Fitness Contrarian

The winner of the Get Fat Fast Contest is Christopher; congratulations to him. I would like to thank everyone for entering the contest and sending me your list. I will post a picture of Christopher with the digital camera in the next few weeks.

My don’t Get Fat Fast contest will be ending on April 1, 2010. Please send me your list of the top ten foods you would eat if you had to gain weight fast and you could win a digital camera. If you have any friends who want to lose weight let them know about the [...]

Sometimes I forget how healthy my wife and I eat compared to our friends. This weekend we had some unexpected friends stop by right before dinner. I like when friends stop by and was excited to have them join us for dinner. My wife had made a salad, roasted chicken, baked brussel sprouts and baked red potatoes. This is a typical Sunday late afternoon dinner (…)

I’m writing this post on the plane flying back from a trip to Tampa with my wife and kids. We went to visit my mother-in-law and made a quick stop at Universal Studios in Orlando. I did not plan on going to the gym this trip just wanted to walk easy for an hour each morning and planned on watching my carbohydrate and sodium intake while try to eat as healthy (…)

I started playing guitar a year ago and just bought my seventh guitar last week. When I was trying to play this new Gibson SG, I was hit with a realization that this new guitar is not going to make me play any better than the six other guitars I bought over the past year. This made me think of different clients and people I have met in the gym over the years who keep looking for the magic pill to weight loss and a flat stomach (….)

I’ve been keeping diet and training journals on my personal training clients and myself for over 20 years. Every now and then I look back searching for consistent patterns of successful weight loss. When I look back on all the different diets we’ve tried there was a realization that Protein, Fat and Vegetables seems to be the way to go for losing weight (…)

How do you feel when you do not get enough sleep? I’m sure you’re tired but do you realize you’re hungry, as well. On the days that I feel hungrier than normal I have noticed I did not get enough sleep the night before. I feel like I’m eating all day for energy because I’m tired. It took me a long time to figure this out. Once I realized that the (…)

I got an e-mail a few weeks ago from a woman who could not get rid of what she calls her belly pooch. She told me she has been eating right and working out and has lost some weight but her stomach is still sticking out. In response, I told her I will make a video explaining what I think might be the problem (…)