Featured Fitness Series is now live

August 22, 2014 by NotSoAverage Joe Leave a Comment

The new Featured Fitness series is now live with our first two wonderful interviews.

Our First Fitness Interviews:

Donna Bray

Donna Bray was the first woman to get her responses back and luckily for us, she ROCKS!

Check out one of her pics and then go read the interview and follow Donna on Twitter!

Rescue Train

RescueTrain was the first man to get his responses back and that is because as soon as we thought about doing this series, the first person we wanted to ask was him so we sent him the very first draft.

He is an inspiration and works super hard so go check out his Twitter and read the interview!

Test Positive for Awesomeness!!!

August 13, 2014 by That Guy Leave a Comment

Healthy Nutrition

Wait, don’t leave! This isn’t one of those boring eat only broccoli and chicken sermons

Most of you can relate to the never ending quest to find quality food, supplements, protein, preworkout, postworkout or whatever workout nutrition you need.

I try to stay as clean, green, and healthy as possible, but I also vary it up sometimes to keep my sanity and diet in check.

Energy Drinks

I occasionally have an energy drink after a really tough workout headed into a long day of meetings and today’s marathon of corporate hour long sessions for 6 straight hours had me looking for help… and I found it…

Several friends have mentioned this one so I tried out a Kill Cliff this morning and just one word…
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AWESOME!

I had to agree with NotSoAverageJoe that it is an odd name, but it is not easily forgotten so maybe it really is a great marketing ploy. Whatever, I don’t drink them because I like the name.

This recovery drink was new to me and peaked my interest when [Read more…]

Easy way to lose weight – if you have the stomach for it

August 8, 2014 by That Guy Leave a Comment

Want to drop a few pounds without diet and exercise? Yes, Please!

Going Green/Brown Weight Loss

Everyone has been looking for a magic solution to lose weight and it seems there is an easy, natural, organic one that has been around for millennia… it was just never looked at in this way…

Well, some people in Hong Kong got creative and made a “creepy/crawly” observation that lets you lose to whatever level you want and then just cut bait. (That’s a fishing reference you will understand in a minute)

Those pesty pounds

You mean “Pesky”, not “Pesty” right? NO.

The city of Hong Kong has seen obesity levels soar due to sedentary lifestyles, fast food diets, and long office hours in the workaholic city of over 7 million.

They are turning to diet and exercise right????

Not exactly… a new fad for women is to ingest [Read more…]

Low Testosterone?

August 5, 2014 by That Guy Leave a Comment

Time for a few minutes of no BS info on being 40-ish… If you are 20-ish, this article probably isn’t for you.

Just read a great article about Low Testosterone in Time Magazine!

For anyone attempting to turn back father times effect on your body, you should take the 10 minutes to read it.

I know you’ve seen or heard the ads for Low-T or low testosterone for guys or hormone replacement for women. If they are pumping that much money into ads, you know it is a big industry.

One tip though – don’t try to read it while you’re walking on a treadmill…. either exercise or read – not both. Especially if I am waiting on your treadmill and you are at level 1.3! That is for another post so that’s all about that for now!

Taking the ‘Test’ – Pass or Fail

Very interesting change that is taking place among our 40-ish population. There are so many 40-ish and 50-ish men and women who [Read more…]

Manscaping, Landscaping, and Pie

August 4, 2014 by That Guy Leave a Comment

Forgive me, but I am “That Guy”. In case you think you know what this article is about based on the title, you are probably right. If you are easily offended or don’t like reality and a little “R” rating then this post, and probably this site, isn’t for you. If so, then carry on…

Driving home through our beautiful neighborhood and I pass a sign that reads “Yard of the Month”.

No doubt the person earned it! Endless hours spent in the yard pulling weeds, watering, mulching, planting and all of that crap… Or they paid someone very well to do it for them, but let’s assume they did the work since I’ve seen them out there… a lot!

I guess some people see yard work as relaxing or a form of exercise. I don’t. To me, it is a necessary weekly chore. I’ll get my exercise in the gym or running down the street. The yard work is just a few extra calories burned for me – bonus calories…

Landscaping the business

This got me thinking about what if that person (yes, I’ve seen them out there and they do need it) spent more time working on physical goals.

Then, just as quickly, my brain took a sharp right turn and I thought of a funny scene from American Pie where Jim’s father is teaching him about female anatomy. I still laugh when [Read more…]

Healthy Pancakes?

August 4, 2014 by That Guy Leave a Comment

I walked in the kitchen this morning and found my better (and fitter) half whipping these up.

My son had a friend over so I thought she was making them breakfast since I know SHE doesn’t eat pancakes or even much flour – have you seen her abs?

Luckily for me, she has been looking around for great, healthy recipes… and she definitely found one!

A Healthy Breakfast?

One word… Awesome!

Although it is a distant second [Read more…]

Excitement, Workout Motivation, and… What do You Bench?

August 1, 2014 by NotSoAverage Joe 1 Comment

If you have worked out for any length of time you have asked, and been asked, the most common question in lifting… “So… How much do you bench?” You almost expect to hear it in the gym. Maybe even on the street like this funny video where Men’s Fitness asked guys what they could bench and then suprised them with a bench to prove it.

Everybody loves the most common exercise in the gym – flat bench with a barbell. THE bench press. Nobody walks into the gym the first time and looks for a decline bench or pec deck.

Why? Probably because it is so common almost everyone including non-lifters have heard of it and seen it. There are entire contests devoted to it. Even the NFL combine uses it as a measure for all positions.

Simple, fun little test… Walk up to the biggest guy in the gym and say [Read more…]

Are you too old for that?

July 25, 2014 by That Guy Leave a Comment

Heading into the weekend and nearing the end of the school summer break we thought we’d try something new and motivating! With college and pro football fast approaching you’d think it might have something to do with that and you’re right AND wrong!

Today we are highlighting a 40-ish mother of two who you may have seen on the news recently.

She suffers from an incurable kidney disease… That is not why she was on the news.

Cheerleaders

Kriste Lewis shows the world that chasing a dream at any age – especially 40-ish – is worth all of the hard work and it certainly took a courageous step!

Kriste will be joining the New Orleans Saints as a 40 year old Cheerleader this year!

Following a motto of “Have Focus and Fun” has led her to the Saints sidelines and she will certainly be an inspiration to many this year. You can find a few more details on this People article.

Focus & Fun

Her motto is simple… Focus & Fun.

A good reminder to us all when it comes to our individual fitness [Read more…]

Calves… Tour de France or World Cup?

July 20, 2014 by NotSoAverage Joe Leave a Comment

So we all have body parts that we struggle to control, grow, or define. Right? No, just me? Ok, stop reading here.

For those of you who do, I can relate. I have two body parts I really struggle improving – abs and calves.

Abs I’ve discussed before… So, what brought the calves up?

I watched some of the World Cup and some of the Tour de France recently and my oldest daughter walked in during both with roughly the same comment. Those guys are lean and they have great legs! Dad, you need to run / cycle!

OUCH! On two accounts. One, freaking me out a bit with her commenting on the guy’s legs. Two, I know what she meant.

I naturally have smaller calves. I know it and I work on them pretty hard. Not hard enough evidently.

Would I swap my chest and arms for their legs? Uh, [Read more…]

Eating well on the road

July 16, 2014 by NotSoAverage Joe Leave a Comment

I am going on another 4 day weekend trip – now before you get all Jeally (that’s cool Dad speak for Jealous using the kid’s lingo) it is just to Knoxville, TN for my youngest daughter’s Southeastern swimming championships at the University of Tennessee’s aquatics center.

4 days of sitting for a few minutes of swimming…

And, TOTALLY worth it! Seriously, I love watching my daughters grow into fit, strong, competitive young women.

The countless hours of practice, early mornings, late nights and tired bodies are easy to justify when you see them get up on the starting blocks for an explosive swimming start or make an approach to attack a volleyball.

Wait, that still sounds like fun other than having to see all that Tennessee Volunteer orange. And it is.

However, I am starting a new program for nutrition and [Read more…]

40-ish.com

Putting the ish in 40-ish!