Mike Arone

All articles for July, 2010

5 Ways to Make Your Veggies NOT Taste Like Ass

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

It’s been the age-old battle of Parent vs. Child.

Ah yes, I can still hear it now…

“Michael! Eat your F*$%ING broccoli before I smash your head through that table…What?!?!…I don’t give a shit if Full House is on…THAT’S IT!”

SMAAAASH!

[Dog barking, brothers laughing, me crying…brothers still laughing…]

SMAAAASH!

[…brothers crying…me laughing.]

Apparently that method worked for my brothers and I.

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Interview with Dave Ruel: The Muscle Cook

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

If you’re like every other gym rat on the planet, you might understand the importance of nutrition in addition to your balls-to-the walls workouts (What does that even mean anyway? I would never want to put my balls on ANY walls – especially at the gym).

And you may understand that in order to achieve that ripped, dry physique that you may have to trade in your hamburgers for turkey burgers.

You may also realize that you’re too lazy to cook and that “Screw it. Wheel-O-Fortune is on and they’re in Hawaii…again.”

Well, I got the chance to catch up with The Muscle Cook – Dave Ruel – this past week.  He is the brilliant author of Anabolic Cooking, which has made healthy cooking not only easy and tasty…but badass as well.

So if you’re sick of making excuses as to why your physique isn’t where it should be, you may want to read my recent interview with Dave…

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Pour Some Sugar on Me…But in Moderation Like the Commercial Says

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Hey...as long as he said it's okay.

Have you seen those corn syrup ads on TV?

You know the one that claims high fructose corn syrup is okay in moderation.”

My bullshit meter damn near exploded before the 38 second commercial ended.

The funny thing is most people probably ran to the fridge to mow through a case of HI-C Fruit Punch “juice” boxes shortly after because “that commercial is sooo right brah.”

Judging by the rate of obsesity in America, I am going to say it’s safe to say that we aren’t so good at judging what the fuck moderation is.  One popsicle-yes, that’s moderate…

But who is just eating ONE popsicle? I mean honestly.  Hood knows us so well, they even package two together.

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