GenXXLSports for the Real World Athlete (and Weekend Warrior)
Adding Muscle Naturally
It is tough to add muscle to the body because it requires a lot of time and effort. Most guys want that toned broad look, and sadly, not all of us were blessed with killer abdominals, chiselled calves, and bulging biceps. Not everyone is a fan of the gym either. For those men who are [...]
Baseball Regular Season Awards and Some Convos That Never Really Happened
The Baseball Regular Season is coming to a close with the Braves fighting the Rockies for the NL Wild Card and the Twins and Tigers duking it out for the AL Central. Other than that it’s all downhill into the playoffs. So, let’s get right to awards. (Yes, I still don’t think the Braves will [...]
The General’s Weekly Sports Wrap…GenXXL Style September 28, 2009
What’s up people!? (Besides the fact that I was dead wrong on Miami and VT) I had a crazy sports week. Baseball is finally coming to an end (the regular season anyways), college and pro football were crazy ridiculous, and we’ve even got the President saying he’s going to go to Denmark to make a [...]
Plyometric Training
Plyometrics are exercises, which when performed build explosive power in the body. Athletes use this form of training to improve on their specific skill, but any fitness trainer can use plyometric training to build power through their muscles. Throughout these movements, muscles are tensed and then contracted rapidly, using the elasticity and strength of the [...]
30 Superfoods To Boost Your Gains – Part 3 of 3
So, finally, we have reached the last of the series, the third part. It’s a crying shame, I was enjoying researching these foods and looking through science journals. Anyway, if you haven’t been around for the last two parts, I’ll quickly brief you.
This series is about focusing on the nutrients that are NOT protein or [...]
30 Superfoods To Boost Your Gains – Part 2 of 3
So here we are, back with the second part of this series. In case you didn’t read the first one, I’ll quickly brief you. This series is about foods that could help you gain without nescessarily having direct effects, or just being a new form of protein. It’s about the other nutrients, and the other [...]
Amino Acids
Amino acids are known as the building blocks of protein. There are twenty known amino acids required by the body. Nine are essential amino acids required in the body, and the other eleven non-essential amino acids are made when necessary by the body through linking with the essential amino acids. The essential amino acids must [...]
The Picks…The NFL on 9/27/09
I’ve got a big scoreboard and I’m not afraid to use it!
I’m 21-10 for the season, and after I got of to such a good start in Week 1 I am feeling the crunch from Week 2. Let’s discuss a couple of my losses just to make sure I’ve got this straight.
The 49ers beat Seattle: [...]
Pick ‘Em Rally Time Baby!!!
It’s Friday Night, I got some thoughts, and we got College Football coming tomorrow. I’m not keeping a record for College Football because it’s too up in the air. I never know what games will strike me from week to week. I read the schedule and then my brain is flooded with ideas….so here they [...]
CHANGING LANDSCAPES IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS
For much of the first 125 years of professional baseball, one never thought of such things as a player taking days off, a starting pitcher throwing less than a complete game, or there being prodigious power hitters. This was especially true during the dead ball era at the turn of the 20th century, where you [...]
30 Superfoods To Boost Your Gains – Part 1 of 3
Every day, I see guys eating the same old stuff, and getting worse and worse gains. You know why this is? They’re neglecting their bodies, focusing entirely on protein, as if that is the one, single nutrient their bodies require. How much more wrong could they be?
Of course, protein is extremely important, definitely [...]
Importance of Protein After a Workout
The meal that is eaten before and after a workout is very important. A protein shake or bar is ideal as it is easily digested. This provides the body with extra energy before a workout. Do not eat anything too heavy. Shakes are useful as are a handful of nuts eaten around thirty minutes before [...]
Conversations That Never Happened and Other Stuff
I really want Urban Meyer and Lane Kiffin to sit down and hash it out…
Meyer: You little punk! How dare you call out my team, the Gators after we just beat you!
Kiffin: Because you thought you were going to put your foot where the sun don’t shine and you just sorta beat us. We played [...]
Lesnar was Set-up to be MMA’s Biggest Villain
When Brock Lesnar made his UFC debut on February 2, 2008, his fate as the UFC’s version of a WWE “heel” had already been sealed. Lesnar was really the perfect candidate to be the biggest villain the sport had seen. With his cartoonish physique, big mouth and pro wrestling background, most fans had already decided to hate him before he ever stepped into the Octagon. He represented something they wanted nothing to do with. He came from a “fake” sport with predetermined outcomes and entered an organization that coined the term, “as real as it gets.”
It probably didn’t help that the former NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion made his UFC debut after just one professional fight. It gave the fans and fighters alike a reason to say Brock didn’t belong. He hadn’t earned his shot to fight on the sport’s biggest stage. UFC President Dana White and matchmaker Joe Silva certainly didn’t do him any favors either; Lesnar’s first fight was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in front of local boy and heavy crowd favorite Frank Mir. Even after Lesnar lost the fight though, White seemed almost giddy when talking to him in the locker room. He knew he had found a man the fans would love to hate.
Resistance Training
Any form of resistance training, whether through a machine, with free weights, or via bodyweight training is beneficial to anyone who seeks to lose weight in the long term. For each 1lb of muscle that adds to the body, expect to burn on average an extra 50 calories per day. The more muscle on the [...]
Weekly Wrap: September 21, 2009
What This Really Means
This week in sports has raised a great many questions about parody in sports and I’m here to answer some of them.
The Jets beat the Patriots…WTRM: The Jets know how to win close games, Mark Sanchez is good, and New England doesn’t need to press the panic button.
The Falcons pulled [...]
Different Types Of Protein And Their Uses
Anthony Duong is a freelance writer based in London, UK.
He coaches youth soccer and teaches physical education.
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Many of you probably didn’t even know there were different types of protein. But there are, and it’s important for you to know the pros and cons of each one, because it can have drastic effects on your gains.
To [...]
Superfoods
Fruits and vegetables should be eaten as part of a healthy diet, but did you know that there are certain ‘Superfoods’ that have even greater health benefits. The average person should eat around 5-10 portions of fruits and vegetables a day. A couple of handfuls of strawberries, as an example, is a portion. A glass [...]
Here We Go Again…NFL Picks Week 2
I’m 12-3 and now I need to keep the roll going. At this point I’m convinced that I have just about everybody in the league pegged except for the 49ers and the Cardinals (yes, that whole game jacked me up last week.)
I have some “deep thoughts” about a few of these, but bear with me, [...]
College Pick’em Rally September 19, 2009
Notre Dame better huddle up and figure out how to NOT screw this one up!
College Football is upon us and now some schedules are getting meaty. (I know, I know, I missed a week, but I just started writing last Sunday! Geez, give a brother a break! ;o)
I’m going to make sure that [...]
