While I’m not a professional body builder by any stretch of the imagination I have weight-lifted for many years.

As it is with anything I am involved in I don’t just dive in and do it without any thought. I’ve researched and tested a few approaches to weightlifting. 
I’ve found what works well for me and learned […]

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I’ve seen this argument so many times on so many martial arts forums I thought I’d put my two cents in. 

The argument usually starts something like this: ” I watch all the UFC/Pridefights, the grapplers usually dominate,” or , ” Fights almost always go to the ground so if you don’t know how to grapple […]

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Most diets tell you to eat right, reduce this or that and tell you to exercises.  They all address the physical aspects of why a person is overweight. 

None of them address the mental aspect of weight loss and eating. 
The picture planted in the dieters head is that they will have to sacrifice and be miserable […]

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Most of my life I’ve been relatively skinny.  That is up until my mid twenties. Unfortunately for me my genetics and past bad diet practices caught up with me.

At about twenty five I started to get the dreaded spare tire. This was due to not only a slowing metabolism, but also bad dietary practices.
It was […]

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