Category Archives: bodybuilding
Statins!
Every time I get my Remicade my doctor checks my blood, checking among other things liver function, kidney function, and LDL cholesterol. A year ago my LDL was 134 – which was a couple of points above normal. The doctor … Continue reading
Would You Like Butter With Your Coffee?
The other day I listened to Joe Rogan talking with David Asprey. David is the author of the www.bulletproofexec.com website. Now I had heard briefly of “bulletproof coffee” in the past, so was interested to hear what David had to … Continue reading
Turkish Get Ups
I’ve been pretty busy the last week. Lots of interesting things to write about but so little time! One thing that has been on my list for a while is how much fun Turkish Get Ups are. Now TGU’s are … Continue reading
Cut out Sugar, Lose Weight
Another study came out this week showing the link between sugar consumption and weight gain. In this case the study specifically looked at sodas and found: “the results strongly suggest that sugary drinks cause people to pack on the pounds” … Continue reading
Belly Fat More Important Than BMI
Earlier this year I blogged about my frustration at insurance companies and others using the Body Mass Index (BMI) to determine the health of individual people. Basically, if you don’t meet the BMI for your height, then you are automatically … Continue reading
Simple Step to Shed Fat – Stop the Sugar
Earlier this month I blogged about Evil Sugar. If you haven’t had a chance to visit the links in that article yet I encourage you to have a look now. In particular the Yale article spells out clearly that sugar … Continue reading
Evil Sugar
Yeah, I haven’t blogged for a while – sorry about that. There have been a few interesting articles come up over the last few weeks but I’ve been too busy to have time to blog about it. The kids are … Continue reading
Amazing Abs!
Apologies for the lack of posts. There hasn’t been any amazing news coming up of late hence the dearth of new material. Psoriasis is same as usual, i.e. some scalp spots and some redness appearing on my left knuckle (as … Continue reading
Kettlebells for Health
I blogged back in May about how I had bought some kettlebells and had started working out with them as well as training Judo (jujitsu) once per week. Both are proving lots of fun. I started my kettlebell workouts doing … Continue reading
Kettlebells & Jujitsu
I realized I haven’t given an update for some time on my exercise routine, so here it is. I found that my enthusiasm for going to the gym in the last few months has really dropped off and so I … Continue reading