What You Ought To Know

ICE

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:16:44 +0000

Pretty much everybody has a cellphone.

Viewer Insurrection

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:45:26 +0000

You may have noticed our shows have started sucking.

Suggestion Box: Pain

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:25:03 +0000

It's suggestion box clean out day.

IMS

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:09:39 +0000

Irritable male syndrome or man ms-ing.

Bioluminescence

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 20:41:53 +0000

Today's show is going to be awesome, cause it's for a three year old.

Happy WYOTK Day

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:28:41 +0000

Have you ever worked a lemonade stand? I mean really worked it?

Atom Smasher

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:46:56 +0000

A while back Nospinplease wrote: "You should do a video on the new atom-smasher."

The War In Iraq

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:44:39 +0000

Unless you've been living in a cave you've probably heard the United States is at war.

Chocolate

The Brothers Winn — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:08:53 +0000

Great Gourmet Chocolates

Jack Fisher Confections

Women

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:41:43 +0000

David writes, "What do women want? Pretty much explain women...good luck! Lol"

Demanding Shirts

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:47:35 +0000

Online On-demand Services

Shirts, clothes, etc.
spreadshirt.com
cafepress.com
bluecotton.com
customink.com

Books
lulu.com
blurb.com
Amazon’s BookSurge.com

CDs
cdodlive.com
cd-fulfillment.com
createspace.com
lulu.com

Ps and VPs

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:56:23 +0000

Andylicious2006 writes, "Who should I vote For?..."

Little Piggies

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:24:04 +0000

This episode is your fault.

The Camera Guy

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:23:25 +0000

You'll never see him.

Recession Depression

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:00:00 +0000

jayman90 wrote in, So how is the US Economy really doing?

Digital Printing

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:25:47 +0000

The digital revolution has arrived.

Duct Tape

The Brothers Winn — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:57:29 +0000

Heidi writes, Why not do a show about duct tape?

UG - Fashionably Hairless

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:26:14 +0000

I just hate my itchy Abe Lincoln neck beard!

UG - Target isn’t French

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:01:45 +0000

But I like to pretend that I am whenever I go there.

UG - wait two weeks

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:41:07 +0000

If you don't like it, wait two weeks.

22 Envy

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:35:21 +0000

We're no strangers to secret societies.

Orange Juice Issues

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:22:24 +0000

Eric writes: "Why does Orange Juice taste SOOOOOooooo badly right after you brush your teeth?"

Body For Life

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:36:14 +0000

Our First Body For Life Show

More about Body For Life

Exercise
For most of the 12 weeks I did ~45 min of weight training MWF, ~30 minutes of running TuThSa and took my free day on Sunday. During the last ten days I did both (running and weightlifting) with only one day off.

Motivation
If you decide to do Body For Life, don’t skip the goal setting and motivational sections. The motivational part helped keep me going, so did entering the competiton and having a friend do the program with me. My goal was to lose 20lbs of fat and gain 10lbs muscle in 12 weeks.

Diet
I ate 6 small meals and drank about 90oz of water per day. Body for Life defines a meal as a portion (fist size) of carbohydrate and a portion (palm sized) of protein and as many vegetables as you want. There is a list of approved food, but I won’t go into that here. I tried to get at least 20g of protein in each meal … which sounds like a lot. In fact, my friend and I were concerned about the health risks of eating too much protein in the beginning. But if you crunch the numbers, the amount I was eating minus the recommended daily allowance times the amount of time I was doing the program it works out to 11.85 lbs of protein over 12 weeks. And since my body’s absorption rate is not 100% and I was planning on gaining 10lbs of muscle, that didn’t seem to me like too much.
((20g x 6meals) -56g) x 7days x 12weeks x 0.0022046lbs/g = 11.85lbs

Vitamins and Suppliments
Myoplex is the Body for Life recommended suppliment. I never used it, but I have heard good things about it. I just couldn’t afford it (then or now). So I took standard over-the-counter multivitamin. Occasionally I would chew them to try and get more out of them (yuck). I also used a standard protein powder, usually once a day - nothing expensive or special. I just found if I worked out a lot and was not getting enough protein I would end up feeling really tired during the day. Make sure, if you use a protein suppliment, that it is not loaded with cholesterol because some of the cheap ones are! I also found several brands of power bars (Zone Perfect, Balance, etc) that I liked. So I’d buy them at Costco or the dollar store and ate several them times a week.

Free day
On my free day (Sunday) I didn’t exercise, but still ate according to the program. Instead, I gave myself two “free meals” at some point in the week. That meant that two times during the week I could eat one thing that I wanted to eat. It worked out well for me that way.

Innovations?
During my program I read numerous articles in the news about health and fitness. All of them claimed to have “new information”. But everything in them was already in the Body for Life program. It is the most complete fitness programs I have ever researched.

For the ladies
My friend who did Body for Life with me is a woman. One of the biggest difficulties / fears for her was she thought she was going to look like a woman bodybuilder. From what I have seen it takes a whole lot beyond the standard Body for Life program to start looking like a female American Gladiator! So do the weight training at 100% and don’t worry about looking manish.

Results
In 12 weeks I lost 25lbs of fat and gained 10lbs. Mission accomplished!

And now …
There are a lot of programs out there. Body for Life is only a starting point. Since the finishing the program I have modified it slightly and added some of the exercises from other programs - most notably Crossfit. (Warning: Many of the Crossfit exercises involve complex motions and are significantly dangerous for the inexperienced. Personally I would recommend incorporating them only after you have a fair amount of weight training experience and at least a moderate level of cardiovascular fitness.)

Cousins

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:37:56 +0000

Super cool (nerdy) stuff:

Relative Chart

Me, Myself and I

The Brothers Winn — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:47:05 +0000

We don't want you to speak good.

Sugar Loving Teeth

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:01:16 +0000

I asked a dentist once why some people could brush, floss, gargle, and spit all day and still get cavities.

How To Stalk WYOTK

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:58:47 +0000

Stalking is such a negative word these days.

Bicentary Stalker Challenge

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:03:53 +0000

It's our 200th Show! Hurry before our answering machine fills up.

Irony

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:24:19 +0000

It's like rain on you wedding day. Except it isn't.

Organic

The Brothers Winn — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:07:27 +0000

Organic Info

USDA Labeling
List of okays and nokays
USDA Organic Site
Is Organic Better for You?

Autism

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:49:22 +0000

Autism Links:

Support Sites:
Autism Speaks
Autism society of America
Autism Research Institute

Information:
Autism Overview
Autism: Treatment, Prognosis
Autism Fact Sheet

People and Stories:
Scientists Reconsider
A Rare Map Of Autism’s World
Stanley Greenspan’s website

Other:
Is the Autism Epidemic a Myth?
Vaccines & Autism: Myths and Misconceptions

Garfield Minus Garfield

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:45:03 +0000

Link

Garfield minus Garfield

Roaches

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:09:26 +0000

Roaches, we hate everything about them.

Secret 800 Numbers

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:43:44 +0000

800 Numbers

Amazon.com
800-201-7575 (Toll free, US and Canada)
877-586-3230 (Canada only)
877-251-0696 (Seller Support)
866-348-2492 (Rebate Status)
206-266-2992 (International)

Ebay.com
888-749-3229
800-322-9266
408-376-7400

PayPal.com
888-215-5506
888-221-1161

Yahoo.com
408-349-3300
408-349-5151
866-785-2636 (yahoo! Publisher Network Support)

Microsoft.com
800-426-9400
800-936-5700

Not really secret but …
American Airlines; 1-800-433-7300
British Airways; 1-800-247-9297
Continental Airlines; 1-800-525-0280
Delta Airlines; 1-800-221-1212
JetBlue Airways; 1-800-538-2583
Midwest Airlines; 1-800-452-2022
Southwest Airlines; 1-800-435-9792
United Airlines; 1-800-241-6522
US Airways; 1-800-428-4322
Virgin Atlantic; 1-800-862-8621

Primary Denary

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:49:32 +0000

The primary reason for the show is to educate. The secondary reason is to entertain.

The Power Of The Editor

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:51:49 +0000

There is an old saying, never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel.

SPAM

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:49:15 +0000

Internet find of the day:

The SPAM site.

Oxymorons

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:35:03 +0000

No it has nothing to do with retarded cattle or stupid mistakes with household cleaners.

Fireworks

The Brothers Winn — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:26:06 +0000

We could blame it on mans primal need to play with fire...

Career Choices

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:20:08 +0000

Matthew Graff wrote us a deep question.

Credit Cards Vs Evil

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:52:13 +0000

Nick writes,

Bees

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:41:33 +0000

A few bee articles

Mystery of the dying bees
What’s Killing The Honeybees?

A History of Fashion

The Brothers Winn — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:37:52 +0000

John Calkins writes:

Antidisestablishmentarianism

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:47:01 +0000

It's the longest word in the English language.

Why I Hate Pay Pal

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:13:40 +0000

So I bought something on ebay and it looked like it might be too good to be true. Yeah, it was.

The Herd Mentality

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:15:35 +0000

We all want to belong to a group. But why?

Secret Summer T-Shirts

The Brothers Winn — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:33:18 +0000

Lots of big changes around here today.

Hot Gas

The Brothers Winn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:48:59 +0000

Is it a serious concern for motorists?

Playing Doctor

The Brothers Winn — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:03:33 +0000

Links

WebMD

The Doctor’s Book of Home Remedies -
Online free at MotherNature.com
Buy the print version online

Stimulus Economus

The Brothers Winn — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 23:54:35 +0000

From the IRS FAQ

Q. Is my stimulus payment taxable?
A. No. You will not owe tax on your payment when you file your 2008 federal income tax return. But you should keep a copy of the IRS letter you receive later this year listing the amount of your payment.

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=182003,00.html