Can You Gain Muscle and Burn Fat at the Same Time?
Guest Author: Jon Benson, Author of “7 Minute Muscle” Infomercial
Many fitness pros just plain don’t believe that you can burn fat while building muscle at the same time. Every time I read an article by some doctor or expert claiming it’s “biologically impossible” to gain muscle on a hypocaloric diet (a diet low in calories) [...]
Murdering Metabolism
Can you “murder” your metabolism? Not really – but you can certainly screw with it’s “mind.” Let’s say, just for example, you are not consistent with your diet. You have been in and out of weight loss programs and, over the years; you gain and lose weight.
This can seriously screw up your metabolic rhythm. But [...]
Measuring Metabolism
I thought I’d try something a bit different this month. Writing is a sedentary vocation, which can impact your metabolism. So I thought I’d take the next few posts to discuss this important par tof your body’s wellbeing.
The first step is to measure your metabolism.
How do we measure metabolism?
There are two ways to measure metabolism. [...]
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A Spirit Journal
O.K. With this post I’m going to make the following assumptions about you, dear reader.
You’re a writer — why else would you be reading a blog with “writer” in the title?
You spend a great deal of your time writing (or in other writing support activities).
You make a good deal of your income from your writing.That [...]
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What Is Physiotherapy?
Not too long ago, I was working on my chiropractor’s website. One of the pages I did was about “physiotherapy.” I asked him what the difference was between physiotherapy and physical therapy, because they didn’t look any different. He told me they were the same thing, but only a physical therapist can provide physical therapy, [...]
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What is Mental Health? Key Concepts
Since this section of The Holistic Writer is all about the mind, I thought I’d cover some basics of mental health. A healthy mind is free to be a creative mind that supports your writing talent.
Definition
Mental health is defined as a state or condition on which an individual feels a sense of well-being. This gives [...]
