Archive for March, 2005

Want taste? The truth about fats

31 March 2005

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Want taste? Fats get a bad rap and frankly saturated fat deserves it and should be avoided as much as possible. Other fats are less problematic and if caloric density is taken into account (9 calories per gram […]

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Looks like Purposeful Primitive methodology is gaining traction!

30 March 2005

Looks like Purposeful Primitive methodology is gaining traction! (thanks John!)
The secret is there is no secret.
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Sweat equity: Actresses can’t go out and buy a buff body for an action role. They have to earn it — with diet and exercise — just like the rest of us.
By RENE LYNCH - Los Angeles Times
HOLLYWOOD […]

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Kid Hercules & The Big Fish Incident

29 March 2005

KID HERCULES: I saw a sick story on the History Channel called The Strongest Kid in the World. It was a demented tale of Ukrainian parents who relocated to California and trained their baby, Richard Sandrak, to be a bodybuilder. His mother would forcibly stretch the boy from the time he was six-months old […]

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New Column

28 March 2005

Mark Burnett looks like a Purposefully Primitive guy: The producer of Survivor, The Apprentice and The Contender looks like our kind of man. Far from some simpering Hollywood effete elitist, Burnett, born in 1960 started life out as a dead end kid and joined the military service at age 17. He ended up in […]

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Salmon, Spider Curls, and Spider Tomatoes

25 March 2005

Purposefully Primitive salmon: The most valuable piece of equipment in this mans culinary arsenal is a deep Teflon skillet. Here is the fastest way possible to prepare a great piece of fish. I like steelhead trout (fresh water salmon) but any fillet will do. I coat the fish with Paul Prudhommes Blackened Redfish seasoning, […]

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Are you a one-dimensional trainer? Plus Fitness Day Camps

24 March 2005

Are you a one-dimensional trainer? Most people are classically biased toward one of the three legs of the fitness triad: progressive resistance training, cardiovascular training or diet/nutrition. How many folks try and lose weight by dieting and dieting alone? A safe bet would be a majority of individuals. Ever wonder why people who lose […]

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Great forgotten exercise — Parallel bar dips

23 March 2005

Great forgotten exercise; parallel bar dips: when it comes to building lower pectorals, triceps and frontal deltoids, dips are without doubt one the best exercises Ive ever used. They are seldom used nowadays and the reasons are plain to see: you have to be able to handle your own bodyweight for reps unless […]

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Pass the vino: Irish and Italians celebrating…

22 March 2005

Red wine is indeed good for the heart
March 21, 2005 12:28 PM EST
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Mar 18, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) — Drinking two to three glasses of red wine daily is good for the heart, confirms a Connecticut researcher, who suggests anti-oxidants in the wine may be why. There are several […]

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