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The Slow-Carb Diet: Week One
I promised a series, and here it is–a few posts looking back on my month-long experiment with the Slow-Carb Diet as detailed in Timothy Ferriss’s The 4-hour Body. To recap, the diet has a few different rules, specifically to avoid sugar, … Continue reading
The Slow-Carb Diet: An Introduction
I got Timothy Ferriss’s newest book, The 4-hour Body for Christmas and couldn’t wait to get into it. I am a big fan of his first book, The 4-hour Workweek, and I use a lot of his advice to streamline my work in … Continue reading
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Tagged 4-hour body, 4-Hour Workweek, slow-carb diet, Timothy Ferriss, Weight loss
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DIY – Grape Juice!
This is somewhat unrelated to the blog, but it’s fun. The previous owner of my house planted Concord grapes, and I usually get a pretty good harvest from one very mature vine. I usually eat a lot of them and … Continue reading
Rat Poison
I was given a free sample of Redline Extreme a few weeks ago at the UFC Fan Expo in Boston. I wanted to post about it sooner, but it scared me. If it doesn’t bother you that the FDA lets … Continue reading
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Tagged Dietary supplement, energy drink, Mark McGwire, nutrition, Redline, UFC
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First Harvest
In martial arts, patience and care lead to great gains. The same goes for gardening! I’ve been seeing some nice results from my first attempt at growing my own vegetables this summer. Here are some just picked today. A questions … Continue reading
Adventures in Horticulture
Has anyone read The Botany of Desire? I felt like a slave to my new garden over the long weekend. I never really thought gardening counted as exercise until reaching old age, but I am mistaken. Breaking ground and turning … Continue reading
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Almond What?
Here’s a break from FiveFingers–an excerpt I wrote in an e-mail response to a reader who had some questions about almond milk. I thought it might be useful to those who haven’t tried it: I really like almond milk. I’m … Continue reading
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Pre-workout Energy Drink
Here’s something I tried today. It may seem like a weird combination, but it’s actually really good! The agave gives you a little glucose and the almond milk gives you sustained energy with its protein. A teaspoon of cocoa powder … Continue reading
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Workout Recovery Elixer
I’m no fighter, but I try pretty hard to follow Randy Couture’s low alkaline diet because I find it really helps recovery. It’s tough to drink most sports drinks when on this diet though because most contain a lot of … Continue reading
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