Author: Dr. Steroids

Last week we began looking at eating for your blood type, based on Dr. Peter D’Adamo‘s book, Eat Right 4 Your Type. His research offers diet plans for each of the four blood types: A, B, AB, and O. This week it’s your turn Type Bs! In the previous article, we looked at how Type As should eat to maintain optimum health, and now we’re looking at a very different nutritional picture with Blood Type B. The entire theory of eating for your blood type hinges on the way each blood type is said to process lectins. Lectins are a…

Recently, a female friend and I discussed the things guys like to read about.  She wisely said, “MMA.” I answered, “Fighting, all kinds of fighting.”  She laughed, so here we are with a workout to get you in “fighting shape.” MMA is the biggest fighting circuit in the world. It’s outpacing boxing with every step, and the dudes who fight on this circuit are big. Some of them aren’t cut necessarily — they’re just big, hulking monsters. There’s no way to get around the thought of, “If I got in there I would die.” At least boxing looks attainable. MMA…

It’s here, the official start of summer! While most of us have been living it up since Memorial Day, grilling out and packing in the watermelon and corn on the cob, gardens are bursting with fresh produce begging to be eaten. The fruits and vegetables in today’s issue are packed with nutrition and flavor, and they’re some of the best bets for fresh summer dining. I’ve got the best ways to incorporate them into your diet, and you know I wouldn’t leave you without some tasty recipes. Tomatoes By now we’ve probably all heard about lycopene, the antioxidant in tomatoes…

It’s the year of the pitcher in Major League Baseball. Essentially we’ve seen three perfect games (Dallas Braden, Roy Halladay and Armando Galarraga — umpire Jim Joyce admitted his mistake), as well as two no-hitters. Jimenez pitches in the hitter-friendly Coors Field, which has historically been conducive to producing a high ERA. Jimenez’s record is currently 13–1 with 1.15 ERA. ESPN’s Buster Olney compares him to one of the all-time greats in a recent article. “Ubaldo Jimenez is pitching like Bob Gibson in 1968, and he’s single-handedly propping up the Rockies’ playoff hopes along the way. If the season ended today,…

The past week in baseball gave us some major shifting in the “Penthouse Power Rankings.”  Also fantasy tips—who’s most likely on the market.  Plus some “Heroes and Zeros” from across the league. The Boston Red Sox have quietly put together a great run to get within one game of the AL East leader New York Yankees. Since April 20th, the Red Sox are 39 – 19, the best in baseball. The New York Mets are trying to prove haters like myself wrong by winning 8 of 10. Their impressive 8 game win streak—which was snapped this past weekend by their rival…

Down time is such a downer, and while we were planning on migrating to a more reliable server this coming weekend, the recent aggravations with our temporary home have forced my hand. I apologize for the rocky road over the next couple days, but hey, at least you will be able to see the site, eh? I was planning on clueing you in to a few new features we have in the works with this migration, but I don’t want to let the cat out of the bag too early. Oh heck – who am I kidding? I just can’t…

It seems like so long ago. Vince Young was the star of the 2006 Rose Bowl. He led his Texas Longhorn team to a BCS National Championship—accounting for 467 yards of total offense. He rushed for 200 yards alone in that game. In 2007 he made his first start in October and led a once-floundering Tennessee Titans team to the playoffs. The very next year he was injured and Kerry Collins was in at Quarterback. The Titans had a spectacular season without Young and we started to see the signs. Vince Young may not have been the brightest bulb in the…

Image is a big deal in sports. The NFL works tirelessly to make sure its image is squeaky clean (to no avail). NBA stars want to have “street cred” — but not too much. NHL players want to be tough. Baseball players want everyone to think they work hard — even when they don’t. Here are the image levels: 1. Players who want to look a certain way — and hope it works. 2. The leagues’ and owners’ desire to NOT look like “fat cats” even — though they are. 3. The secret society of people who work to destroy…

High Intensity Resistance Training, also known as HIRT, is a different kind of strength training, and it’s making waves. Bodybuilders are finding that adding one or two days of HIRT in place of their usual split is resulting in a leaner look and lower body fat. Whether you’re cutting or bulking, you can use HIRT to elevate your basal metabolic rate (BMR), keep muscle while you’re cutting, minimize fat gain during bulking, and gain muscular endurance. The Basics HIRT is sometimes called interval training, but that’s easily confused with High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT), which we’ll discuss soon. Other times…

By now most of us have heard of programs like P90X and CrossFit, and who doesn’t think getting “ripped in 90 days” sounds like a good plan? As avid exercisers, most of us use crunches in our abdominal routines. However, to avoid the dreaded “plateau,” it’s best to change your routine often to keep the muscles guessing. This article will breakdown 12 crunch-free exercises to use as a complete abdominal and core workout or to add moves your existing ab routine. In my class, we do about 20-25 reps of each exercise. It may take some time to work up to…