Happy Nirvana

BIGNONA, Senegal — I was eager to post this earlier, but when you’re in Casamance, in southern Senegal, you’ve a catalog of good excuses. There are the obvious ones: jet lag, culture shock, the intense heat. And then the roads are broken, their poorly-laid asphalt so riddled with holes and cracks that the dirt along [...]

Sam Kerr for Time Graham Hill’s Weekday Vegetarian concept is controversial among some of our readers, who don’t think people should eat meat at all. But Time Magazine says that only 2.5% of Americans are strict vegetarians or vegans, and Graham’s idea is that any cutback in meat consumption is good for the environment. Not [...]

“I don’t have time to exercise.” “Cooking healthy takes too long.” Sound familiar? Lack of time is the #1 excuse given for not sticking to our good intentions. And it’s no wonder, with such busy lives, that exercise and healthy meals, well, remain on the back burner, so to speak. Once we accept that our [...]

Not too long ago I got a question from one of our NutritionData readers who asked, “Is there even a need to individually isolate and train arms anymore?  I feel like making time for arms bogs down my workouts the most.” Good question! Most people who are trying to lose weight never stop to think [...]

This morning I was working with one of my clients whom I hadn’t seen in a few weeks due to his travel schedule this summer. About half way through our workout I noticed he wasn’t quite himself. He seemed less conditioned and not as strong as he was just 3 weeks previously. I asked him [...]

At least for all of us in the New England area summer time seems to be this wild 2 month affair where we try to cram in as much warm weather fun as possible before Labor Day comes the first week of September and the party ends… Because of this mentality every weekend means there’s [...]

Photo via UBC Botanical Gardens One rare tree specimen in Ireland is proving that it’s never too late to try something new. Some 90 years after being planted on an estate outside of Belfast, a Goat Horn Trees, native to China, is flowering its pale, aromatic blossoms for the very first time ever. Sadly though, [...]

Today is Father's Day here in the U.S. and this afternoon my whole family is heading over to my parent's house to have a cookout to celebrate. As a result, my typical Sunday afternoon workout had to be condensed in a way that I could complete it in about half the time (22 minutes). Now [...]