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Day 1 – 5/4/2020Described in my previous post. Weight is 194, girth circumference is 40″. Day 2 – 5/5/2020I weighed in yesterday (day 1, 5/4/2020) at 194 lb. and today at 190 lb. I do understand that body-weight fluctuates quite a bit largely due to water retention and such. Even so I am down 4Continue reading “The Common Sense Diet: Week One Documented With Conclusions and Plan”

I haven’t gained the COVID 15 but darn close to it. Fortunately I’ve remained consistent with exercise, maybe even increased it, throughout this pandemic and lock-down. So some of my weight gain is muscle, but only some. However, my eating habits have deteriorated. It’s time to address this. This article outlines a simple yet carefullyContinue reading “The Common Sense Diet”

I think we might need to talk about our alcohol consumption. My own alcohol consumption (more on that later) has not changed due to the COVID19 pandemic, but that is not the case for many others, from what I can see. And it does not absolve me at all (again, more later). Alcohol sales areContinue reading “On Drinking Alcohol and What To Do About It”

The COVID19 pandemic and lockdown have been going on for several weeks now and as we continue to endure this, several things have become clear to most of us. First, this will not be over and we will not return to our normal lives for a very long time, if ever. Second, if we’re goingContinue reading “A Book We Need Right Now: Zen Mind, Strong Body by Al Kavadlo”

Now that I have a lot of extra time in the day and many fewer distractions than usual such as getting up at 5:00 AM to prepare for the day, hour-long commutes, and driving and picking up the kids to/from their many activities that are currently on hold, I have managed to calm my wanderingContinue reading “A Simple Grind-Style Progressive Calisthenics Routine that Employs Micro-Workouts”

I was very excited to get an advance copy of this book because I have been looking for a book such as this to recommend to my clients and to use when teaching classes on beginning calisthenics. I’ve also been familiar with the author’s work for some time now and have always been very impressedContinue reading “Book Review: Calisthenics for Beginners by Matt Schifferle”

In weightlifting, drop sets have you starting with a certain weight and performing as many reps of the exercise as you can, and then dropping the weight a bit to continue the lift and so on. With body-weight calisthenics, we decrease the resistance by changing something in the mechanics of the movement, such as theContinue reading “Mechanical Drop Set Pull Micro-Workout”

I’ve been talking a lot lately about volume and intensity within the context of using micro-workouts to build muscle. At the heart of this is a dissatisfaction with muscle building dogma. Conventional wisdom can be wise or merely conventional. But, sometimes things are done certain ways because that’s what works. Boring, but true. It mightContinue reading “Introducing the X+1: The Micro-Workout Mini Measuring Stick”

I’m seeing some promising information indicating that diets rich in anti-oxidants and zinc can be protective against viral transmission. Below are printable lists of foods containing high amounts of these nutrients. This just underscores to me the importance of a varied diet full of real vegetables, fruits, herbs, spices, nuts, seeds, meats and seafood.

I recently did a podcast for Matt Shifferle’s Red Delta Project, where we discussed my experience with Micro-Workouts. This was a very positive experience for me overall but I must admit, I did not really know what to expect going into it. Matt’s a known entity in the calisthenics space, with numerous books and manyContinue reading “The Micro-Workout Un-Chronicles, Volume 1: Inching Along the Continuum from Volume to Intensity”