13th December 2006
Continued from part 2
6. Cook portable foods and bring meal replacements or healthy snacks for drives, flights and day trips
I love to drive, so for my trip last month I packed everything up in my car and hit the road. Naturally, I cooked for the ro...
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13th December 2006
I recently read two articles about travel fitness. One said that while you're traveling, you should keep up with 50% of your normal training and the other said you should keep up with only one-third. Both were written by well known fitness professionals a...
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16th November 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto
The "paleolithic," "stone age," "cave man," or "neanderthal" diet plans have been around for a while and there are quite a few books that have been written on the subject.
In general, with a only few minor constructive crit...
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14th August 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto
Every so often you read a sad story in the newspaper about someone who dove headfirst into a river or lake, without checking to see how deep the water was beforehand. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a shallow 18 inches and...
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07th August 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto
Last week I was talking about nutrition with one of my workout buddies and when I mentioned grass fed beef and "organic food" he asked, "Do you mean like what you get at Whole Foods Market?"
I said, "Yes, exactly... that's ...
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06th August 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto
There have been countless studies performed on the role of protein in the muscle growth process to try and determine exactly how much protein you should consume to build muscle mass. Recently, several studies have looked at th...
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25th July 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto
Patience. It's the one thing you never seem to have when you've got a body fat problem. You want the fat gone and you want it gone now! And why not? It seems so do-able. Everywhere you look, you read and hear promises of quic...
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12th July 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto
Legendary bodybuilding trainer Vince, "The Iron Guru" Gironda was famous for saying, "Bodybuilding is 80% nutrition!" But is this really true or is it just another fitness and bodybuilding myth passed down like gospel without ...
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22nd June 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto
Depriving yourself of foods you enjoy is not productive to your fat loss efforts in the long run. If you want to lose fat permanently and healthfully without going crazy with cravings or battling with binges, then here's what ...
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14th January 2006
Copyright 2006 Tom Venuto
Why Are We So Fat? That's the question asked in the cover story of a recent issue of National Geographic magazine.
"Americans enjoy one of the most luxurious lifestyles on Earth: Our food is plentiful. Our work is automated...
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11th December 2005
Copyright 2005 Tom Venuto
If you're overweight or if you've been overweight in the past, then you know that getting rid of excess pounds is only one of the challenges you face. Once the fat is gone, you are often confronted with an equally frustrating ...
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09th December 2005
Copyright 2005 Tom Venuto
Suppose you're on a diet and you have a banquet or a holiday party coming up. You're expecting a big meal to be served for dinner, and there will be open bar with lots and lots of "party snacks." You're not sure if there will ...
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02nd December 2005
Copyright 2005 Tom Venuto
My mom makes the most amazing Christmas cake in the world; it's been a tradition in our family for as long as I can remember.
First, she mixes up a light, fluffy, vanilla cake mix, pours it into the pans and then pops it in...
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