You are squatting and deadlifting. There is a very high probability that you are bench pressing. If you are serious, you are also overhead pressing and doing pull-ups. You are doing all this consistently. Congratulations. You have laid a solid, strong foundation for your overall strength development. The moment you need to swing an axe […]
You lose weight by eating less than your body needs. Pretty simple, actually. In ‘technical’ terms, you need to consume fewer calories than your body needs to function. It will then switch over to burning the excess stored fat and, at some point, muscle tissue. The end result is that your body weight will go […]
In the previous article, two groups of exercises are proposed to help create a healthy habit of working out daily. The routine mentioned is aimed at providing a full body work out, while maintaining a busy life with lots of responsibilities and a minimal amount of available time. The routine consist of 3 days in […]
Five years ago, the journey began of blogging on the subject of being a Christian man with a healthy lifestyle. If you think about it, being a Christian should actually mean being as healthy as circumstantially possible, as it is part of our faith to take care of all that we receive from the Almighty. […]
When you look around an average Christian congregation (it depends a bit on the denomination). Well let me rephrase that; If you looked around in any given Christian congregation before COVID, you would notice that the obesity pandemic predominantly attacking the developed world, does not stop at religious lines. Many of us haven’t been able […]
Have you ever watched one of those shows where they help obese people lose weight in a record amount of time? They may even pay for a tummy fix if they manage to lose a certain amount of weight which qualifies them for the procedure. I have always watched with a sense of increasing horror. […]
What is health? How can health be defined? And is it the same definition for one man as it is for the other? One definition of health is “the condition of being well or free from disease and (chronic) pain”. I like “functional and metabolic efficiency” better (that isn’t mine, just a definition I like […]
For the last couple of months, I have been experimenting with finding a daily workout which works for me and might work for other men. I began with a simple sequence of (body weight) squats and good mornings. It took me about 5 minutes to complete and I felt great about it, but I soon […]