Archive for August, 2007
FitBuff News and Updates for 2007-08-06
Currently Browsing: http://www.fitbuff.com/ Gathering and organizing this week's submissions for today's blog carnival #
Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/2ghdg6 The 9th Total Mind and Body Fitness Carnival is up! #
Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/ywn3ml FitBuff just cracked the top 30,000 blogs on the internet! #
Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/yw7tzf Recording a video blog demonstrating how to set up a stand up desk [...]
I Can Stand My Stand Up Desk
Last month I wrote an article titled, "I Can't Stand My Stand Up Desk." You'll probably want to read that to find out why I was even interested in the topic in the first place.
After nearly a month of my experiment, it turns out I Can Stand My Stand Up Desk — in fact, I [...]
Total Mind and Body Fitness Carnival #9
Monday is Blog Carnivals Day. A Blog Carnival is basically a collection of articles or blog posts, all relating to a similar subject, that are gathered together for your viewing pleasure. You can quickly and conveniently see a list of Article Titles and click on the ones that interest you to read the full post. [...]
Personal Daily Workout Log - Weekly Recap (July 30 - August 5)
You can follow my weekly recaps here on the blog every Sunday, and you can follow me EVERY day as I post my daily updates here: Personal Daily Workout Log (June 4, 2007 - Today).
Current Stats (week of July 30 - August 5)
Height - 6'3"
Weight - 188.4
Bodyfat - 17.5%
Biceps - 14.5"
Calves - 15.25"
Thighs - 24"
Waist [...]
Contest: Free Copy of "The Abs Diet" by David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker
Congratulations to all the winners of last month's competitions, Contest: "The Game" by Neil Strauss and Free Copy of "Getting Things Done" by David Allen: Aaron, Nath, Scott, Robin, Paul, Robert, Sharon, Michael, Darren, and "Get Back My Ex."
All the prizes have been distributed, and now it's time for this month's contest.
Rules
This one is very [...]
New York Jets Listen to Mozart on the Football Field
There's nothing more macho than a bunch of big, strong guys throwing on the gear, hitting the field, and battling it out during a grueling NFL football practice — all while listening to Mozart. Huh? What was that last part?
That's right: New York Jets coach, Eric Mangini, has Mozart blaring through the loud speakers during [...]
Time to Can Your Canned Foods Again - ANOTHER Botulism Scare
What is going on with the canned food industry? First, there was a story last month about the first botulism contamination in commercially canned products in over three decades. The culprit that time was chili made by Castleberry's.
Then, nearly two weeks later, we found that many of those same infected Castleberry chili cans were still [...]
10 Mistakes That Derail Your Diet
Everyone is always telling you what you should eat and should do during your workout, but what about the things that you should avoid? Nubella explains 10 common dieting dilemmas, along with how and why to avoid them:
Nibbling
Cutting calories drastically
Being preoccupied with weighing
Unrelatistic expectations
Buffets—and we don’t mean Jimmy or Warren
Food pushers
The company cafeteria or [...]
Take Your Muscle Pump With You When You Leave the Gym
Ever notice how you look your biggest and buffest during and immediately after your workout? Of course you do! You sneak a peak at yourself in the gym mirrors any chance you get.
When you're pumping iron, your blood vessels are pumping blood. As you work out, your muscles contract and apply pressure to these [...]
Glutamine Supplements May Be More Hype Than Help
When it comes to health and nutrition supplements, manufacturers tend to err on the side of, "it can't hurt," rather than, "this really works." So seems to be the case with Glutamine.
Glutamine does indeed play an important role in helping your body recover from and fuel your workouts, but it's a non-essential amino acid (meaning [...]
