Tim Karajas 22/6/24 Tim Karajas 22/6/24

How Can I Lose Fat? A Primer On Fat Loss.

This is an article to set the scene for people looking to lose body fat.

It is a big picture view of the things which matter, or are commonly talked about, when it comes to pursuing that goal.

Tim Karajas 14/8/23 Tim Karajas 14/8/23

Men’s Health Matters Because Men Matter (…Physical Training Is Part Of The Solution…)

Modern life can set men up to fail health-wise. It can also be detrimental to the attainment of the masculine ideal. Physical training is part of the solution. I know this from personal experience. (When I’m not eating soul food…)

Tim Karajas 22/11/22 Tim Karajas 22/11/22

Dear Peter: Resistance Training Movement Pattern Compendium

A client of mine is in the process of becoming self-sufficient and self-directed in his resistance training. This is a great place to be! I try to help clients through this process so they can exit personal training / strength coaching with the skills necessary to do smart and consistent strength development under their own steam. In a way, a block of coaching sessions is a learning experience, and you come out the end of it with knowledge - in addition to improved strength and fitness.

Tim Karajas 27/4/22 Tim Karajas 27/4/22

Resistance Training. How?

In my last post, I made the case for why the ordinary person should be interested in doing resistance training. I think the argument is compelling. But then, most people would probably agree. Agreement isn’t the issue - getting the training done is the issue! Heaving and crowbarring the stars into something resembling alignment is not easy.

Tim Karajas 19/4/22 Tim Karajas 19/4/22

Resistance Training. Why?

I’m 43 now, so I grew up with the idea that lifting weights was for a certain person looking for a certain outcome. That person was some derivative of Arnold Schwarzenegger and the desired outcome was a physique that used to be described as “a condom full of walnuts”. I’ll let you fill in the graphics on that and spare you the ghastly stock image of a tooth whitened, spray tanned, over-bronzed, thin skinned bodybuilder.

Now, I realise that lifting weights (henceforth known as resistance training) is not a matter of vanity, but of health - and that it is not for a unique (and somewhat deranged) group like bodybuilders, but in fact for most people - young and old.

Tim Karajas 18/2/22 Tim Karajas 18/2/22

Alcohol and refined sugar: tips on reducing intake of these (delicious) substances

“Like alcohol, refined sugar is of minimal nutritional value, unless you count unbridled pleasure as a nutritional value.”

Tim Karajas 4/2/22 Tim Karajas 4/2/22

Getting into (or back into) training? Here’s some thoughts on intensity.

Tim Karajas 25/9/21 Tim Karajas 25/9/21

Nutrition 101 for the dunderheaded and wilfully ignorant

For most of my life I have followed a seafood diet. As in, if you see food, then eat it. I have also been known to say, “Why waste your calorie budget on protein and carbohydrates when you spend it on fat and alcohol?” I like to characterise this approach as “dunderheaded”, otherwise known as “wilfully ignorant”.

Tim Karajas 19/8/21 Tim Karajas 19/8/21

Foundational Fitness For Office Workers

Foundational fitness is the physical capacity and the mental wherewithal to do the physically demanding things in life, and to get them done comfortably. Not easily, but comfortably.