everywhere you look, you see classes with trainers using them. Kettle bells stem
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WHAT IS BODYBUILDING?
This is a question that most people never ask themselves while motioning through their scheduled workouts. But it is certainly worth taking a minute to reflect on.
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GENETICS, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH!
The topic of genetics is hotly debated in bodybuilding since it provides such a great excuse for one’s own shortcomings. Together with hormones, genetics get blamed for
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QUAEL DICH, DU SAU! OR TALENT ALONE MEANS NOTHING!
“Quaeldich, du sau!” or in English, “Make yourself suffer, you piglet!”, was spoken by Udo Bolts to his teammate Jan Ullrich during the 1997 Tour de France.
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STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF AND EAT YOUR APPLES (HAPPY SWISS INDEPENDENCE DAY!)
Today is August 1st, which for those of you who didn’t pay attention in European History 101 (did anyone?) is the day Switzerland was created after the
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DO WHAT THE BOX SAYS!
A while back, I went to see Bill Cosby perform live in New York City. While the first half hour was so-so, he did deliver some pearls
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