The “Ultimate” PAP/PTF Pyramid Training Scheme

I've used a wide variety of training strategies over the years (or the past months if you follow my twitter). However, at heart, I'm a low volume, high intensity guy at heart. I work in a gym all day, so the last thing I want to do is work out in a gym all day. … Continue reading The “Ultimate” PAP/PTF Pyramid Training Scheme →

The Long February

I'm still alive, fret not. I've been very busy with both work and school over the past month. I'm still here and have a couple upcoming posts including: Lessons from "The Blue Zones." I think there's some good information here, especially for those who wish to impart a black and white view into diet and … Continue reading The Long February →

Sunday Folly: Se bisonte es negro y grande.

When I was 18, my friends and I took a trip to Burbank. We roamed the city, ate hamburgers, and listened to a lot of "At The Drive-In." The band later broke up so Omar Rodriguez Lopez could go batshit insane in northern Europe and make the album "Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo." While there … Continue reading Sunday Folly: Se bisonte es negro y grande. →

Cleaning Up Your Diet: It’s A Process.

It's a new year, which means a litany of individuals who are starting new diets, getting back into the gym, trying to upgrade their lifestyle and inevitably showing up on internet forums or blogs. They set out of the best of intentions, ready to never revert to a lifestyle that is an extension of their … Continue reading Cleaning Up Your Diet: It’s A Process. →

The Holiday Damage Control Protocol

If you're like me, the holidays don't really do anything to the waistline or the scale. I eat the treats elsewhere and avoid bringing them home with me. My girlfriend likes to say I have huge self control, when really my self control is "fully charged" from not being tempted all the damn time at … Continue reading The Holiday Damage Control Protocol →

Insulin Sensitivity Means More Than You Think

Insulin is, by current accounts, the greatest scourge to a lean physique, long-term health, smart children, world peace, sexual competence, NAFTA, singularity, the economy, the rain forests, climate change, your mother, your father, and your brothers and sisters. In short, you should panic and throw yourself from the nearest window. Since the nearest window is … Continue reading Insulin Sensitivity Means More Than You Think →

The CSPI Stikes Again: Movie PopCorn Edition

The militant-vegetarian-posing-as-nutritional-big-brother CSPI were (shockingly) allowed to comment on this story about the amount of calories in a a medium popcorn and soda combo at your local theater. The grand total of this dynamic duo, 1610 calories and 60 grams of saturated fat, is certainly excessive for anyone in one sitting. However, let's play this … Continue reading The CSPI Stikes Again: Movie PopCorn Edition →

The Definitive Growth Hormone Post

I'm a fan of a hormonally adequate environment for health and fitness. By this, I mean that all hormones should be in a normal physiological range. Point of fact, if one was to believe the claims of supplement hucksters, all the cortisol in our body should be destroyed, when in reality only excessively high levels … Continue reading The Definitive Growth Hormone Post →

The Favorable Path

I was recently re-listening to the discussion between Charles Staley and Arthur De Vany. In typical cock-hole bravado, I went and found studies that refuted the notion of fasted state workouts expressing genetic adaptations favorable to hypertrophy. However, there is a line at the end of the interview that I really like. Staley quoted Art … Continue reading The Favorable Path →