I made my way through Netflix’s Insatiable at a respectable pace last week. I loved it. It was over the top ridiculous and at times, painfully based in ugly truth. The series caught flak ahead of its debut for “fat shaming.” My personal opinion? That backlash was somewhat misguided. I found myself relating to Patty, the main character, as she…
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Can we just talk about the weather we’re having in Chapel Hill? 80 degrees for a high, low humidity, cool, crisp nights… It could not be more perfect. It’s also short-lived. The humidity is making a comeback this weekend. It’s August – we’d be fools to think this fall-like weather was here to stay. This is the south, after all,…
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I don’t enjoy bench pressing. I do it regularly because that’s part of this whole strength athlete deal, and more importantly, I believe in practicing what I preach. I’d rather squat any day, but when it’s time to bench, I find a bench and a bar and get to work. I may even focus more on the bench because I…
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I get a fair few questions about how to become a certified personal trainer. The short answer? You buy a book, you study the book, you take a multiple choice test. You pass, you’re a CPT. You fail, you take it again. Of course, it’s not that easy. My certification, as well as my nutrition certification, is through the American…
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In the months before I moved to Knoxville for college, I would walk. Nearly every evening, I would put on my headphones (the era before earbuds) and head out the door with nothing but my fully-loaded iPod. I told myself I was walking to “lose weight.” In hindsight, no matter how many times I walked back and forth between my…
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