Workout Tip: Eat Breakfast

by Blaine Moore | Food & Beverage, Workout Tips

Anybody that knows me knows that I am not much of one to miss a meal, especially breakfast. Any nutrition book or article that you pick up is most likely going to recommend that you eat something first thing in the morning, and I am no different. Occasionally I will...

Deer attempts to bandit the Austin Freescale Marathon

by Blaine Moore | Race Results

The Austin Freescale Marathon was on Sunday. The gun went off, the crowd began the race, and a freaked out deer tried to bandit the race. The deer, apparently disoriented, leaped over a pack of runners in the Freescale Austin Marathon on Sunday and hit...

Eat Smart, Play Hard book review

by Blaine Moore | Books, Reviews

I first read Eat Smart, Play Hard after the Beach to Beacon. I read the first 2/3 of the book over again this past January. The book offers a more balanced look at nutrition and takes into account all of the latest research (as of 2001) as it pertains to athletes and...

Wrestling with a Polar Bear

by Blaine Moore | News

Some people get their kicks from watching large guys pretend to wrestle on television; others participate in the actual sport when they are in high school or college. And at least one person went out and wrestled with a polar bear in a village near Quebec. One...

How To: Chinups

by Blaine Moore | Animated How-To, Fitness

How to perform a chinup with an animated image showing the move. Click on the picture to see the full sized animation. Grab a chinup bar (or a handy tree branch…) in an underhand grip. Your hands should be located right around or slightly inside shoulder width....

Ricky Williams is doping again

by Blaine Moore | News

Ricky Williams has again tested positive, but this time it was not for marijuana. The substance discovered is not known publicly. ”This whole thing is a little confusing,” one source said when asked what substance was used. “I’ll just leave it...

Shark Steaks

by Blaine Moore | Food & Beverage, Recipes

Running through the market yesterday, I saw that Shark Steaks were for sale for $3.50/lb. Well, I have never eaten shark before, and I thought I would give it a try. I bought two steaks; they were about 1″ thick and about 1�” to 1�” thick. The...

Women and “The New Rules of Lifting”

by Blaine Moore | Books

When I wrote my review a few days ago of The New Rules of Lifting, I forgot to mention that the book seemed as though it were aimed at men and barely mentioned the differences between men and women in regards to the workouts. Most of the studies that are mentioned in...

Never Showboat in the Olympics

by Blaine Moore | Sports

Lindsey Jacobellis blew it. She had an Olympic gold medal in hand with only two jumps left in the snowboard cross finals, and she decided to showboat. She came down on her heels and fell off the course. I hate to say it, but she deserved what she got. Tanja Frieden of...

Alwyn Cosgrove Responds to “New Rules of Lifting” Review

by Blaine Moore | Books

I emailed the authors to let them know about the review I wrote yesterday about The New Rules of Lifting, and both of them have been very friendly and appreciative of my having put it up. As such, I’m appreciative that they wrote it. Alwyn Cosgrove had this to...