Last week, I invited your questions and promised to reply to some of them on Saturday. Well, here we are. I wish we could do this in person over a cup of coffee. A man can dream. Here goes.Mike says: Kap, great news on the Q&A, I seem to only ask questions that may only be relevant to your older mass gaining train of thought, but do you or did you ever monitor total … [Read more…]

If you think that substituting Sweet ‘n Low for sugar in your iced tea will help you consume fewer calories, you’re right. If you think it will assist you with your problematic sweet tooth and help you trim down, you may be dead wrong. From Forbes.com: Artificial sweeteners may also have effects on other body parts besides the gut – like the brain. Katz points out that the new … [Read more…]

It’s pretty special to come in here tomorrow and have a chance to do that. I’ve had a lot of sleepless nights for a lot of reasons, but tonight I look forward to losing that sleep. It’s been a long hard grind… Buck Showalter just managed his team to a division clinching win. No one will blame him for skipping (see?) out on a night’s sleep. We’ve all prioritized a various … [Read more…]

We are not responsible for the health and well being of our loved ones. We can support them and lead by example, but their fitness levels are unequivocally up to them.We recently opened up a Q&A at Kaplifestyle. The response was overwhelming.  There are so many phenomenal questions on the thread; I don’t know how I’m going to get to them all. As I often advise, when you … [Read more…]

I fully recognize that I maintain somewhat restrictive dietary habits. I also have two teenage sons (almost; my younger son turns 13 in November). I encourage their love of food by preparing things they’ll thoroughly dig eating. Eating rules.One of the many advantages of this arrangement is gleefully experiencing indulgences through my young men. I normally dodge pasta as … [Read more…]