Mike Arone Fitness

Let’s face it…cardio is boring as hell.  I would rather peel my eyelids off than endure 45 minutes of running in place like a hamster chasing a piece of cheese. Though you may think that this is a metaphor for your life, it is surely the best way to prove that you actually CAN die of boredom…well that or from tripping over your shoelace while on the treadmill. (Do yourself a favor Grandpa, and buy Velcro.)

I have realized that there has to be more creative ways to do the dreaded cardio without succumbing to the same old bullshit…

So, here are FIVE alternatives and tweaks that you can use to accomplish peak conditioning while dropping that last layer of fat off your ass… (more…)

“Give me some iceberg lettuce, a couple grape tomatoes and sprinkle some crotons on that shit.  Time to get ripped!”

For some reason everyone thinks that when it’s time to shed some fat, it’s all about the tasteless, USELESS salad.  Contrary to popular belief, you can actually build muscle with the right “concoction” at the salad bar.  If you are looking to sabotage any progress…go right ahead and keep eating your rabbit food…otherwise sit back and learn how to make a muscle pumping, fat shedding, ball-dropping salad.

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To give you the overview, Jon Doyle has coached over 400 major league baseball players, consulted over 28 major league baseball teams and over 200 universities nationwide and has forearms the size of Gary Coleman.  His techniques and products have been trialed and test approved.  Hell, even Don Mattingly thinks he’s the shit. (more…)

So, you just finished watching Commando and you decide you want to be just like Colonel John Matrix, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. After realizing your mother’s eye shadow doesn’t make good camouflage and you can’t justify killing 37 people in 9 minutes because some guy wearing leather pants and a chain mesh vest didn’t kidnap your daughter…you decide to hit the gym. That’s right. To do biceps, so if you WERE holding a 7-foot bazooka, your arms would look “fucking jacked bro.” Not to mention, you hadn’t done them since, well, the last time you went to the gym.

If you think 45 sets of biceps curls will make your arms grow…read on.

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