Monthly Archives: February 2013


Fad Diets: The D is for danger(ous)

Fad Diets: The D is for danger(ous)   How about I design a new diet program and exercise routine?  The DS system: extremely intense plyometrics followed by several 1-RMs and a half-marathon…daily.  For your diet, just go ahead and eliminate everything except gummi bears for empty calories and a multivitamin for your nutrients. I’m ready […]

The Weighted Vest

  Weighted vest training.  Sounds very militant…almost draconian, does it not?  As it so happens to be, it can be a very useful training tool for activation of multiple muscle groups.  Cardiovascular and resistance training have always been that classic battle in the gym.  We need to train both equally, but the options therein are […]