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Yesterday I met a once/yr client, a 50+ very fit, self-motivated to do cardio and resistance training (RT) on her own, who takes great pride in her petite, toned shape. She calls in every so oft for a new regimen, a new program, usually to get to her legs w/o building them up. Her weightRead More
Yesterday I met with a 61 y/o attorney with whom I’d met two years ago to help with his knee problems. He stays active and is fit tho a bit paunchier than he’d like to be…because he also enjoys drinking a few in the evening. So, while his wt hasn’t really changed, and he doesRead More
Every trainer has his or her opinion on this matter, and every athlete still wonders: which exercises should I do first, and in what order do you plan your routine? Typically, the novice goes with the flow – whatever is available in the gym, or whatever muscle group he wants to build, regardless of whatRead More
This article discusses research that shows weight loss reduces pro-inflammatory events and substances that contribute to heart disease: http://www.healthcanal.com/immune-system/7192.html What’s cool about the study is that it also demonstrates that fat, your personal body fat, may be a better predictor of how well you’ll lose weight if you have bariatric surgery, but who knows? MaybeRead More
Traditionally, physicians have been reluctant to encourage older adults – those over 75, for example – to lose weight since studies have shown that older adults who lose weight tend to have unnoticed medical problems. In other words, weight loss that occurs in this population is often due to disease, not desire. A recent studyRead More
Now why didn’t I think of this name? Damn it – I’ve been promoting it since 1992 when I first got hold of a newfangled exercise toy, the elastic band with handles. I call it the torso rotation when you hold one end in your clasped hands directly in front of the sternum and rotateRead More
If you’re an athlete, or even a weekender, or even an around-the-house piddler, and you incur a new or recurrent ache or pain, you might dismiss it for a few hours….but then get concerned when you try to get back into whatever it is you have to do. The ache or pain increases, or simplyRead More
On Wednesday, March 24, an article about a research project hit the news big time. a continuing study, as a sub group of the women’s health study (by Dr. I Min Lee), found that women who were middle age (avg. 54), followed for 13 yrs on their diet, exercise, and weight, were able to maintainRead More
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is the bugaboo of nutritionally minded, and nutritionally smart, people. It’s a consequence of technology trying to find a market. When it was first ‘discovered’ in the ’60s, most soft drinks, like sodas and fruit drinks, were flavored with sugar – about 50% fructose and 50% sucrose. But with AmericaRead More
The corn growers of america want you to not be afraid of hi fructose corn syrup, so they’re changing the name: corn sugar!!! that should allay any fears of consuming too many wasted calories now that its name has changed, right? Wrong. There are unwarranted fears about the correlational link of hi fructose corn syrupRead More
