Archive for November, 2009
My Struggle With the Paleo Diet
I’ve always been skinny. For the past 8 years, I’ve ridden the roller-coaster of weight gain and weight loss in a perpetual effort to build muscle and bulk up. Over the course of that time, I’ve tried every workout imaginable, dozens of different protein and meal replacement shakes, good diets, bad diets, gained 18 pounds [...]
Eat Whatever the Hell You Want on Thanksgiving
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, the most gluttonous holiday in the history of the world. If you look anywhere on the internet today, you’ll find article after article on how to avoid weight gain during the holiday season, what foods to eat, what foods not to eat, how to politely say no, and so on. Here is [...]
Winter Cardio, a.k.a. Frozen Chestnuts
When winter rolls around, everybody generally goes into hibernation by stockpiling Twinkies, wrapping up in a Weezer Snuggie, and packing on the pounds. However, if you’re one of those people interested in staying in shape and you DON’T want to spend all your time on a treadmill, you’re going to have to brave the elements. [...]
Heart-Attacks, Half-Marathons, and Superheroes
Most of you have read my story about running a 5k this past weekend. If you haven’t read it yet, I’ll give you my abridged version – running and I don’t get along. However, I know that millions of people all over the world LOVE to run. Some scientists even believe that we’re built for [...]
What I’ve Learned From Writing 200 Posts
Holy crap, I’ve published 200 articles. I’ve started three or four blogs prior to Nerd Fitness and none of them lasted longer than two weeks. I start to learn new music for the piano or guitar when I’m only half-finished with the previous song. I start way more stuff than I finish. Essentially, I’ve learned [...]
