The Bodybugg and GoWear Fit
And today I want to look at something that, while not exactly ‘new’ (it’s been around for a few years at least) certainly has a lot of interest and questions about it. And that is the Bodybugg/GoWearFit. Now strictly speaking, both of these devices are different, but they are both made by the same company. And are essentially the same device. So far as I can tell the biggest difference is that the GoWearFit (hereafter GWF) uses slightly different software than the Bodybugg but, for all practical purposes, I’m going to consider them the same device. This is what it looks like.
Winter of Discontent – Book Review
While that comeback didn’t end up materializing, as she decided that taking a run at the Olympics was not worth it to her emotionally or physically, she and I became good friends. She joined our team and the amount I learned skating with her is immense. As well, both my coach and I did our best to ensure that she finished her career on a high note which she did; setting 3 Master’s International Records. Ultimately she did what made her happy and that was more important to us than anything else.
Active Versus Passive Recovery
In that context, a question I have gotten enough times to make it worth addressing is whether active rest or passive rest is ‘better’. That is, is it fundamentally better to do something for active recovery or better to just take the day completely off. Not surprisingly, not even coaches and top athletes can agree on this so today I want to look at both the concept of active and passive rest as well as some potential benefits and drawbacks to each.
Nutrient Intake, Nutrient Storage and Nutrient Oxidation
Broadly speaking, there are two primary fates for nutrients at this point which are oxidation or storage. A third that I should at least mention is that, under certain conditions, nutrients will sort of ‘sit’ in the bloodstream either causing problems there or eventually being excreted in the urine. Outside of various pathophysiologies (e.g. runaway diabetes where glucose is lost in the urine in large amounts), the urine excretion route is generally minimal approachinginsignificant and I won’t focus on it further here.
Muscle Growth and Post-Workout Nutrition
In any case, work examining the impact of various combinations of post-workout nutrients in terms of promoting strength or hypertrophy would come later and, at this point, a huge amount of work has been done. I’m not going to get into every detail (the issue is discussed in absurd detail, 35 pages worth, in The Protein Book) of post-workout nutrition and will focus the article simply on the issue of protein, carbohydrates and the combination of the two in terms of how they impact on post-workout recovery and muscle growth.
Muscle Loss While Dieting to Single Digit Body Fat Levels – Q&A
I realize that there are no hard and fast rules here, but do you have a figure kicking around that brain of yours that articulates what is the maximum amount of fat loss is per week while maintaining a decent fat/muscle loss ratio once someone has approached single digit body fat? I’m guessing it’s no where near 2 pounds at that point.
Obesity and Physical Inactivity: The Relevance of Reconsidering the Notion of Sedentariness
Which is all a very long introduction to today’s paper which looks in some detail at two of the major changes in modern life that contribute to our overall ‘inactivity’ during the day: sleep and what the researchers decided to call knowledge based work (KBW). Sleep is fairly explanatory but, by KBW, they are referring to things such as school, jobs involving thought and concentration and even potentially video games. Basically anthing where you’re sitting on your ass for most of it but having to involve your brain rather intently.
The LTDFLE
Now, I have a bit more clue what’s going on, or at least what I think is going on so I’m going to share one of these with you (I’ll address others in future articles). Today I want to talk about something that I like to call the LTDFLE, an acronym that I genuinely hope you will use at every possible chance on forums to confuse people, and which will make sense shortly.
