Low Carb Diets For Weight Loss: Just a Myth After All?
QUESTION: Tom, I’ve been reading your stuff for years and I also read a lot of other sites and message boards including some of the low carb boards. I have finally come to the conclusion, both from all my reading and my personal experience, that the idea that one will lose weight just by cutting carbs is a myth.
30 June, 2009 posted in Weight Loss | Comments (14)
Burn The Fat 7th Anniversary Interview!
“Tom Venuto takes a trip down memory lane and shares his personal story (going all the way back to high school and college), pulls out classic bodybuilding pics from his photo album, talks about the Internet’s most famous and effective fat loss system and tells us what the future holds…”
19 June, 2009 posted in News & Current Events | Comments (4)
No Pain No Gain: Fitness Myth or Ultimate Fitness Truth?
No Pain, No Gain. Is this aphorism just a fitness myth and downright bad advice? A lot of people seem to think so. As a bodybuilder with 25 years of training experience and more than two dozen trophies on my shelf, I have another perspective to offer you..
29 May, 2009 posted in Mind & Motivation | Comments (54)
The “Fitness Skeptic” Interviews Tom Venuto
Coach Jamie Hale is a sports conditioning specialist, fitness author, independent researcher and nutrition consultant. His scientific and critical thinking approach has led him to be nicknamed, “The fitness skeptic”, as he is well known for tackling fitness myths and encouraging critical thinking and debate on all matters of diet and exercise. In this new feature, Jamie interviews me about my latest book, some of the favorites on my bookshelf, my favorite exercise and how I approach fitness skepticism and reading scientific research…
20 May, 2009 posted in Tom's Interviews | Comments (7)
Forget Swine Flu, THIS is Scarier: Franken Fats
Although the swine flu hysteria has settled down a bit, it’s still making headlines, as it was front page news here in the New York City area today. The amount of panic over this public health concern is surprising when you consider how most people continue to do things to themselves every day that are far more likely to be deadly. For example, most people are still eating one specific type of food that has been deemed totally unfit for human consumption. Now THAT’s scary.
15 May, 2009 posted in Food & Nutrition | Comments (41)
Tom Venuto’s Directory of Bodybuilders on Twitter
I recently asked this question on twitter: “I’ve seen lists of CEO’s and celebrities who use twitter (Oprah, Ashton Kutcher, Britney Spears, etc.) but is there a directory of fitness professionals and bodybuilders on twitter?” I received numerous replies that there were not only lists of trainers and fitness pros, but also places where you could submit yourself into lists such as we follow. However, I was surprised that no one has ever compiled and kept up to date a directory of bodybuilders on twitter. So, I decided that we bodybuilders must be represented and I am undertaking the task to create and update this list of bodybuilders on twitter…
13 May, 2009 posted in News & Current Events | Comments (4)
The Truth About Fat Burners And Hydroxycut
The United States Food And Drug Administration (FDA) has warned dieters and bodybuilders to “immediately” stop taking the weight loss diet pill Hydroxycut, citing 23 reports linking the supplement to liver damage and the death of a teenager…
01 May, 2009 posted in News & Current Events | Comments (8)
A Photo a Day Keeps the Fat Away!
Everybody has heard about The Biggest Loser, a weight loss contest where the “winner” is the person who loses the most weight. Fitness enthusiasts are also no doubt familiar with 12-week body transformation contests, such as the phenomenally successful Body For Life challenge. Now, two fitness experts from different continents say they’ve got the next big thing in fitness and body transformation competitions: Real Time Accountability. Best-selling author and fat loss expert Tom Venuto and Australian Fitness blogger Adam Waters say a photo a day will keep the body fat away. Today, Tom and Adam have just released a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list, prize package information and contest details for the historic first competition - entry deadline Thursday, April 30th… competition starts May 4th at www.RTP-SYSTEM.com….
29 April, 2009 posted in News & Current Events | Comments (39)
Real Time Body Transformation Contest: Watch the Trailer (Movie)
On May 4th, 2009, the world’s first-ever Real Time Physique (RTP) transformation challenge will begin. The entry deadline is April 30th, 2009. The fitness contest is a first, but not just because of the unique prize package, where winners will be flown to New York, put up in a luxury hotel overlooking the Manhattan Skyline, escorted in style to the gym to train with 2 fitness celebrities and then dined and entertained on Broadaway (with cash prize money lining their pockets).
The real uniqueness of this competition is the accountability factor. There has never been a “real time” accountability body transformation competition in the history of the fitness industry. For any man or woman who has tried to transform their body in the past with disappointing results or for anyone who failed to complete a 12-week fitness challenge competition in the past, this acountability factor - where your coaches and fellow contest “shredders” hold you to your training and nutrition commitments - will be the motivational leverage that makes all the difference this time…
27 April, 2009 posted in News & Current Events | Comments (40)
Fat Blogger or Shredder: Which Would You Choose?
Several years ago, a strange, almost “disturbing” trend started happening on the Internet. As you surely know, blogging has become the defacto standard way for the average guy or gal to start a website because it doesn’t take any web design or programming skill. If you can type, you can blog. This ease of self-publishing online became of interest to weight loss enthusiasts who had been told about the power of journaling as a tool to increase your success and raise accountability. So they decided to do it electronically instead of on paper. Indeed, blogging your fitness and fat loss progress is a fantastic idea, especially because using a blog creates public accountability! Anyone who keeps nutrition, training and fitness journals has an advantage and I would predict much greater success for them. However, one group of bloggers made a mistake.
22 April, 2009 posted in News & Current Events | Comments (27)
