Next week the Empowered Nutrition 10 week transformation contest starts, but so does the Adonis Effect 10 week Transformation/Reconstruction contest. Theres money to be won on both sides, if you enter both contests and place in the top 3 in either contest you can double up on your winnings! The Adonis Index Workout system is [...]

Ok, so its not often we do this, but I thought it would be a good idea to tool around YouTube looking for anything “empowered” or something to do with our “Done-For-You Fat Loss Meal Plans”. WOW is all I can say. Some great videos are all over the place. great work and thanks to [...]

I was at the gym today and felt sad looking at the painful and desperate expressions on the faces of everybody running on the treadmills. I couldn’t help but think that most of them were getting absolutely nowhere with their fat loss programs simply because they are missing half of the picture. Sure they were [...]

So I was having an intersting conversation about weight loss programs and came to a conclusion that you might not have heard before. Most people will agree that nutrition/diet is the most important piece of a weight loss program. (exercise and supplements being the potential others) We’ve all heard the saying “you can’t out-train a [...]

Here is the second part of my interview with Chris Lopez about his new Kettlebell training program. PAT:  If you were to categorize workouts and exercise programs from a fat burning standpoint. Where would you rank things like traditional low intensity cardio, interval training, traditional weight lifting, and your kettlebell system? CHRIS: OK, here’s my [...]

I’ve just recently had a chance to talk to a good friend of mine Chris Lopez. He’s put together an interesting new workout system so I figured I’ll grill him about it. Here is the first part of our interview. PAT: How is the kettlebell workout different than a traditional cardio workout? CHRIS: There are [...]