Author: johnbarban
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Set Clear Goals to Get the Most out of your Workout
Working out without a defined plan or goal is a little like running a race without knowing where the finish line is. You could be putting in lots of effort, enough effort to actually win the race, but if you’re not heading in the right direction you’ll never see the true benefit of your effort.…
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We all Need Social Support to Get in Shape
When you’re facing the challenge of changing your body, developing muscle and losing bodyfat you have likely accepted the idea that you must exert your will over your body. For example you have to lift weights to force your muscles to grow, and you have to consciously lower the number of calories you are eating…
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Foods you are “Allowed” to Eat
I was recently browsing some diet/health headlines…in one of the opening blurbs to a post I read the following words “vegetables that are ALLOWED on this diet…” Allowed? When was the last time you were in a position to have an allowance? Maybe when you were 8 year old. The idea of having things that…
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Waddle Waddle
I just got back from Las Vegas and it never ceases to amaze me how large a human body can get until I walk past someone who appears to be well in excess of 300lbs. One of the things that starts to become apparent is that morbidly obese people don’t walk as much as they…
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Biology vs Society
It’s becoming apparent that many of our society norms or the ‘mores’ that we come to accept as normal might not add up to what our bodies are built to think is normal. In modern western societies the availability and amount of food we’ve come to accept as normal is actually causing a health crisis.…