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Baseline: cardio & strength
History. When I made my permanent dietary changes two years ago, I also began exercising pretty consistently. I started with dancing, because I enjoy it. I would simply stick the earbuds of my iPod in my ear, put on a … Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss, Fitness, Nutrition
Tagged cardio, Concept 2, dancing, grey, Melz history, reset, rowing, strength training, Turbulence Training
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An interval training primer
Craig Ballantyne’s Turbulence Training blog today had part 1 of an interval training primer, entitled “The Best Cardio Intervals For Fat Loss – part 1”. (Full information on Ballantyne’s program is at his main Turbulence Training website.) This is good … Continue reading
A little experiment in interval training
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been in the midst of moving hell, which has caused my regular exercise to suffer somewhat. Though not as badly as I’d feared — it’s amazing how much walking one does just carrying … Continue reading
Interval training
Wikipedia’s definition of interval training: Interval training is broadly defined as repetitions of high-speed/intensity work followed by periods of rest or low activity. Most of Wikipedia article at this writing is a discussion of interval training as used by long … Continue reading
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Tagged cardio, Craig Ballantyne, interval training, Turbulence Training
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Nutrition or training — which is more important?
Tom Venuto’s Burn the Fat Blog today has some fine advice in answer to the question “Nutrition or training – which is more important?” Venuto writes: The first thing I would say is that you cannot separate nutrition and training. … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Nutrition
Tagged Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, cardio, Melz history, Melz state of my art (health/fitness), strength training
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If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution
After much thought, I’ve returned to my daily dancing, on the reasoning that (1) I missed it like crazy; (2) I can’t find anything despite looking very hard to back up Schwarzbein’s assertion that more than 20 minutes twice weekly … Continue reading
Posted in Fitness, Insulin resistance
Tagged books & resources (insulin resistance), books & resources (nutrition), cardio, dancing, Schwarzbein Principle (book)
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Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle
Tom Venuto is a personal trainer & bodybuilder, one of the very few who has never used drugs or steroids in his pursuit of the physique necessary to compete in the bodybuilding world. He spent a number of years when … Continue reading
Posted in Fat loss, Fitness
Tagged Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle, cardio, strength training, Tom Venuto
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