Mario, Fat Loss Frustrations, & the Scale “I am going to lie on the couch tonight, watch terrible television shows that rot my brain, and drink beer.” These were the first words spoken as my…
Free Fitness: A Zero Dollar Solution to Fitness
A Lesson Learned from My Grandfather I’ve been a big fan of the Tim Ferriss podcast for the last two years. Whether he is interviewing successful CEOs, scientists, Hollywood writers or directors, Tim…
Forget New Year’s Resolutions. Create a Quest for 2016 & Achieve Your Goals!
Begin Your Quest The ball has dropped. A few pieces of confetti are still attached to your clothes and you have woken up in a small village known as Hangoverville. You take two aspirin, wonder…
The Most Important Front in Your Battle for Fat Loss (or Gaming)
Battlefront: Fat Loss Star Wars: Battlefront is officially out today! via GIPHY As a rabid fan of the original Battlefront games, I dreamed for years that someone would make a new iteration of this franchise….
Game Like a Pro: Wrist Curls for Optimal Gaming Performance
Get Back In the Game During a multi-hour gaming marathon, every gamer has experienced that moment when their wrist and hands seize up thanks to our Darth Vader like grip around our controller. If you…
How to Get More Sleep & Level Up Your Life
Never once did I rest in a bed while playing Fallout 3. Resting to recover health seemed really stupid when all I had to do was kill everyone in my path and take items from their lifeless carcasses to heal myself.
Sadly, when it came to my own sleep in real life, I never took it seriously either.
Sleep may be one of the most important tools we can use on our quest for fat loss, muscle gain, or living a more overall healthy life. Yet, many of us get less than sufficient sleep and then pound 5 Hour Energy, coffee(s), or Monster/Red Bull all day just to get us to five o’clock.
A How To Guide for Escaping The Dead Marshes of Motivation
“I don’t feel motivated”
When those words seep into your brain you have entered what I call “The Dead Marshes”.
Like Frodo and Sam in Lord of the Rings, we all find ourselves trodding through the Dead Marshes of Motivation at some point.
4 Exercises for Gamers That Promote Optimal Wrist Health
The work week is over and you finally have an entire weekend to devote to all the video games that have come out this fall. After playing for hours on end, you are hit with an intense, throbbing pain, and it feels like your fingers are going numb. It dawns on you that somehow in these hours of gaming you may have developed a video game career-ending injury. Your weekend is ruined and now you are afraid that you will have to hang up the controller and “never game again.”
Preposterously Phenomenal Pumpkin Powered Provisions (Plus Pancakes)
Football season has officially started, the nights are getting slightly longer, and the world seems to be full of pumpkin flavored everything. Shhh…I have a secret….I freaking love pumpkin.
From Oreos, to Lattes, to beer, and more, pumpkin reminds us that it is time to put away the shorts, break out the jean jackets and prepare because winter is coming.
Tri-Force Training
Throughout history, in cultures all over the world, the triangle has been used as a symbol. In my geeky mind, there is no triangle cooler than the Tri-Force from Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda game series. You can harness the power of the Tri-Force, with pyramid training, and use its power to torch fat, build muscle, and gain strength!