http://www.bodyrecomposition.com Training and Nutrition advice, straight from the monkey's mouth. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:07:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So, having already made one change to the structure of the research review and looking at more than paper at a time, I've decided that that approach is confusing, it also makes the titles and permalinks screwy which, as any good Internet marketer knows, is bad for SEO.  So moving ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/obesity-and-physical-inactivity-the-relevance-of-reconsidering-the-notion-of-sedentariness-research-review.html Over the many years I've been involved in the fat loss game, I've seen some weird stuff happen.  When I was in my 20's and only thought I knew what I was talking about (as opposed to now when I'm simply usually sure I do), I had observed one of ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-ltdfle.html Today I want to cover proper and improper exercise technique for the split squat.  I'll go ahead and note up front that everything I'm going to discuss would apply to the myriad lunging variations as well.  The only difference is the added component of movement (forwards, backwards, alternating or whatever). Recently ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/split-squat-technique.html In a Primer on Dietary Carbohydrates - Part 1, I took a brief look at what carbohydrates are and listed the three primary categories of dietary carbohydrates which are monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides.  As well, I looked in some detail at the monosaccharides (simple sugars) which are glucose (dextrose), fructose ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/a-primer-on-dietary-carbohydrates-part-2.html Having previously done a fairly detailed Primer on Dietary Fats, I wanted to do something similar on the topic of carbohydrates (in the future I'll do one for protein as well).  In this article, I'm not going to look at many of the debates surrounding the issues of carbohydrate intake ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/a-primer-on-dietary-carbohydrates-part-1.html Question: I'm familiar with the "true" ketogenic diet of 90% fat which historically is a medical diet used to assist in controlling seizure prone individuals, but it has the added advantage of being a fantastic way to shed weight while keeping the brain fed. In your RAPID FAT LOSS diet, ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/ketogenic-diets-high-fat-or-high-protein-qa.html In Beginning Weight Training Part 1 I examined some of what defines a beginner in terms of entering the weight room along with examining some of the different reasons (e.g. appearance, performance, health/fitness) that people choose to start lifting weights. In Beginning Weight Training 2, I examined in some detail what ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/beginning-weight-training-part-4.html In Beginning Weight Training Part 1, I looked at some basic concepts related to beginning weight training programs along with defining who was a beginner.  In Beginning Weight Training Part 2, I took a rather detailed look at some of the primary goals of beginner weight training which included neural ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/beginning-weight-training-part-3.html On Tuesday in Beginning Weight Training Part 1, I looked at some basic issues relating to beginning weight training including some commentary about different goals of weight training (and why a trainee's ultimate goal sort of doesn't matter in the very beginning stages) as well as looking at what defines ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/beginning-weight-training-part-2.html For the most part, articles about beginner's training aren't terribly popular.  This is because, with literally no exception I have ever run into in nearly 20 years of doing this, everybody thinks that they are more advanced than they are.  It's simply human nature, nobody wants to think of themselves ... http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/beginning-weight-training-part-1.html