http://carterfitness.com/blog Fat Loss and Body Transformation Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:29:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Note: It has been a while since I have posted an actual workout. Lest you all think I have lost my workout chops and am now nothing more than an amazingly clever and incredibly entertaining writer, I thought I would give you and idea of what I have been up ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/08/fatloss/what-was-i-thinking-rgt/ Right now most of the world is making a big deal about this guy named Michael Phelps. Something about some swimming medals.  Apparently a lot of medals.  But his aquatic dominance is not the only thing making a splash in the papers... his reported 12,000 calorie diet has been ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/08/fatloss/phat-phelps/ Josh's Note: The following posting is by a special guest, my wife Denyse Carter. Denyse's Note: I wrote the following in response to the many nice things my husband writes about and does for me and to show him, that yes, I do take an interest in his work :) ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/08/fatloss/living-with-josh-a-snapshot-of-a-fitness-trainers-family/ (borrowing the title from the Queen of All Media, Perez Hilton) It was in fact the mighty Perez Hilton who brought this to my attention.  As cool as the Olympics are, it is actually kinda difficult to find what you want to see. Weight lifting is one of the safest ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/08/useless-information/if-you-are-easily-offended/ The title makes it sound like I need a special cream or salve.  Maybe I do, but that is not what I am talking about. Every 4 years the Olympics roll around.  And every time I get the itch. I think to myself, there must be one sport I could ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/08/fatloss/the-4-year-itch-taking-inspiration-where-you-can-get-it/ It's always nice when studies can backup what many of us already know to be true from years in the trenches of real world work. Over the years there have been several smaller similar studies, but this is the largest and longest term study of its kind to date.  ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/07/fatloss/low-carb-validation-i-was-right-all-along/ Not long ago (earlier today actually) I launched an evil and dastardly plot to make other nations fatter.  That way we Americans will seem less piggy in comparison.  Sinister right? I am well aware I have very little influence one way or the other at this point, but at ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/07/general-silliness/japans-wtf-pizza/ Speed walking just looks stupid.  I don't even think it is debatable. But I'll come back to that. Just keep walking... Let me start with some disclosure.  I was a fan of Mr. T in the 80's.  The first time I saw the ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/07/general-silliness/mr-t-snickers-my-evil-plot/ Damn Nintendo Wii.  Ruining everything.  I thought that I was on the cutting edge, delivering state of the art fat loss training and nutrition programs online and at my highly regarded Carter Fitness training facility in beautiful West Hills, Ca. But apparently that is not the case. I saw this commercial ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/07/fatloss/i-give-up/ I was checking out my friend Derek's Blog, Cheek & Bluster and I saw a link to this site called The Blog Readability Test that rates Blog's etc. and determines the level of education required to understand it.  So I gave it a shot.     Hmmm. ... http://carterfitness.com/blog/2008/07/general-silliness/required-education-level/