The Unconscious Self-Sabotage of Weight Loss

February 24, 2012

My previous overview of metabolism touched briefly on the various components of our total metabolic rate. One of the components of our total metabolic rate is TEA, or thermal effect of activity, the calories you burn through activity. The study I’m going to comment on concerns itself with the TEA part of our metabolism but [...]

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The TRX Row

February 17, 2012

My general feeling about weight training is that everyone should learn the basic barbell exercises. There is simply no substitute for the practicality of adding weight to a bar on exercises that train your body’s natural movement patterns. Once proper technique has been learned and a good base of strength has been established, incorporating other [...]

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The Energy Balance Equation

February 6, 2012

The commonly accepted scientific explanation of weight gain is one of “calories in” versus “calories out”. It is often referred to as the energy balance equation. The equation reads: Energy In = Energy Out + Changes in Body Stores. This is based on the First Law of Thermodynamics which states that energy can be neither [...]

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Metabolism

February 3, 2012

Your metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that occur within our cells to support life. Add up all these processes and you get your metabolic rate. Your metabolic rate can be thought of as the body’s rate of energy output. In more familiar terms, we tend to talk about our metabolism as the amount [...]

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Repetitions and How Your Body Responds to Them

January 25, 2012

Exercise works on the SAID principle: Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands. Your body will only adapt to the specific type of stress you apply to it. Therefore, if you want to be strong, you have to primarily practice lifting heavy weights and if you want to be a marathon runner, you have to primarily practice [...]

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