BENNEFIT BLOG

St. Patricks day circa 2009 I was invited to my friends family celebration of the Irish holiday to enjoy some good company and good food. My friends mother was producing food left and right in the kitchen the entire morning until the early afternoon until it was time to eat. The dish of the hour come dinnertime: Glazed Corned Beef. I remember the meal like it was yesterday, sweet and savory with a crispy finish that you couldn't get enough of. That was ten years ago and I finally got the bright idea to reach out to my friends mother to get that recipe so I can attempt to recreate the joy of eating that meal a decade later. SHOPPING LIST : (This shopping list is for one roast, you can do multiple depending on how many you are serving) 3.5lb-4lb Flat Cut Corned Beef Brisket w/ spice packet (Mine came pre-seasoned) Medium-Large banking tin (you want there to be at lease 2-3 inches of space between the meat and the side of the tin) 1-1.5 tbsp Spicy Mustard (for glaze) 1/2 C...

Circa October 2015 Now I'm sure that this is just me getting inside my own head or over-analyzing myself, but I would like to believe that what I'll be talking about in this post is not just unique only to me and that there are also people my age or in similar situations as myself who can relate. For some time now I have been consistently overwhelmed. Overwhelmed with work, overwhelmed with school, overwhelmed with my social life, overwhelmed my personal life, Just. Overwhelmed. And after thinking about it for a while now I have come to a realization that although this state of overwhelmingness has begun to take over my life, I have been battling it quite efficiently. Also, I think that it all boils down to this: The reason I am feeling this is because of my overly ambitious lifestyle and I may tend to bite of more than I can chew. The reason I titles this being scatterbrained is that it s exactly how I feel: My thoughts are all over the place my priorities are all un...

My guess is that your reading this because you hurt your back from deadlifting, picking up something heavy, or maybe you have in the past, know someone who has, or are looking for some information on how to recover and even prevent this type of injury from happening. If you answered YES to any of those you may find this article pretty helpful. I write this for you as a previous victim of several lower back injuries, tweaks, and flare-ups throughout my life that occurred during my own fitness training, sporting events and regular activities of daily life. With the proper research and education as well as first hand experience of being able to use certain techniques I have compiled this list of things you may want to consider if you are experiencing back pain that is the result of lifting. 1.) Is my pain Acute or Chronic ? The first thing you are going to need to figure our is whether or not this back pain is acute  or chronic .  If it is C hronic , this means ...