health

Important Health News Flash!

September 22, 2010

This is the most amazing news I have heard in a long time. Conclusive studies have proven that gym memberships are totally ineffective in producing long term health improvements of any sort. I always thought that memberships were really an important part of the overall health picture, but it isn’t so. Apparently you actually have [...]

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ORAC – Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity – What Does It Really Mean?

August 28, 2010

The term anti-oxidant is heard in a lot of nutritional circles and you can find lots of foods and supplements that are labeled “high in anti-oxidants” but that description is totally subjective. It’s like describing someone as tall. If you are 5’ 10” you are tall in Japan perhaps, but not in the United States, [...]

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Obesity and Health of Our Children – The Next Generation of Eating

August 10, 2010

There are stories all the time about America’s growing love/hate affair with health and fitness. We all love to be fit and healthy, but so many people hate doing anything to make it happen. That in turn is reflected in the growing (and growing) trend of obesity, and this is not only in the United [...]

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And On The Seventh Day, He Rested

May 2, 2010

How do you schedule your workouts? I mean, do you do a full body workout three days a week and cardio the opposite three days and then give yourself a break on the seventh day? How does your body recover from all the tasks you ask of it and what time do you need to [...]

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Changing Your Lifting Routine For Maximum Effect

April 24, 2010

What are you concentrating on when you hit the gym? Everyone has their “favorite” thing to do, and of course it’s something that they are strong at. Unfortunately that often results in overtraining a specific part or area, and/or unbalanced development. You’ve all seen examples of this – the guy with the huge upper body [...]

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How to Schedule a Workout Routine and Stick To It. A Commitment to Health and Fitness

April 16, 2010

One of the toughest things about getting fit is getting around to your workout. We all have busy days and tough schedules. Well, most of us do, and to be honest sometimes when you have too much time on your hands getting to the gym is even harder to do (for some odd reason.) So [...]

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Getting Off On The Right Foot. An Introduction to Fitness

April 11, 2010

Getting into shape is probably the best decision you could make, whether you are six or sixty, male or female, you should get started as soon as possible. Along with that though, you need to ease into it, so you don’t sabotage your success. I cannot overemphasize the benefits of getting off your butt and [...]

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Nutsy, isn’t it?

October 9, 2009

It’s been six years since the FDA approved the packaging nutritional label “Scientific evidence suggests but does not prove that eating 1.5 ounces per day of most nuts, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.” Now, you can’t take that as a general endorsement [...]

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Building the Big Guns

June 22, 2009

My son told me that he wanted to trade arms with me. Just in case you wondered, he wasn’t talking about rifles or nuclear weapons, he was talking about the ‘big guns’ the bicep/tricep combination. He has, many times, started a fitness program. By program, I mean randomly picking up weights and lifting them a [...]

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Efffective Training v. Overtraining

June 2, 2009

I was having a discussion with my oldest daughter about training methods, and she, in her years of experience and wisdom, has devised her own training plan. By plan I mean she plans to go to the gym, and that part she does. That’s nearly where the plan ends. Now I am not saying that [...]

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