“Man is very tiny if you look at his body, man is very foolish if you look at his mind, and man is tremendously vast if you look at his consciousness. Three things meet in man. The vast, the infinite, meet in his consciousness, in his awareness. That’s what you become aware of when you meditate: boundaries recede and disappear.” ~ Osho
Looking back, I can remember thinking that I wanted to give meditation a try because intuitively it seemed like something that I could evolve/benefit from. And like many of my good ideas, I never got around to it. None of my friends at the time were into this mindfulness stuff, and because meditation wasn’t really mainstream, it was kind of like an “0ut of sight, out of mind” situation. Read more…
Readers note: this is one of my favorite articles, and in my opinion, one of my best. However, this article was turned down by several magazines. At first I could not figure out why. I have been writing articles for many magazines for years (see bio) and I know a good article when I see one..if I say so myself. Then it hit me. The article goes against what the mags think people want to hear about their protein products. Soy has been bashed for so long, and the market for other proteins like whey has becomes so big, that they didn’t want any article showing soy in a positive light. Once an industry or an individual has set a position on something, they would rather ignore new evidence to the contrary then change their position. As for me, if I find new information on something that alters my position, that’s fine by me. I just change it to reflect the new information, which is exactly what I had to do with my view on soy proteins. The article did finally get published in MuscleMag International. MMI might have its faults, but they are one of the most open minded and flexible magazines and didn’t have any problems with publishing this article with them. Hope you all find it useful. Read more…
If you’ve visited your local chrome, mirror and fern workout gym lately no doubt you’ve seen hundreds of people popping on their headphones and listening to some kind of mind numbing music or watching TV while they jump on weight machines, treadmill, stair climber, free weights or elliptical trainer. And the venues usually have something similar blaring over the loudspeakers if you forgot your iPod.
The implication is exercise is so boring you need some kind of droning, repetitive, high volume music to drown out out your thoughts and feelings. Now it looks like you should at least be switching your iPod to Mozart or be doing something that actively uses your mind. At least if you want to maintain a healthy brain that is. And medical science has the proof. Read more…
The Low Body Fat Secret Of Bodybuilders And Fitness Models
Food & Nutrition | Muscle Building | Training & Exercise | Weight Loss
The secret to getting super lean – I’m talking about being RIPPED, not just “average body fat” – is all about mastering the art of “peaking.” Most people do not have a clue about what it takes to reach the type of low body fat levels that reveal ripped six-pack abs, muscle striations, vascularity and extreme muscular definition, so they go about it completely the wrong way.
Here’s a case in point: One of my newsletter subscribers recently sent me this question:
Tom, on your www.burnthefat.com website, you wrote:
‘Who better to model than bodybuilders and fitness competitors? No athletes in the world get as lean as quickly as bodybuilders and fitness competitors. The transformations they undergo in 12 weeks prior to competition would boggle your mind! Only ultra-endurance athletes come close in terms of low body fat levels, but endurance athletes like triathaletes and marathoners often get lean at the expense of chewing up all their muscle. Some of them are nothing but skin and bone.’ Read more…
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