What America can learn from Asia where there is no obesity problem. For the last three years I have gone to a different Asian country each year: Vietnam, Laos, and Malaysia. Last night I woke up with a start as it occurred to me that… Read More »Why Asia Has No Obesity Problem
Borneo gave me a great going away present, the most spectacular sunset I have ever seen. You will of course see this sunset as green screen background on an upcoming video, it was truly breathtaking. Im on a 10 hr layover in South Korea now… Read More »Last Borneo Sunset
The last two weeks I have been on a bike tour and just doing my travel workout which consists of pushups, pullups, and crunches. Its a great workout thatyou can do virtually anywhere and it complimented the beating my lower body was getting on the… Read More »My first gym workout in weeks
So I have been filming lots of scenery here in Borneo, over 6hrs worth for this winters green screen backgrounds. Anyway, one day I was filming with both camcorders, my good one was on my tripod and the waterproof camera was sitting on the railing… Read More »Cameras do not float
I had some dangerously incorrect and romantic notions of what a tropical rainforest was. My notions were based upon Hollywood, the Tarzan books I read as a child, and my personal experience doing the Milford Track thru New Zealand temperate rain forest. The temperate rainforest… Read More »Sandakan Death March
Great day of riding here in Borneo. Five creek/river crossings, lucky no rain today. Todays ride would have been very difficult had it rained as it was clay with lots of steep hills that would have turned into an unpassible slippry slide if it rained… Read More »Borneo total lunar eclipse
I’m clean which means its morning, in an hour I will be sopped and muddy again. Every day at the end of biking involves doing laundry in the sink. On a more tragic note, the woman I met yesterday at Tabin reserve was killed by… Read More »Jungle biking and fatal elephant goring
I probably wont be able to lift weights for the next two weeks because tomorrow morning I put on my backpack and start biking across Borneo. Its unlikely I will see a gym, at most I might be able to sneak in a quick pushup… Read More »When you cant workout
I love looking at the posted rules in gyms, often they are funny and this gym in Kota Kinabalu is a great example: “Smoking is not allowed in fitness center” It was one of the best hotel gyms I have seen in Asia, its sad… Read More »Funny gym rules
When a bodybuilder travels in a foreign country, the first step is often to locate a local protein source. Im here in Borneo and most restaurants have meals that are about 10/50/40 (protein/carbs/fat). High protein low fat isnt available, to get enough protein here would… Read More »Bodybuilder nutrition in foreign countries
