Eating Late At Night- Good Or Bad?

“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.” “Don’t eat after 7:00 pm if you want to lose fat.” Blah blah blah. This well-known approach is recommended and adhered to by just about every dieter and fitness expert out there.

The fascination with this eating plan is based on the belief that eating late at night can make you fat. Why would eating late at night make a person fat, you ask?  Here are some of the more popular reasons:

1) Since you’re less active at night, you’ll be less likely to burn the calories you just ate. This will lead to a greater percentage of these calories being converted to body fat. … Read More

Krill Oil vs. Fish Oil

Well, it appears that the Krill Oil vs. Fish Oil debate has officially begun. For those of you who don’t know, these oils contain the beloved Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA.

It is an undisputed fact that we need to get these fatty acids through our diets. Every expert will agree on that, and for good reason.

Omega-3’s have been shown to display a host of benefits: promoting fat loss, improving insulin metabolism, decreasing inflammation in the body, decreasing triglycerides, increasing good (HDL) cholesterol, easing depression, etc. The list of benefits is impressive and well documented.

For years now, fish oil has been the gold standard for omega-3 supplementation. But now, recent research is suggesting that krill oil may  … Read More

The REAL Truth About Single Leg Exercises

Recently, a lot of well-respected strength coaches started declaring that single leg (unilateral) lower body exercises are superior to double leg (bilateral) lower body exercises.

In other words, the claim is that leg exercises involving one leg at a time (i.e. split squats) are superior to leg exercises that require you to train both legs simultaneously (i.e. barbell squats).

Is this assertion true? Well, before we start to blindly “drink the Kool-Aid”, let’s take a closer look.

We will start by examining the “big three” reasons why the single leg proponents wouldn’t dare step into a squat rack (the forth reason, of course, is the fear of embarrassment from unveiling their shameful lack of strength!).

Then I will follow each  … Read More