This was only 6 weeks, I wasn’t messing around. They say that “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.” This statement couldn’t be truer in this instance. It is safe to say that I have had some bad judgment. It was not on a grand level of bank robbery or grand theft [...]

In 2004 a study was done (1)  that showed that lack of sleep for a short period of time saw an 18 percent decrease in leptin, a hormone that helps regulate the brains signaling for need of food, and a 28 percent increase in ghrelin, a hormone that triggers hunger. What this means is that [...]

I had a great time chatting with Kevin and Tony. I wanted to give you a preview of what we discussed and I have two words for you. Turkey Titties. You have no choice but to go listen to the episode now. I also talked about important issues relating to your metabolic health and gave [...]

Why do I use the word ”still” in this post title? Recently there has been a lot of talk of the importance of counting calories and measuring your intake. Who thinks though that it could possibly be that simple? If it were REALLY that simple, then what am I doing selling not one but two books on the subject? Here’s the [...]

I recently received a question from one of my readers that was a bit more personal. I don’t want to just toss it out without context but the main focus of the question is, “how accurate are RMR tests, specifically at gyms?” First what is RMR? RMR is an acronym for Resting Metabolic Rate. The beauty [...]

Q: Dear Leigh, I have been following some of your personal clients logs. Seems to me that you are anti- training, what is up with that? Do you even train people at all? (Signed Jerk in Arizona…okay maybe they didn’t sign it that) (edit: Oh and for the record they did sign it “being a jackass” and found [...]