Happy 2014! Since the New Year is upon us, let’s talk about all those New Years resolutions that we’ve all made (at least the ones that were not broken already)! 🙂 Every year, it is the same spectacle: hordes of newbies joining the gym sold on the “super saver 16 month membership”, which they will […]
This piece will bridge two items: last week’s newsletter and the upcoming New Year. What do they have in common? Talk about goals and resolutions! Have you given a thought to what your New Year’s resolutions will be? Bottom line: Goals are great, but they cannot survive on their own. Goals, left alone, are like […]
The holiday season is a good time to reflect, and the sport of physique training/ bodybuilding certainly offers more than enough aspects to reflect upon. Bodybuilding is a never-ending quest for perfection, but since there has never been a perfect physique (Even though Bob Paris does come to mind), you are essentially chasing the rainbow. […]
With the passing of Nelson Mandela still being relatively recent, it might be as good time as any to talk about changes and challenges. Nelson certainly stands for both! Now, I am truly in awe of him as a leader, but what does this have to do with my quest for the perfect physique? Patience, […]
With the holiday season upon us, it is hard to escape the constant booze offerings. (Being socially awkward and having no friends myself, I do not have to worry about such matters, of course.) So should you or should you not drink alcohol? Since you are all mature adults, I will simply give you the […]
Thanksgiving comes with many anecdotes — It always starts with dad’s account of his record setting high school football game in 1972, then the brother explaining his most recently read article about how winters used to be much colder…. And then the food coma starts to hit, and your eyelids slowly become harder to keep […]
Fruit has been the subject of many debates. During the 80’s, fruit was shunned from athletes’ diets, which was one of the greatest blunders of that decade (Along with the haircuts and MC Hammer). In general, fruit is great. It delivers a plethora of vitamins, fiber, and micronutrients that enable the body to perform better, […]
With that season creeping up on us, it might be a good idea to look into how to make it through the holidays without ending up looking like a cross between the Michelin man and a sumo wrestler. In fact, if you play your cards right, you might actually get bigger and leaner! Two things […]
We are currently seeing a strange paradox in America: more and more healthy and diet foods are coming onto the market, yet the nation’s waistline keeps expanding. What’s up with that? One explanation is the dieter’s paradox: a condition whereby the dieters simply focus on details over what really matters aka calories. Case in point: […]
Doing what I do, a lot of people ask me about the show, “The Biggest Loser”, and what my take is on the program. The last time this occurred to me was during my lecture at New York University; I went on my usual 45-minute rant, which left my students intimated and confused. So, now […]