An Open Letter to Militant Vegans

An Open Letter to Militant Vegans

I once heard Bill Maher say, “There will be a gay president before a vegetarian president.” I remember chatting a few years back with a friend of my sister’s, an exceptional and brilliant woman I have known almost 40 years, about her lifestyle: that of a cigarette...
The Jillian Michaels Story

The Jillian Michaels Story

I feel a disturbance in the balance of the force. As I write this, Jillian Michaels is a mere three miles from my house. She is at the local GoodLife Fitness teaching her new class called BODYSHRED (Trademark symbol, hashtag awesome, hashtag whatever). My wife made me...
5 Sports “Dumber” than CrossFit

5 Sports “Dumber” than CrossFit

Doing CrossFit makes about as much sense as stripping down naked, smearing your junk in honey and attempting fornication with a bucket of fire ants. Embrace the pain! Maybe it’s not so bad. Sure, there have been a ton of negative articles about CrossFit lately. I even...

Does Cardio Make You Fat?

Sometimes I wonder if all that added muscle diverts blood flow away from the brain. It is often the case that bodybuilders give some of the worst possible fitness advice. Many believe that huge = knowledgeable. This is not always so. Here is a big picture recipe for...