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Tue
8
Mar '11

Think of weight loss as paying off a debt..

Imagine yourself a 20 year old college student with a brand new shiny credit card. Your first taste of financial freedom. Barely containing your excitement, you rush out to the nearest Best Buy and buy the perfect 47″ LCD TV. And then you buy the DVDs for it. And then the Blue Ray player and [...]

Wed
2
Mar '11

This Isn’t Your Fulltime Job, So Get Done and Get Home

Don’t take this as an excuse to half-ass your workouts, because it’s not. This is hopefully a contract between us that will initiate some tough love. Here’s the agreement that hopefully we can come to; when you’re in the gym, you’re there to workout. Don’t bring the latest issue of Cosmo or your best friend [...]

Sat
29
Jan '11

Starting from rock bottom; the obese, workout plans and initial performance.

I’ve seen a few largely obese individuals start out with resistance training in the gym in an effort to lose weight. While it is good intentioned, some of these individuals just aren’t at the fitness level (yet) to generally affect their energy levels. I’ve often wondered if it wouldn’t be a better approach to take [...]

Mon
27
Oct '08

Karaoke, kJams, and Auto CrossFading with iTunes

Anybody who knows me knows that I am a huge fan of karaoke. Back in the college days we took it upon ourselves to build a karaoke stage in the living room complete with mounted multi-monitors on the wall. Those were the good ole’ days In an attempt to recreate these great memories, I have [...]

Fri
9
Dec '05

Freshman Year Football

I can remember the first day of football practice my freshman year. For most of the 14 year olds out for football, it was there first time officially playing the sport.  Sure everyone had played pick-me-up games in the backyard, but real football isn’t exactly about having 11 receivers. Our coach loved the mornings; the [...]