This week I was interviewed by SportLife magazine on a special program on fat loss. I include my participation here, but you can listen to the entire program at this link. In my interview we touched on the following: Why is it so hard for us to burn fat? Is it better to create an …
“Better to be roughly correct than precisely wrong” – John Maynard Keynes In biology, as in life, we must learn to differentiate between proximate causes Y ultimate causes. Proximate causes explain the what and the as, the ultimate causes clarify the why. Official weight management messages remain focused on proximate cause: energy imbalance. Obesity is …
The main reason we should train is to function better in the world (yes, even more important than to show off a good body on the beach 🙂). However, the gym is not a good reflection of the real worldEspecially the conventional gym with all those unnatural machines. It is perfectly possible to be in …
“What is not defined cannot be measured. What is not measured cannot be improved »- William Thomson In the previous installment we saw why the current obsession with calories as the first line of attack makes us lose sight of the most important thing: the food. But if your food is correct, counting calories will …
Benefits of counting calories and how to do it to improve your results ⋆ Read More »
«In excess, many good things take on the characteristics of their opposite. The pacifists become militants. Liberators become tyrants. Help becomes an obstacle. More ends up being less»- Goldian VandenBroeck Discipline is a commendable virtue, but in excess it is suffocating. Few manage to achieve their ideal weight in a linear fashion by simply applying …
Taking breaks in your diet helps you lose more weight with less effort ⋆ Read More »
This episode is different. Interview me Santiago Salom of Superhábitos. We talk a bit about health, but we go deeper into the importance of learning above all, and I comment on some ideas that have helped me personally. I leave you his own explanation of the episode 🙂 “I want to learn how to do …
How to learn more and better: interview with Marcos Vázquez ⋆ Fitness Revolutionary Read More »
Many are so used to working out in the gym that it is difficult for them to adapt their workouts to any other space. But if you learn to train with your body the world will be your gym, and this includes your own home. In this article you will learn to structure simple routines …
Train at Home: Templates, Exercises and Routines ⋆ Read More »
Health is teamwork. We evolve in an environment rich in bacteria and, over time, we externalize part of our physiological processes to them. Without bacteria, we get sick. In 1864, the Emperor Napoleon III commissioned Louis Pasteur to investigate the cause of the fermentation of wine and beer. This merchandise soured and caused significant losses …
Fermented foods: Why eat them and which ones are the best ⋆ Read More »
The first drunken monkey dates back 10 million years, long before homo sapiens. The drop in temperature limited the fresh fruit available, and there was not enough on the trees. Our ancestors also had to look for food on the ground, taking advantage of the fallen fruiteven after several days. And what happens as the …
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The word fitness means different things to everyone, and since this website is about fitness, I want to make my vision clear. In short, being ‘fit’ means to me have a functional body, that allows you to function in real life, not in a gym. And therefore fitness should be everything that helps you achieve …