Posted on December 9, 2009 by admin
The case for cardio exercise just keeps on getting stronger. First a University of Princeton team shows that exercise lets lab rats (Note: I mean actual laboratory rats here) produce neurons with improved stress response (i.e. they don’t respond), and now a group of Swedish neuroscientists is telling us that improved cardiovascular fitness actually makes [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on November 21, 2009 by admin
About.com has a good item about perfectionism and how it can sabotage your ongoing fitness efforts.
An all-or-nothing approach can really hold you back from seeing long-term fitness improvements that turn into a lifestyle of good health and good-looking fitness.
I’ve listed this quiz below and if you want to actually score yourself, you can jump to [...]
Posted on November 21, 2009 by admin
Knee injuries are more prominent in women, with factors such as wider hips and hormonal fluctuations contributing to the fact that they suffer nearly twice the number of problems as men. Fortunately, weak knees aren’t every woman’s destiny. According to Brian Halpern, M.D., associate clinical instructor of sports medicine at Weill Cornell Medical Center in [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on November 13, 2009 by admin
On weekends an average person consumes 50% more than normal, according to a Pennsylvania State University study. Researchers suspect that it’s not the food but a tendency to lengthen the meal to keep the good times going. Part of this increase is the tendency of people to eat with others on the weekend days off [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on November 5, 2009 by admin
Want a sure-fire tactic to improve your eating habits and make sure you keep going to the gym? Try doing both with your spouse/significant other. The results can be dramatic. Consider:
A recent study at the State University of New York at Buffalo observed that men downed 35 percent fewer calories when eating with their significant [...]
Posted on October 7, 2009 by admin
Need more energy to last you those long workdays? Here are three surprising ways to rev you up without resorting to Red Bull or a super coffee:
1. Change your socks. I know, odd, right? I read about this one over at Zen Habits. The advice is to bring an extra pair of socks to work [...]
Posted on September 10, 2009 by admin
Previously I’ve written about snacks that would be a healthier alternative to standard fast food. My point of view is that any time you save by downing that quick burger would mean more time spent in the gym dealing with the extra calories from that high-fat, high sugar meal.
Now comes this item from the Weight [...]
Posted on May 15, 2009 by admin
Previously I wrote about the negative aspects of hit fitness shows like T.V.’s The Biggest Loser and how viewers might get a distorted view of how to pursue their own fitness goals based on these competitive shows. Another fitness analyst, former Biggest Loser winner Bill Germanakos has more to add on this subject as follows:
As [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on April 16, 2009 by admin
In these tough economic times when many people are concerned with eating, let alone eating right, talking about a healthier diet can seem irrelevant. But having worked with many children over the years and speaking to kids at school health seminars has made me realize that poor eating habits persist even after a formerly impoverished [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on April 9, 2009 by admin
A couple government health and fitness sites have linked to the Presidential Challenge Fitness Test site for the purpose of helping adults determine their relative strength level. While there is a sit-up and push-up component to this test, I prefer to focus on the push-up test as I find it more revealing of overall strength [...]
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