I was eating a bowl of cereal the other day, instead of helping a leprechaun find all of his lucky charms the back of this box contained some useful and interesting information. It had a bunch of interesting facts that you probably don’t know about your body. I thought you would like it, check it out:

• A child has 300 bones that fuse into 206 bones by adulthood.
• Some people have an extra bone in the arch of their foot.
• One in every 20 people has an extra rib.
• You have 93,000 miles of peripheral nerves.
• Your fastest nerves send impulses at 395 feet/second at up to 300 impulses per second.
• You have more than 640 skeletal muscles. Which is the largest? You’re sitting on it.
• Your body has ~10pints of blood. About the same amount of oil in a v8 engine.
• Your body is ~54-60% water.
• Your body is only ~18% bone.
• Your heart weighs about half a pound to 3/4 of a pound.
• Your heart does the amount of work it would take to life the body one mile straight up.
• Your heart beats 100,000 times a day and 2.5 billion times in your life.
• The average head has 120,000 hairs.
• Natural blonds have an average of ~140,000 hairs.
• Natural red heads have an average of ~90,000 hairs.
• You can recognize 10,000 different smells.
• There are  four basic types of smell – fragrant, acid, rancid and burnt.
• Smell is the sense we get accustomed to most quickly.
• Most odors can hardly be perceived just 30 seconds after they are first detected.
• You can hear sound frequencies from 20 hz to 20,000 Hz.
• You can hear some lower frequencies than a bat can, but you can also hear some higher frequencies than a bird can.

I just bought a new microphone to record videos with. Still playing with the levels, but I just wanted to make a quick powerpoint presentation for you.
It’s all about Mike Geary’s program, which you can learn more about here: ImpressiveAbs.com

If find yourself making six pack ab related goals such as “I will have a six pack by this summer” then I highly recommend you check this out and here’s a little secret. If you actually follow Mike Geary’s advice. I wouldn’t be the least bit shocked if you got your abs long before summer hits… Mike Geary is the real deal, he has the #1 rated abs program on the internet. You will not be disappointed.

WARNING: 1,000 – 1,500 new people are joining Mike’s ab program EVERY DAY. Mike hasn’t said that he is putting a limit on the number of available copies, but either way, I wouldn’t take the chance of missing out on this. In fact, if I had to recommend one program for you to commit to this year… this would be it. So don’t forget to check it out now at ImpressiveAbs.com

BONUS VIDEO: I couldn’t find a picture of Ronaldo, so instead check out these little kids re-enacting The Jersey Shore.

I’m really busy working on some cool give-aways for you guys, so I don’t have time to whip up a nice long article.

However, my friend Tristan Lewis just posted an article to his blog that teaches you how to get bigger arms.

Oh… and just to get a better idea of what you guys and girls would like from me (for free, no strings attached)

could you take this quick 3 question short survey? — What Do You Want From Me?! Survey

And even though I’m a bit drowned in work. I will go ahead and add in a few tips for big arms.

Bicep and Tricep Tips:

1. Compound movements (the big exercises that don’t seem like they’re targeting your arms) are going to make your arms grow more than you can think
2. Your arms will go in relation to your bigger muscles
3. Don’t work your arms harder than you do your legs
4. If you still can’t get big arms, head over to maverickfitnesscoach.com and check out Tristan’s post about arm training

P.S — Don’t forget to take the 3 question survey — What Do you Want From Me?! Survey

So you’ve come down with a nasty cold, a case of the flu or maybe you just decided to hook up with that girl all of your friends warned you about.

The point is… you’re not feeling very good So, is working out sick a good idea?

I’m all for the macho man routine and being a tough guy when it counts, but when I’m feeling under the weather I turn into a momma’s boy. I would rather get my rest and hit the gym hard when I can actually give the weights an honest 110% Plus, the gym is a breeding ground for germs. So there’s a good chance that you will either get sicker than you already are or end up passing your germs to the next lucky guy/girl in line to use the equipment you were on.

NOTE: If you decide that working out while sick is a good idea than don’t be an asshole. Wipe down your equipment with the disinfecting spray that every gym should have readily available.

I’m pretty mental about missing a day in the gym. I think I may have picked it up from my cousin. When I was younger I would always ask him “Have you been hitting the gym?” and his smart-ass reply was always “Dude. I don’t miss” — Over the years I have developed this same train of thought. Never miss a day unless you have to and don’t take that literally. When I say “never miss a day” I don’t mean I train 365 days/year. I mean I try to never miss a schedule day at the gym, as in the days I am supposed to be in the gym according to whichever routine I’m following and always make sure to always schedule in enough rest-days. So when you do miss a day because you were too sick to train, you won’t feel so guilty.

Guidelines To Working Out While Sick:

It’s okay to workout (but also okay to take a rest day) if you…

• You have runny nose (bring tissue)
• Mild cough (cover your mouth)
• Sneezing (don’t leave snot on the barbells)
• Bothersome/Scratchy Throat

It’s not okay to workout if…

• You’re puking up everything you eat
• You have Diarrhea
• You’ve got a high fever
• You have a dry cough

Additional Guides For Working Out Sick:

1. Do “Just Enough”. Don’t go to the gym sick and expect to be lifting the same amount of weight you did the previous week. Also, if you’re sick it’s probably not a good time to max out or go heavy on the bench, dead lift or squat. Do just enough exercise to satisfy your body and mind, because let’s face it a lot of us fitness junkies can’t bear to skip a day at the gym and even if we only go for 15 minutes that’s better than not going at all, right?
2. Bring a water bottle. Nobody wants you to cough all over the drinking fountain
3. Wipe down your exercise equipment
4. Know your limits, working out while sick can be taxing. You won’t have as much energy, listen to your body and know when enough is enough

Getting in shape is no easy task, but it doesn’t have to be as hard as most people make it. Far to many people fall back on the excuse that getting in shape is expensive and requires a ton of money and a membership at a fancy gym.

Wrong! Stop making excuses lazy asses.

Today I’m going to kill all of your excuses and leave you left with no other choice but to get off your butt and get in shape.

Here are 5 of the best ways to get in shape at home. No expensive gym membership required:

1. Cardio – Cardio is necessary if you want to shed the pounds of flab that are covering up your hidden abs. Luckily for you cardio is much more fun when you’re doing it outside and not on a boring piece of cardio equipment. Some of the best forms of cardio that you can do at home include sprinting, jogging, power walking, swimming if you’ve got a pool, and my personal favorite jump roping. I found a really nice jump rope for $3.00 and it has lasted me over a year and a half.
2. Bodyweight Exercise - Building muscle doesn’t have to require tons of equipment and weights (but it helps) plenty of world class olympic gymnasts have built rock solid muscular bodies using nothing but bodyweight exercises. You can start off with the basic pull-ups and push-ups. Then you can move onto some more advanced exercises. A simple Google search for: bodyweight exercises will provide you with everything you need.
3. Abs and Calves - I don’t like to waste time in the gym, so if I’m in a hurry I know that I can always sacrifice my ab/calve portion of my workout and makeup for it with a kick-ass ab/calve session at home. There are so many different types of crunches and calve exercises that you have no excuse not to give them a good workout.
4. Gently Used Equipment – Like I said, equipment isn’t absolutely necessary… but it sure does help. You can find dirt-cheap fitness equipment in your local classified ads, on craigslist, garage sales, eBay and word of mouth. Just think about how many people out there have a set of dumbbells in their basement just wasting space and collecting dust. Most guy’s wives are yelling at them to get rid of the junk anyway. If you simply tell a handful of people that you’re looking for any gym equipment you can get your hands on I am willing to bet you could get some pretty useful stuff for free.
5. The Kitchen - Everyone home has one, right? The kitchen is your most important fitness weapon. Your kitchen can literally make or break your fitness goals. Like they say, “Abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym”. Rid your entire pantry of junk food and start stocking up on healthy foods. This could quite possibly be the best thing you do for your body.

There you have it. 5 reasons to get off your butt and stop making excuses and get in shape at home.