I had a message a few weeks ago from a dear old friend asking if I could give some tips for “hard gainers” wanting to add some muscle. He’s a few years younger than me, so I’m going to focus on helping my fellow “middle-age men” add muscle. It is challenging but very much worth the efforts, as we need to stop (or at least slow down) that downward spiral of muscle loss.

I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about my cardio - duration, intensity, frequency, style, etc. – so here you go. I currently do cardio 3 times a week AFTER my weight training workouts. I hit the weights 3 times a week, so that means 3 cardio sessions per week.

The other day I was talking about NEAT - non-exercise activity thermogenesis. And the effects that our daily activities have on our health and maintaining an appropriate level of body fat.

You have a holiday weekend coming up and you want to enjoy it – and you should enjoy it! I love my healthy and fit lifestyle, and I also love holidays especially summer holidays, in which I get to spend some extra time with my wife and boys.

You may have experienced this yourself – or you may be even experiencing it right now. I had someone come to me expressing the concern that their fat loss had stopped. It really seems like they were doing everything right - their weight training was on point, their nutrition was dialed in, they’re doing their cardiovascular training, etc. etc. and everything seemed dialed in.