In Part One of this series, I covered the biggest and most bullshit-laden fitness myths swimming around the Internet today. But when it comes to food, there seem to be more nutrition myths than there…
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The Kick Ass Lessons I Learned from 37 Different Books in 2017
In 2016, I read more books in a single year than I had probably read my entire life. That sentence is about 42% hyperbole. Now that I think about it, it is possible that I read…
The Secret the Greek Gods Didn’t Want You to Know
Why You’re Zeus, Athena, and Poseidon All Wrapped into One In the Summer of 2000, the third single off Vertical Horizon’s hit album, Everything You Want, was released on the radio. After their second single…
Why One Night of Overeating Isn’t Going to Hurt You
Overeating Isn’t Hurting You Like You Think Allow me to introduce Janet and Jason. Both Janet and Jason have been attempting to lose weight. Their average calorie intake for the day is around 2,000 for…
It Takes a Village, Or Why Your Friends Matter More than You Think
On March 18th, 1962, a mission school in what is modern-day Tanzania, was forced to shut down completely due to an epidemic. What had incubated in a few girls, quickly spread to the village where…
Why It’s Important to Practice Basic Lifting Patterns Everyday
I felt no pain at first. But once I saw the blood, dirt, and sweat coalesce, that’s when I felt it: A searing sensation that surged from my lower body to the back of my…
Do, or Do Not: Which Do You Choose?
Do, or do not. There is no try. This could be the third most well-known line from Star Wars. But there are a hundred different meanings you can take from this line. For the most…
How to Increase Your Mind-Muscle Connection
You can feel it, even hear it whispering from the depths of your mind. But you’ll never admit it. Still, it’s there, inspiring you every step of the way; a mental image you use as…
9 Things You Want Out of Diet and Exercise But That You Won’t Get
Do you remember your first school-age crush? You know, that one person you were so infatuated with in high school that you wrote in your journal, “if we don’t get together I’ll die.” (Well, apparently, you…
How to Be More Successful at Anything
Be honest, you and I both aren’t fans of making decisions. We’ll do everything we can to circumvent or even push back the most stressful decisions of our lives. The act of taking action is…