Archive for July, 2008

What’s the Best Time of Day to Exercise?

“What’s the Best Time of Day to Exercise?”
“When should I train?”
Those are questions I get often. Researchers from John Moores University, in Liverpool, England, reviewed the scientific literature and found that 6 PM is the best time of day to exercise(1).
It has to do with circadian rhythms, your “biological clock”. According to Wikipedia, a circadian [...]

Can You Get a Six Pack Eating Snacks and Sodas?

A reader asked:
I don’t have a big stomach but I don’t have the abs that I want. The biggest problem is, I think, I don’t want to stay away from all the snacks and sodas. Do you know a way around this?
I wrote back:
What matters is the total quantity of food (calories) you eat, not [...]

My Hardest and Most Effective Abdominal Exercises on Video

To get strong and defined abdominals, you must do cardio, abdominal exercises, and eat well (read The Big Picture of Getting Six Pack Abs).
As we’ve seen in Abdominal Exercises Progression, you need to ramp up the difficulty of your exercises to get visible abdominals that look powerful. Hard exercises work out your abs intensely, and [...]

How to Guarantee You Never Miss Another Workout

A reader wrote:
Hi,
Every thing goes fine for a period of 10 days. Then things get laisy and all the rithim goes. How to be consistent for a longer period of time. Hope u will be able to help.
Thanx, bye, take care
Here’s my answer:
This one is though.
Just yesterday I watched a couple of videos by Eben [...]