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There are nearly as many diets for weight loss in the media and at the country club, let alone at the gym, as there are people needing to lose weight. Likewise, there are nearly as many diets everywhere you see people who otherwise look or are lean. But science keeps trying to find that oneRead More
I do not feign to be a running shoe specialist. Even when I was a runner – and not a high-level one at that- I did not study commercial shoes although I did study some of the biomechanics of feet, running, and shoe design in the literature. And of late I have become an aficionadoRead More
It is not unusual for a new personal fitness training client to ask, sincerely and with some trepidation, “How often should I come in to train?” The other side of this question, actually just one of the other sides to it, is, “How much exercise do I have to do to accomplish my stated goal(s)?”Read More
Welcome to STEPS Fitness’s first ever guest contributor on this blog. Sally Phillips, a freelance writer, has offered to share her writings with me to share the personal stories that motivate and inspire others. I usually dispense the science. It’s nice to sometimes hear from real people who make real changes. Many seniors submit toRead More
A NYT article last week posited the power of interval training to alter the mitochondrial genes in the elderly – aaargh, those over 64; that is, MY age – versus in younger exercisers. With an attention-grabbing title – The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles- the respected author, Gretchen Reynolds dug deep into salesmanship/saleswomanship/salespersonship to grabRead More
A recent article in the WaPo sent shivers down the spines of many dieters as it used valid, peer-reviewed research to back up its headline that yo-yo diets are counterproductive. But it only told part of the story. Essentially, referring to a few articles, the author noted that yo-yo diets often lead to a cycleRead More
I thought that headline would get you. The story behind it, though, is quite encouraging. A Finish study followed several women with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee for 16 months – a long term study by comparison to most in the exercise world. It had some of the postmenopausal women do thrice weekly one-hour sessionsRead More
The weight-related health crises that developed and now lesser-developed nations are facing cannot be ignored but also cannot be solved readily. Despite the available science – of nutrition and of activity – does not impact human behavior as rational economists would have assumed until 2008. That was when the world took notice that (1) humansRead More
What’s the common theme in these pictures? No, guys, it’s not that they are all women stretching. Jeez. It’s that they are all stretching exercises. And they are variations of ones many exercisers do before or after a run or a class. But if you buy into stretching for reasons other than what it canRead More
There are many factors that contribute to the overweight/obesity (OO) crises we in the West, especially in the US, are experiencing. I won’t try to list them all but it’s worth noting that by OO crises I mean the rising rates among the adult population (estimated at 66%), the rising rates among non-indigenous especially immigrant populations,Read More
