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Energizing New Breakfast! 26 Feb 2012 | 02:19 pm
I'd been eating the same breakfast for about 15 years or so (posted on April 1, 2009 in this blog under the title "Breakfast of Artists") and, kind of all of the sudden, I started to feel that it wasn...
Overtraining, Tendonitis, and the Importance of Variety in Movement 24 Jan 2012 | 02:02 pm
Whether you’re painting, lifting weights, running, walking your dog, or clicking a mouse, if you do the same thing day after day without fail, you will very likely end up either with an injury or with...
The Easy Way To Give Up Sugar Or Salt Cravings 7 Jan 2011 | 01:03 pm
I just learned something that is so cool and amazing that it prompted me to immediately jump up and post this and Boris' painting, Kiss My Hand, is the perfect illustration for it! Here it is: You kn...
The best cardio-training method! 13 Sep 2010 | 07:07 am
About 6 weeks ago, Boris and I decided to adopt a beautiful little doggie from a Humane Society shelter. Her name is Izze and she's about 2 years old, American Eskimo mixed with Shetland Sheepdog. She...
Pyramid Power! 19 Aug 2010 | 06:27 am
Aztec Serpent, copyright Boris Vallejo, 1983 Recently, someone asked me what is the best and fastest way to build muscle. During the late 80's when I was competing in lots of bodybuilding contests, t...
Tri-Stretch Device 28 Jun 2010 | 03:26 am
I got this stretching device from Perform Better and, even though it's just a chunk of red plastic, I'm finding it to be very useful. For one thing, just owning it and seeing it sitting on the floor l...
Stretching Your Lower Legs and Ankles 26 Jun 2010 | 01:16 pm
It's important to remember that stretching your lower legs involves more than just the main large calf muscle (gastrocnemius), in the back of the lower leg just under the knee. The soleus muscle, loca...
Triangle Pose 24 Jun 2010 | 10:00 pm
This classic yoga pose is great for a stretch after any kind of exercise. It stretches the huge fascia connection that runs throughout the body and usually gets constricted in the midsection. Step yo...
Stretching Hammies 23 Jun 2010 | 10:00 pm
Hammies are hamstrings and hamstrings are the long muscles in the back of your thigh, also known as leg biceps, which are really biceps femoris. So, there you go, hammies are biceps femoris. Now that...
Next Runner's Stretch 23 Jun 2010 | 01:50 am
This stretch series is great to do just after the King of Stretches I told you about in the last post. It continues to stretch the hip area and includes the quadriceps in the front of the thigh as wel...
