Sean10mm's Fitness Blog

This blog is a collection of fitness-related information, advice, and assorted rants.

Monday, February 26, 2007

Basic Supplement Guide

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The purpose of this guide is to provide a very basic introduction to the subject of nutritional supplements. It is written from the point ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Updated beginner's fitness guide

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I've updated the beginner's fitness guide. Changes include: -Link to newer/more complete version of "Starting Strength" w...
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

"Stripped" 5x5

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I. Overview My purpose in coming up with this workout was to make the simplest freeweight workout that would still give beginners goo...
Thursday, December 14, 2006

Women & weights redux

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The persistent concern of women thinking about weight training is that they’ll get “big.” This concern is played out in how they work at t...
Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Suggestion grab-bag #1

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Today's post is just a random collection of fitness-related ideas, suggestions and goodies. :) 1) Try one-arm bent-over dumbbell rows ...
Thursday, December 07, 2006

Compound vs. isolation exercises

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There are two broad categories of weightlifting exercise: compound and isolation . This is more than just an academic distinction, becaus...
Saturday, December 02, 2006

Rippetoe's Starting Strength revisited

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The newbie fitness guide (see sidebar links) talks about the "Starting Strength" workout developed by Mark Rippetoe, and include l...
Friday, December 01, 2006

General advice vs. specific circumstances

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Fitness advice, mine included, tends to be written in universal terms. “Eat more fiber,” “get some exercise,” and so on. There are a cou...
Friday, November 24, 2006

Another look at supplements

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Dealing with even the most basic supplements like multivitamins can be frustrating, because it is difficult to find scientific basis for wha...
Friday, November 17, 2006

Personal trainer pitfalls

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To someone getting started with exercise, a personal trainer can be extremely valuable. There is nothing like having an expert provide han...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Should you be a weightlifter?

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“What kind of question is that?” you ask. “Who wants to look like one of those huge, steroid-guzzling freaks?” If we’re talking about p...
Thursday, November 09, 2006

Rant #1 - Kill All Diets!

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Otherwise smart, reasonable, emotionally stable people will go bat-poop insane and try to live on cabbage and tree bark if you promise that ...
Friday, November 03, 2006

Eat more whole grains!

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Most modern diet advice not written by morons advises people to eat more whole grain foods, and less refined grain products. Today I am go...
Thursday, November 02, 2006

Why people fail at fitness (and some possible solutions)

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Why do people fail to get into shape? An obvious question, since so many people are out of shape. People giving fitness advice tend to talk...
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