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The Nate Green Experience
www.thenategreenexperience.com/blog
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A blog about fitness, lifestyle design, food, dating, money, and everything else guys care about. I call it "Becoming Your Own Hero".
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This Will Be Huge - Why Nate Is Going Dark for a Couple Months

This will be my last post on this blog for a couple of months.Im not taking a break or finding a new line of work. Im not having a nervous breakdown, either. Im still healthy, in shape, and kicking a...

17 jan 12

How to Get Ripped (And Hate Your Life) In 10 Minutes or Less

Confession: I like treadmills. I didnt expect this. I certainly didnt want to like them. But damn it if Im not a fan.I know its grounds for losing my "hardcore workout" card. But I dont care...

09 jan 12

24 Random Things I Learned (or Remembered) in 2011

I cant tell the difference between a $229 bottle of 23-year old bourbon and a $40 bottle of good bourbon. Which tells me two things: 1. My palate sucks. 2. I shouldnt spend $229 on a bottle of whiske...

22 dec 11

What My Dog Taught Me About Patience and Real Problems

The other day I lost my wallet and had to call and cancel my credit cards, inform my bank, and go to the DMV to get a new drivers license.It was inconvenient, sure. But it wasnt a problem. A month ag...

15 dec 11

The 20-Minute Hero: Workout Program, Meals, and More

You can get a lot done in 20 minutes. Probably more than you think. I know because my past month has been more hectic than usual. Between writing nutrition coaching profiles, brainstorming the Scrawn...

07 dec 11

Rise of the (New) Meatheads

The other day I worked out at a commercial gym. You know the kind: TVs, protein shake bar, old guys on treadmills, girls with bouncy ponytails, lots of dudes bench pressing.Its been a long time since...

07 nov 11

Why I Should Be a Failure (And My Real Education)

I barely graduated high school with a 1.7 GPA. I never made it past basic algebra and I didnt take the SATs or any other college-admissions test. While most of my friends went to school out of town, ...

27 oct 11

Cinderella Man to Churchill - 5 Life Lessons

Note from Nate: Todays blog is a guest post from Chad Howse. One of the best ways to become heroes is to learn from heroes of the past. The following men had their own fears, weaknesses, and doubts...

21 oct 11

The 3-Minute Healthy Breakfast In a Bowl (Video)

Screw your Cheerios or Fruit Loops or poorly-made omelet. In the video below Ill show you how to make a healthy breakfast with just a few ingredients. Hint: one of the ingredients is chocolate. Which...

17 oct 11

Hero 101: My Top Picks for Books, Tools, and Programs

Heroes are made, not born. A body you’re proud of, a job you love, enough money and time to do what you want, life-long friends — those things are never handed to you. And even if they were, my gue...

14 oct 11

Experiments with Intermittent Fasting: A Brand New (Free) Book

Location: Poolside at Castello Banfi – Tuscany, Italy – August 2011. Situation: After a day of riding Vespas, drinking red wine, eating gourmet food, and enjoying their rented castle digs, four frien...

12 oct 11

The Nike NFL Experience: Gourmet Nutrition, Hard Training, and Hanging With the Pros

His name is Greg and he plays in the NFL. That’s pretty much all I know. “You think I should get a private chef?” he asks. “With my wife and kids at home, we could really use some help to prepare for...

05 oct 11

The 5-Minute Monk

I met Geo Grigoryan at a fitness conference in 2007 in Little Rock, Arkansas of all places. (Seriously. What the hell was I doing in Arkansas?) He had emailed me and asked if I needed a roommate for ...

30 sep 11

Wake Up Heroic - The 20-Minute Morning Fix

I believe that if you have a shitty morning, chances are you’ll have a shitty day. And, dare I say it, that’s the recipe for a shitty life. But with daily practice, you can transform your morning and...

21 sep 11

The Hero Blueprint: 11 Tenets of an Awesomely Rich Life

There’s a joke in the fitness industry that goes like this: a guy writes an email to a personal trainer asking how to “get Brad Pitt’s abs in Fight Club”. The trainer writes back: “Find Brad Pitt’...

02 sep 11

5 Steps For the Perfect Bath (Yes, Really.)

I didn’t take a shower till I was 12 years old.I wasnt a hippie child or even that stinky. In fact, I washed the cooties off my body every night. (You can never be too careful. Girls lie.)Its just ...

15 aug 11

The Easiest 20-Minute Date Meal Ever

If you know how to cook, this meal will be refreshingly easy and tasty. If you don’t know how to cook, this meal will make you feel like a culinary god. (It may even impress the hell out of your da...

03 aug 11

21 Things That Make Life Awesome

1. Cold filtered water with fruit, vegetables, or mint.Tastes delicious, like drinking liquid summer. Suggestions: orange, lemon, lime, strawberry, cucumber, spearmint, peppermint. 2. Riding bikesI r...

20 jul 11

New Pollution: Why I Hate Air Fresheners and Rubber Ducks

I’ve started holding my breath when walking into public restrooms, but not for the obvious reason. No, its not the shit Im afraid of. Its the air freshener. Let me explain.A few months ago I read a...

27 jun 11

What I (Usually) Eat and Drink Every Day

Along with "how often do you workout?" and "how do I become successful in the fitness/lifestyle/writing/porn industry?", "what do you eat every day?" is a money question, one ...

17 jun 11

The Playground Workout

I used to skip short, gorgeous hikes with my girlfriend because I didnt want it to affect my squat workout later that day. I stayed inside and drank green tea while my friends went to the park to thr...

25 may 11

How To Make the Perfect Cup of Coffee

The first thing you have to understand is that you can have the perfect cup of coffee anywhere: at a diner trying to cure a hangover with strong stuff poured from a stained kettle; sitting across fro...

03 may 11

Scrawny to Brawny: Paul Valiulis

Here’s the truth: When you want to accomplish something – build muscle, make money, write a book, whatever – it’s better to have one specific action step you can start practicing today than it is to ...

20 apr 11

Upgraded Hobo: 4 Must-Have Travel Items

Ive spent the past three weeks on the road living out of a bag.I visited my family in Whitefish, trained with Roman in New York, stayed with John Berardi in Toronto, and lived it up in luxury with JB...

05 apr 11

Hero Meets Villain [Workout Video]

As a former skinny guy Ive never had a problem dropping fat. Mostly because there was never really a lot of fat to drop.As a 135-pound 18-year old, I had enough trouble adding weight.When I was in th...

16 mar 11

You Dont Belong Here: Esquires Chris Jones

I’m a big fan of Esquire magazine. In fact, I’ve contacted a few of their writers over the past couple of years. The e-mails were relatively safe.AJ Jacobs told me “mazel tov” on my first book. Tom C...

26 feb 11

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