With the release of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, much of the surrounding media hype has focused on heartthrob Taylor Lautner, the seventeen-year-old actor who reprises his portrayal of Native American (and werewolf) Jacob Black. Much of the focus has been on Taylor Lautner’s workout, and his incredible transformation adding massive muscle and ripped six-pack …
Jeff Cavaliere is a strength coach in private practice who served as the New York Mets’ (Major League Baseball) physical therapist from 2006 to 2008. He has parlayed a childhood fascination with tough guys (e.g. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, “Hulk Hogan”) into a personal credo of sculpted abs and a lean, healthy body. In …
People who are “heavy” into resistance training keep asking me if and when it’s appropriate to add cardiovascular sessions into the mix – pariticuarly asking about high-intensity interval training. “Steady-state” cardio is often viewed as the main option for losing excess body fat, gained during the “bulk” up phase of most muscle-building programs. It used …
Thinking about getting a Gymboss Interval Timer but not sure if it’s right for you? Alright, you’ve finally decided to give high-intensity interval training (HIIT) a shot. You have heard a lot of positive things about aerobic/anaerobic benefits, muscular endurance gains, and improved fat-burning. Did I mention the part about fat-burning? Unfortunately, you’ve never been …
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Like everyone who wants to build muscle and lose unwanted body fat, I’m always looking for ways to do it in the least time possible. Ambitious, ain’t I? How to Build Muscle with High-Intensity Resistance Training What High-Intensity Resistance Training all about? Most of my research and gym conversations keep leading me to high-intensity …
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Tom Venuto is one of America’s most recognized experts when it comes to fat loss, diet, and nutrition. His “Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle” (2002) e-book was a smashing critical and commercial success, with over 200,000 downloads from ClickBank alone. Venuto’s latest effort, the highly charged “The Holy Grail Body Transformation Program: How to …
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There was a time when fitness goals had to be black or white, i.e. either you were focusing on gaining muscle or you wanted to lose body fat (or as was often said in error, “lose weight”). Most folks were faced with an awkward dilemma: “Do I want to look like a musclehead, or some …
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Frank Sinatra is not Hoboken, New Jersey’s only famous native son after all… Meet Tom Venuto – personal trainer, nutritional consultant, fitness model, and best selling author (plus a pile of other accomplishments). Easily one of the most successful health and fitness entrepreneurs on the Internet today. Mr. Venuto is probably best known for “Burn …
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You wouldn’t think a Hollywood A-list guy would use an “exercise tape” to get into fighting shape for his next role. However, when it comes to P90X, even Ashton Kutcher came away pretty impressed… No, he did not buy the company (Beachbody), but Kutcher does admit to popping in the tapes prior to shooting the …
Alright, you bought P90X after watching the Tony Horton infomercial and survived the first ninety days. Heck, you probably flew through the P90X DVDs, loving every minute of it! You feel great, friends and neighbors marvel at your physical and spiritual transformation (You might even be getting big-time “stares” in the supermarket aisles, but I …
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