This post is relative to the last one and provides some interesting research on short term fasting.RAMADAN

You late night eaters may be doing something right if you want to maintain lean body mass.Keim NL, Van Loan MD, Horn WF, Barbieri TF, Mayclin PL.Weight loss is greater with consumption of large morning meals and fat-free mass is preserved with large evening meals in...

This is a nice site that contains alot of material on skills and learning. It may take a while to digest. SKILL

How much of anything can you eat for 200 calories?? This page, has some vivid photos. Remember, in theory, 200 extra calories a day will add a pound of fat in around 17 days plus or minus some metabolic adaptations. Is that extra pound from grilled greens and ostrich...

Sonny Landham aka "Billy Bear" needs your help. Here is his webpage asking for funds. Check into his legal problems and rent a copy of 48HRS and Predator. BILLYBEAR

This is incredible work. Strong influence from his background in Sayoc Kali, his ancestory, including the Kayan Tribe.

Actor Mike Henry demonstrates the use of an edge of the hand blow in "Tarzan and the Great River". Apparently deepest, darkest, Africa had good training facilities.

" Listen to the stage manager and get on stage when they tell you to. No one has time for the rock star Bullshit. None of the techs backstage care if you're David Bowie or the milkman . When you act like a jerk, they are completely unimpressed with the infantile...

The article from EliteFTS by Alwyn Cosgrove is interesting and regards some basic ideas about training for specific purposes. There are trainers who view this blog who may comment.BREAKING GLASS

This is from an old post by Eddie Kowacz, a former Marine, and SWAT member. It is part of a much larger grouping of posts from the old Dragondoor forum. It is a specific, but open ended format to apply Westside principles to Kettlebell exercises. This is solid stuff....

Off to Starbucks we go!Science Daily — Although it’s too soon to recommend dropping by Starbucks before hitting the gym, a new study suggests that caffeine can help reduce the post-workout soreness that discourages some people from exercising. In a study to be...

Choose.The ability to choose, or make a decision is one of the most powerful skills in the human arsenal. The adult decision making process is what makes billionaires and what makes serial killers. Fortunately most of us fall between those two realms.Remember,...

He is a Croation Cop. Watch this.

Above Carl Cestari with the legendary Rex Applegate. If you want to learn how to fight, eventually you will have to consider the knowledge of Carl Cestari. EMPTYHANDS

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Both gentlemen make a good case. It is up to you to decide what is right. Read both opinions.Charles PoliquinLouie Simmons