Today’s Friday Health Check is gonna be short and sweet because I’m not feeling well.
Just about everybody knows that you shouldn’t eat just before a workout. I know that too, but my stomach rules my world. Plus, I’m an idiot. I got hungry before Stephen came to pick me up for our […]
Posted on July 20th, 2007 by Leo
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When I first started seriously working out at the gym, I went crazy and worked out at least five times a week. While I felt great and my body was seeing some improvements at the start, the results soon began to plateau. No matter how hard or often I worked out, I just […]
Posted on July 6th, 2007 by Leo
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I remember many years ago when I got a gym membership and started working out it was the norm to stretch before a workout. I had heard from preliminary studies that stretching before weight training could actually hinder your workout and thus your results. I decided to incorporate my stretching as a post-workout […]
Posted on June 29th, 2007 by Leo
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With the current generation of youths and adults so easily pressured to conform to society’s increasingly unrealistic standards of physical attraction, fueled by celebrity role models, it’s no wonder many people are using supplements to help them attain their goals of “perfection”. This Friday Health Check touches on some of the risks of taking […]
Posted on June 22nd, 2007 by Leo
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I’ve never been a believer of diet fads. I believe in short term regulation of food and drink intake to achieve a particular short-term goal (i.e., a photo shoot, acting gig, a cleanse, etc.). However, a definition of a healthy diet implies something that you can sustain over a lifetime. One of […]
Posted on June 15th, 2007 by Leo
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Yesterday was another Crossfit milestone for myself . . . I puked for the first time
Oh yes, the workout was so tough and I pushed myself so hard, that I had winded myself to the extreme and lost bodily control. Once I made my way to the washroom, the toilet was the […]
Posted on June 8th, 2007 by Leo
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Welcome to another edition of Friday Health Check! Tomorrow morning I am off to the beautiful resort town of Whistler for a weekend-long loss prevention seminar. It is considered a work event so the bonus is that I will be paid for my time up there in addition to having my transportation, lodging […]
Posted on June 1st, 2007 by Leo
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It feels like summer is finally here! I’m running around in nothing but shorts and sandals and I’m anxious to head down to Wreck Beach (local clothing optional beach), don’t worry I’ll spare you the photos In preparation of spending more time outdoors, I’ve gone ahead and bought myself a grill […]
Posted on May 25th, 2007 by Leo
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Ok, ok, so I know this is a day late but I was unexpectedly called last minute to work on the new “Flash Gordon” TV series yesterday. It was filming all the way out in Aldergrove and I had to fight the long weekend traffic all the way down to set. The show […]
Posted on May 19th, 2007 by Leo
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In this edition of Friday Health Check, coffee drinkers everywhere rejoice! Forget the decaf. What’s the point of drinking coffee without caffeine anyways? That’s like weight training without gaining muscle. I usually fill up on water or Powerade/Gatorade but maybe I’ll stop by the nearest Starbuck’s after my next Crossfit workout.
Caffeine […]
Posted on May 11th, 2007 by Leo
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