Mission Statement: all reviews will be my honest assessment of the material in question. My opinion will never be influenced by personal bias or my opinion of the author. The Paleo Cookbook These are the results my clients have experienced and that i have experienced as well – that’s why I’m a huge advocate for […]
This comment deserves a post of it’s own. From comments in Randomness. Maybe you know all of the following, but just in case it helps you. (It helped me) Making a tiny insignificant commitment to writing for even 2 focused minutes everyday almost always leads to writing a hell of alot more at a sitting […]
No doubt, the six-meal-a-day-approach so prevalent among fitness professionals and recreational trainees alike can interfere with social life and work. It’s sad considering it doesn’t have to be that way. Indeed we ourselves are the creators of all of our troubles and compulsions. But it certainly doesn’t help when we are constantly showered with messages […]
I rarely have time to keep up with forums and the ongoing discussions these days, but occasionally I’ll take an hour or two and lazily browse around for a bit. Just found this post from a client on bb.com and thought it might be worth sharing. I just wanted to check into the IF thread […]
Updated Oct 7th, see bottom. As many of my readers know, I have favored low volume, high intensity training performed relatively sparingly. At the extreme end of this spectrum is the type of routine I built my foundation on, such as the one I wrote about in The Minimalist. Here, I performed three different sessions […]
I’ve been very busy the last two weeks, which is why I haven’t found the time to post. I have an interesting post coming up soon though. Hopefully later this week. On another note, I invariably end up deleting e-mails/consultation inquiries now and then, as some end up in my spam folder. I usually try […]
“New” research on ghrelin Apparently, scientists have now discovered ghrelin’s role in meal initiation and it’s entrainment to habitual meal patterns. Funny, because I’ve been talking about this since I started the blog. Judging from the quick look through my collection of ghrelin related research papers, it seems the earliest paper mentioning this effect of […]
* Some time ago, Super Human Radio featured Dr Mark McCarty, co-author of a study on fasting and exercise. Exercise After Mini-Fast Burns Fat And Builds Muscle Some good discussion here if you can stand the commercial breaks. What I found impressive was the high adherance rate, as well as the effectiveness of the approach, […]
Here’s a recent interview I did for a dutch site. Other interviews and articles can be found here. Martin, we can all read your bio on your blog, but what have you been up to in the last 6 months? Any news on a book for example? I’ve been keeping very busy with clients, articles […]
Another Q&A. Click here to see all Q&A’s. Intermittent Fasting and Testosterone First a question related to the effects of dieting on testosterone and libido/reproductive function in general – Q: “My sex drive just winds down to nearly nothing when I’m running an intense caloric deficit. Is there some documented/anecdotal correlation on this, or is […]