99 Ways To Improve Your Life, Live Large, & Be F*ckin Awesome
All of us have goals, dreams, and life quests that we would love to achieve, but without a proper plan in place there is no choice other than failure. Sure we all march to the beat of a different drum but sometimes we all just need a change of tune. Or a “life remix” so to speak. The good news in this case is that we can be our own DJ’s. We can create our own remixes. This list was designed to inspire performance, help you reach your goals, and improve your life while also enhancing your intellectual capital. It was also created to ...
Fitness Modeling 101 – How To Prepare For A Photoshoot
This past Saturday I had the honor of working with Powertec Fitness as a model for their 2011 ad campaign. It was one of the coolest projects I've worked on this year FOR SURE and everyone on set was great. We filmed a bunch of workout videos...did some video demonstrations...and took a bunch of still shots for the catalog, poster, and website. The shoot lasted for about 10 hours but it was a great time. I REALLY had a lot of fun even though I was CRAZY sore afterward from doing hundreds of reps demonstrating how to use the equipment! Anyways, many of ...
31 Tips To Get Six Pack Abs (And Not Fail)
If your goal is to build six pack abs, sometimes Google just flat out sucks. Well...unless you found this site through Google...then Google is the shiznit :D But I digress... Let's take a guy and name him Joe. Joe wants abs, and Joe wants abs bad. He decides to spend a lazy Saturday afternoon on his computer searching for information about how to claim his future six pack. Brimming with confidence, he enters the phrase "how to get six pack abs" into a Google search... ...and he gets 2 million results! (yes you will really get 2 million if you try it) Joe thinks to himself...damn I don't ...
How To Gain Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same Time
“How can I gain muscle and lose fat at the same time?” That’s right up there with “How do I get six pack abs” as one of the most frequently asked fitness questions of all time. The problem is, when you ask it, you get all kinds of conflicting answers - even from experts who are supposed to know these things. So what’s the deal? Is it really possible to lose fat and build muscle simultaneously? Short answer: Yes, you can gain muscle and lose fat at the “same time.” Long answer: It’s difficult and it’s complicated. Allow me to explain…. First we have the ...
Is Your Protein Powder Toxic?
Guys, I've been saying it for years. Supplements can be bad for your health and you need to be very careful what you put into your body these days. Someone who wholeheartedly agrees with me is my good friend and colleague Tom Venuto, who is the creator of the Burn The Fat Program and the Burn The Fat Inner Circle. Tom is also a lifetime natural bodybuilder, an NSCA-certified personal trainer, CSCS certified, and is one of the brightest minds in the entire fitness industry. When Tom speaks, people listen! Check out what Tom had to say about our Toxic Protein Shakes: A recent investigation ...
Awesome Apple Cinnamon Pancake Recipe – Yummmm
Ohhhhhh yeah baby, you are going to LOVE this Apple Cinnamon Protein Pancake recipe! And you don't have to be on Top Chef to pull this one off...this one is as simple as it gets. I've been on sort of a recipe kick lately (yes I baked friggin muffins) ...it's weird. Maybe I am just getting nasty cravings because I am trying to tighten up the abs for some upcoming shoots and I am on a stricter diet...or maybe I just have a fat kid inside me just waiting to bust free. Regardless of the size of your current waistline though, or what ...
Lose Fat and Gain Muscle – Train Like A Warrior and Quit Potty Training
It is always a sad sight to see. A poor soul stuck in workout hell. Confused, frustrated, and knows nothing but bodybuilder style training, long cardio, and "hot tips" from the magazines. One or two body parts per session, 12-24 sets per workout, three sets of ten per exercise, sometimes four sets if they got really motivated or had a pre-workout red-bull... Then 45 minutes to an hour of long boring cardio to finish up the workout. I am already yawning just thinking about it! I know what the muscle mags say to do to lose fat and gain muscle, but big deal I don’t ...
Your Quick Summer Six Pack Abs Plan – How To Get Six Pack Abs Fast
Let’s face it, we all want to be 100% ready when summer rolls around, so we can hit the beach or pool, rip off our shirts, and be proud with every head that turns in our direction when we reveal our abs. But for most of us, this is all a dream. Now that it’s already late May many of us are starting to panic, scramble and rev up the cardio, hoping to pull off a “beach ready abs” miracle. So millions head to the gym and grind out mind numbing after mind numbing hour of cardio on the stepper, the rower, ...
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Breakdown Before Breakthrough | The 2012 Ravens
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Effort and Immortality: The Ray Lewis Legacy
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Breakdown Before Breakthrough | The 2012 Ravens
Today, President Obama welcomed my hometown Baltimore Ravens to the White House to congratulate the team on its Super Bowl win over the 49ers earlier this year. For all of us long suffering Ravens fans out there, this win was amazing…and I think it tasted even sweeter than our Super Bowl win in 2000 because we came so close so many times… Literally... [Read more of this review]
How To Get Bigger Arms | Arm Workout
Guns, pipes, pythons, you know the deal. All guys want em’, but not ever guy will ever claim em’. Jacked, ripped, intimidating, and dare I say SEXY, arms… Arms that intimidate other guys… Arms that make the ladies swoon… Arms that make people turn their heads and say “holy shit look at that guy”… It pains me to... [Read more of this review]
Argentine Steak
Argentinean style steak is one of my favorite healthy dishes, and it’s really easy to make. Below is an excellent Argentine Steak with Chimichurri recipe for you to try from the Metabolic Cooking Cookbook by Dave Ruel & Karine Losier. It took me about 25 minutes to make the entire thing. Note: There are a ton of different variations of this... [Read more of this review]
Asian Turkey Burger Recipe
Let’s face it…eating boiled, sodium-less, tasteless, rubbery, chicken, broccoli, and brown rice (or even worse, Tilapia & asparagus) meals every day when you’re trying to get or stay fit SUCKS. My advice is not to do it. Why? Because it SUCKS. Duh. Now, I LOVE to eat, but I absolutely HATE eating “healthy” crap every... [Read more of this review]
The Prison Workout
Let’s face it, prisoners are some of the most jacked dudes on the planet. Yep…they’re gym “freaks”…which is kind of ironic considering how many FREE men out there make lame excuses about why they have weak, flabby physiques… …and every time I hear guys make lame excuses for their failure(s) in the gym (aka... [Read more of this review]
The 6 Pack Secret: Birthday Sale
It’s my birthday! Yaaaayyyyyy……….. It’s no secret, I’m not a big birthday person. No big bashes, no huge parties, no hype no hoopla… Honestly I think it all went downhill ever since i got that silver BMX bike for my 10th birthday… I mean let’s face it, nothing was cooler than turning 10 and getting... [Read more of this review]
The Renegade Diet – A Real User Opinion | Review
I get emails just about every day with questions about The Renegade Diet. Many ask if it’s legit, if I actually use it, how I use it, what effects it has had on my strength, size, bodyfat, energy levels, etc. Note: I snapped the cheesy ‘selfie’ bathroom mirror pic on the right while using The Renegade Diet. Due the sheer volume... [Read more of this review]
44 of the Best Bodyweight Exercises Ever
These 44 Bodyweight Exercises (I counted 43 actually but feel free to count em’ yourself and prove me wrong) should be part of everyone’s strength training program, especially if your goal is to get bigger, stronger, faster, and ultimately more jacked. And I’m not just talking about sit-ups push-ups, and air squats here (yawn)…I’m... [Read more of this review]
Effort and Immortality: The Ray Lewis Legacy
Ray Lewis. Love him or hate him, you’ll always remember him…and hopefully when it’s all said and done, always respect him. If you’re unfamiliar with his story, it all started at The “U” (my beloved University of Miami), and now Ray is in the twilight of an amazing hall of fame football career. He is arguably the greatest Middle Linebacker... [Read more of this review]
The Reinvention of Self
Another year has come and gone, and now is the time most of us will sit back and assess ourselves and our achievements, or lack thereof. It’s New Year’s Resolution time! Listen, last year is history. 2012 came and went. Maybe you achieved your goals. Maybe you didn’t. Maybe the economy kicked your ass last year. Maybe your boss or wife had... [Read more of this review]
How To Prepare For The Mayan Predicted Apocalypse
With the clock ticking down to December 21, 2012, the world appears to be edging ever closer to what many believe to be the end of the world – aka a ‘Mayan predicted’ global catastrophe that will destroy the earth and billions of people. Yep, in case you have been living under a rock, Friday 12/21/2012, the alleged end of the... [Read more of this review]
How Often Should I Be Training My Abs
With all of the different theories and opinions out there coming from multiple sources, one can only expect to get confusing and conflicting information when it comes to six pack abs… Click Here to read a helpful Men’s Fitness Magazine article on abdominal training frequency (sorry if the model ruins the article) Conventional wisdom... [Read more of this review]
The Relentless Pursuit of Failure
This past weekend I had the honor of speaking about how to build a business at the Fall FMI Conference. (If you aren’t familiar with FMI, it is a training resource for fitness and sports professionals that offers them career and personal development education.) This was my first ever invitation to speak at FMI, and let me just tell you, it was a... [Read more of this review]
14 Lessons From Oscar Pistorius (aka Blade Runner)
There’s not much worse than living a life of worry; a life of mediocrity; a life of weakness. A life of regret. Unfortunately, many people live life on their knees – spending the majority of their time being mentally bullied by stress, worry, fear, hate, and regret. It’s an epidemic, especially in modern culture. It’s like people have everything... [Read more of this review]
How To Get Ripped Like An Olympic Sprinter
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past week or so you’ll know that the 2012 Olympics are in full force right now. You ‘non-hiding-under-a-rock-peeps’ will probably also know that Usain Bolt successfully defended his 100 meters title, shattered the Olympic record, and made history with a blazing 9.63 second time. Shortly... [Read more of this review]
Busy Man Workouts
There’s a big misconception out there that if you work in an office (aka sit on your ass from 9-5 or later)…you’re lazy and unmotivated if you’re “too tired to train” either before or after work. This assumption is 100% FALSE. Having worked in several corporate environments myself, and sat in tons of super boring, all-day meetings in uncomfortable... [Read more of this review]
59 Tips To Improve Your Health and Physique (Part 2)
If you missed the first installment of this article check it out here. 31. If you have nagging injuries (like I do), always try to dress warm when you train. Call me crazy but I usually wear a winter skull cap and sweat pants, even in the summer. I feel like this practice helps me warm up quicker and keeps blow flowing efficiently during my workout. 32.... [Read more of this review]
59 Tips To Improve Your Health and Physique (Part 1)
I’ll just skip the cheesy intro and get right into it… 1. Always follow the laws of real nutrition. If you can’t kill it, pick it, or grow it – avoid it. 2. Avoid factory farmed meats. Beef must be hormone & antibiotic free. Chicken and eggs must be free range and organic. Seafood must be wild caught and never farm raised. 3. Delete... [Read more of this review]
Live Your Life
Its taken me a while to get around to it but I finally watched Act of Valor (ironically on Independence Day) and the movie delivered a powerful message. When I say powerful…I mean POWERFUL. Now, I’m not going to make this post a movie critic style review… …but if you’ve seen the flick you probably already know that there... [Read more of this review]
Hell Week
I don’t know any other way to describe this past week, other than it has been a week from hell. First I screwed my knee up… Then there was the funeral for a friend who was strangled to death by a police officer… Then my little sister was hospitalized TWICE with what doctors believed was a life threatening blood clot in her lungs… And... [Read more of this review]
The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Asskickers
Success in life doesn’t just “happen”. You make choices and you perform certain actions, which in turn, give you various outcomes based on those choices and actions. You choose to eat healthier. You choose to go to the gym. You choose to stay faithful to your partner. You choose happiness. You choose success – and YOU choose failure. It’s... [Read more of this review]
Be All You Can Be
Rewind 20 years and I was a young kid with crazy dreams and aspirations. (Check me out, I’m on the right) One day I wanted to be a professional wrestler, the next day an astronaut, and the next day a dinosaur. I honestly think that I wanted to be everything cool as a kid from a superhero to an insect to a garbage man back then. Funny thing is,... [Read more of this review]
Don’t Play In Traffic: Powertec Interview | Powertec Fitness
In case you’ve never heard of Powertec (aka the world’s best plate loaded home gyms), they are, in my humble opinion, one of the top fitness companies out there. I’m not just saying that because I’m associated with the company – I’m saying it because I truly believe it. From the ownership to management, to the creative... [Read more of this review]
The Truth About Food Additives
It’s no secret, many of the ingredients and additives found in our food supply can be extremely controversial, even downright scary. In fact, sometimes it almost seems as if making sense of a food label requires a degree in food science or environmental chemistry… For example, some commonly used food additives include: Sulfated butyl oleate,... [Read more of this review]
10 Tips For Better Digestion
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – all diseases start in the gut. If you have poor gut health (which usually begins with poor digestion) you will constantly feel run down and sick, your body will function at less efficient levels, and your risk of chronic disease increases significantly. As discussed in previous posts, good... [Read more of this review]
The Success Formula
These days it seems all everyone wants are compliments, puppies, hugs, smiles, and quick fixes. Nobody wants to get down n’ dirty and work hard to get what they want anymore. People now want instant gratification and overnight results. They want to enjoy the sweetness of the fruit without suffering through the pain of any labor. It’s become an epidemic... [Read more of this review]
It’s My Birthday Today. Will You Do Me A Favor?
So I'm sitting here in my birthday suit making funny faces in the mirror. Ok that sounded creepy. I'm totally kidding. I'm sitting here in my birthday suit making funny faces in the mirror while wearing a birthday hat. Birthday hats make everything better! Without making this any more weird, I'm actually going to make this even... [Read more of this review]
The 10 Commandments of Real Nutrition
It seems like everywhere you turn these days for legitimate health & fitness information you see the same lame, rehashed BS everywhere. There are the fitness models telling you to do “exactly what I do” and you’ll look awesome with your clothes off… There are the bodybuilders telling you to do “exactly what I do” and you’ll... [Read more of this review]
I Wanna Be A Fitness Model (Part 8 – Bikini Competitors)
This is Part 8 in the ‘I Want To Be A Fitness Model’ Series. In this episode, The Chaz’ ex girlfriend is having a conversation about being a bikini competitor with her friend. Read More →
I Wannabe A Fitness Model (Part 7 – Acceptance Speech)
This is Part 7 in the 'I Want To Be A Fitness Model' Series. In this episode, The Chaz gives his acceptance speech at the Supplement Awards. Read More →
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