Danny Vega grew up in Florida, playing football and other sports from a young age. He was fast. He was strong. And he was smart. That combination resulted in him getting recruited by Columbia University to play football in the Ivy League. In case you didn’t know, there are no sports scholarships in the Ivy […]
Episode 4 – HIIT
HIIT or High Intensity Interval Training is, perhaps, the single best exercise you can do for fat loss, stress relief, and feeling great. HIIT is quick, hard, and rewarding. When you hear “High Intensity”, that’s exactly what you should expect. Engaging in HIIT is not for the timid, and there’s a great possibility you will […]
Episode 3 – Low intensity aerobics
LIA, or Low-intensity Aerobic exercise is the second part of the three necessary pieces of keto fitness. This one is very simple to explain. Walk. For an hour or so. Two to three times per week. And that’s it. You get all the benefits of the aerobic exercises (like running, biking, swimming, etc.) without the […]
Episode 2 – Lifting heavy stuff
LHS, or Lifting Heavy Stuff, is the single best form of exercise for any person interested in improving their health. For years, I was told, and I believed that it was impossible to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time. The reason for this thinking was a belief in the incorrect calorie hypothesis. […]
Episode 1 – Common fitness myths and mistakes
The worldwide fitness industry generates more than $78 billion per year, and there’s no sign that it’s going to slow down any time soon. That means there’s a lot of money at stake, and not every company in that industry is interested in the truth. Many of them will say anything to get you to […]
Exercise and keto
For the past 40 or so years, because of the faulty calorie hypothesis, exercise was used as a tool for weight loss, often times the primary tool. The other being, “eat less”, but we’ll get into that later. Because the hormones responsible for fat accumulation and fat burning (LPL and HSL, respectively) are adjusted during […]
Fat blasting body weight exercises
If you want to push yourself to the next stage in fitness and well-being, you’re going to want to involve some level of physical fitness in your weekly schedule. But that doesn’t mean you have to find and join a gym in order to access their exotic and intimidated machines and weight benches. You can […]