Eating Meat Will Kill Us All

Eating Meat Will Kill Us All

byBrandon Heavey|April 5, 2013 Subtitled  But only if it’s processed and even then probably only if you’re an overweight, inactive smoker.   Quarterly Meat Bashing It feels like a new study makes headlines every few months stating how the consumption of meat is killing us all....
Fasting / Conjugate Results

Fasting / Conjugate Results

byBrandon Heavey|March 12, 2013 For the past 8 weeks, I’ve been experimenting with intermittent fasting.  My goal was to cut body fat, while maintaining or possibly increasing muscle mass.  Well… the 8 week window for my experiment just closed, so now it’s time to take a look at...
Intermittent Fasting: Longevity

Intermittent Fasting: Longevity

byBrandon Heavey|March 8, 2013 Reading through the literature, it was interesting to discover that while most of the buzz surrounding intermittent fasting (IF) is a relatively new phenomena, the first documented study on the effects of IF on longevity was published in 1945.  In fact, this study...
Build a Pull Up Bar: Design

Build a Pull Up Bar: Design

byBrandon Heavey|March 5, 2013 The design of the pull up bar is the most critical element.  You must account for structural concerns, usability and optimize for the space you have available.  It’d be nice to be able to provide a set of plans that will work for everyone, but unfortunately,...
Intermittent Fasting – Halfway Point

Intermittent Fasting – Halfway Point

byBrandon Heavey|February 10, 2013 Four weeks into my intermittent fasting experiment and I’m very pleased thus far!  I don’t have body composition data to share – that won’t come for another month but, I’m looking leaner at the same weight and I am truly enjoying how I...