You may have noticed I’ve been missing for a few days.You may have asked yourself, “Why isn’t Jeff posting? Why isn’t he leaving obnoxious comments on my blog? This is like Chinese water torture. I’m just waiting for the drip to drop! WHY ARE YOU D…
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November 9th, 2007 — Site Info from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
1-Arm Dumbbell Row: Don’t Twist
November 5th, 2007 — Tips Tricks Technique from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
When these get too heavy, the tendency is to build velocity at the bottom of the movement, by letting the working side’s shoulder droop down, and then twisting. This is cheating. This is a lat exercise, not an oblique exercise. For the sake of not o…
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November 3rd, 2007 — Bits and Pieces from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
What you do in the gym is important. Using good form, lifting with intensity, working a proper split–these things are all going to affect your progress.But the gym isn’t where you build strength. It’s where you demand from your body, under duress of…
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November 2nd, 2007 — Weekly Web from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
5 Myths Behind Building Great Abs”Ab Myth #1: You Have to do Hundreds of Crunches to Get a ‘Six-Pack’”I just don’t think this is true anymore. Does anybody really think, after reading years of headlines to the contrary, that hundreds of crunches is th…
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Fit Bloggers Aggregator
November 1st, 2007 — Web Resources from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
I stumbled across a neat page today, fitbloggers.com. It’s a cool way to find some fitness blogs that you otherwise might have missed. The owner, Kevin, has been so kind as to include Rice Home Fitness. It’s a good fitness blog meta-resource, and as…
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October 31st, 2007 — Tips Tricks Technique from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
In a Friday link roundup awhile back, I posted a link to an article with some good tips for taking care of your rotator cuffs. So let me explain some of the exercises.*External rotation (scarecrow)Holding light weights in your hand, stand as if you’re…
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October 29th, 2007 — Fitness Strategy from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
The lifehacking community is composed largely of engineers, and engineers like elegant, simple solutions. The “eat less than you need” diet was very popular in this scene, and the comments to anything more complicated invariably include a few “it’s as…
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October 26th, 2007 — Weekly Web from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
6 minutes of painLisa, the Workout Mommy, challenges us to finish this routine by Gina Lombardi in the recommended 6 minutes. I was going strong, with 1 minute left to do V Crunches. I don’t know if you’ve tried them, but V Crunches are really really…
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A Fire in the Belly
October 25th, 2007 — Motivation, motivation from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
I woke up sore all over this morning. I like that. I feel bigger than I really am when I can feel my muscles. Too bad a mirror brings back reality. Anyway…I’ve got this box of cards that I keep on my desk called “A Box of Thoughts on Creativity.”…
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October 24th, 2007 — Bits and Pieces from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Today, after a week of recuperation, I went back to the gym. I’m out of my low rep cycle, and started a full-body, twice-a-week, hypertrophy cycle. Today was– difficult. My routine:Chin ups (with an assortment of grips and a little extra weight)Cab…
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October 23rd, 2007 — Fitness Strategy from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Low-rep lifting isn’t for beginners. It can already be hard on the joints and connective tissue. Add to the mix improper form and a person who doesn’t know his or her limit, and you’re asking for an injury. So why should you even consider low-rep?We…
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October 20th, 2007 — Tips Tricks Technique from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
The inner-thigh, or the hip adductors, are a socially interesting muscle group. They are only ever purposefully targeted by women. I don’t really know why you’d want large inner-thighs, but if you do, I can tell you how to get them, and it’s not with…
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October 19th, 2007 — Weekly Web from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
This week the blogosphere was all about the environment. I’m not covering any of that in this post. Not because I don’t like planet Earth. It is, as The Tick said, where I keep my stuff. But I’m burnt out on hearing about it,and some of you probabl…
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Enjoying the Fruits of Your Labor
October 18th, 2007 — Bits and Pieces from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Duders, I’m slacking today. For reasons mysterious and untold, I’ve just been sitting back and playing some videogames. I have this productivity compulsion that doesn’t normally allow me to enjoy that.I’ve been slacking this week in the gym. Really …
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October 17th, 2007 — Fitness Strategy from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
As a trainer, I try not to focus too much on weight loss, and by that I mean fat loss. If you’ve taken on a healthy lifestyle, meaning you’re eating healthy food in an appropriate amount and getting good exercise, your ideal weight will find you. I t…
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October 16th, 2007 — Fitness Strategy from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
You aren’t in the gym to mess around. It was an act of incredible will to drag yourself out of the comfort of bed to go torture yourself, or you’re dead tired after a long day of dealing with the demands of unrealistic project managers who have no ide…
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October 12th, 2007 — Weekly Web from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
First of all, a thanks to the commenters who made yesterday’s reader participation experiment a success. Now that I know you’ll reply, I’m going to start doing interactive things more often. Sweet.The bottomless appetite”The volunteers who ate from n…
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October 11th, 2007 — Bits and Pieces from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Since things are going well with the blog and there are a few people out there who must enjoy reading what I’m writing, I’m going to kick the schedule up. I’ll still be posting my main articles Monday and Wednesday with a traditional Friday web roundu…
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October 10th, 2007 — Fitness Strategy from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
I like to work out in the morning. I am a morning person in all aspects, and always have a disgusting amount of energy. Well, I’m not disgusted by it, but those I’m pestering at 6AM are.Early MorningThe gym is usually a little less busy at this time …
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October 8th, 2007 — Tips Tricks Technique from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Check out my guest post about grocery store strategy at the always delightful Cranky Fitness Blog. You’ll marvel at the many benefits of applying OCD tendencies to grocery shopping.Next, advanced list-making: make a list of all your most crucial lists!
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October 5th, 2007 — Weekly Web from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Fitness prediction from 1901: We’ll all walk 10 miles with ease”Everybody Will Walk 10 Miles. Gymnastics will begin in the nursery where toys and games will be designed to strengthen the muscles. Exercise will be compulsory in the schools. A man or wom…
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Good Pain / Bad Pain
October 3rd, 2007 — Fitness Strategy from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
A lot of people harp on old Arnold for saying, “No pain, no gain” in regards to building muscle. They say that you shouldn’t exercise through pain, and technically, you shouldn’t.What they don’t say is that you can lift through discomfort. Extrem…
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October 1st, 2007 — Fitness Strategy from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Some people avoid free weights because they’re intimidated by the cavemen who frequent that dark corner of the gym. Some people are intimidated by the weights them selves, being unsure what to do with them and afraid of hurting themselves. But free w…
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September 28th, 2007 — Weekly Web from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
That’s not actually true. It’s totally awesome.Exercise on par with drugs for aiding depressionI’ve been saying for awhile now that one of the biggest and most overlooked benefits of exercise is mental health. I’ve used morning workouts to regulate m…
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On Goals
September 27th, 2007 — Motivation, motivation from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
“I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes o…
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September 26th, 2007 — Tips Tricks Technique from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
There are still some people out there who don’t work their legs. For a long time, I thought this was a mythical breed, being to sketch comedy what the unicorn, dragon, and wildebeest are to fairy tales. But it’s true, and they’re very stubborn. They…
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September 24th, 2007 — Tips Tricks Technique from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Last Wednesday I pulled a new personal record for an unbelted deadlift. It was set to happen, but it had been set to happen 2 weeks ago when I tried and stalled out. So what was different about this time? I worked out with a friend.I usually go to t…
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September 21st, 2007 — Weekly Web from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Celebrity Fitzness Report: UFC Octagon Announcer Bruce BufferIf you are a fight fan, then you know the voices of the legendary Buffer Bros, Bruce and Michael. Bruce Buffer is the big voice of the UFC. Apparently, along with the big voice comes a big …
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September 19th, 2007 — Fitness Strategy from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
For five weeks I was on an unprecedented roll. Every week for five weeks I added five pounds to my shoulder press. I was going low rep, so it was for 4 rep sets. I’ve always been disappointed by my shoulder strength, so I was ecstatic. My growth wa…
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September 17th, 2007 — Motivation, motivation from Jeff @ Rice Home Fitness
Some people like cardio. Some people eat bugs and enjoy it.Maybe you can guess I’m not among those who like cardio for cardio’s sake. I like being able to jog a little farther than before (not regularly, because of my knees), but not enough that I wo…
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