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Dec 12, 2018

December 12, 2018 By Irv Rubenstein

Free Holiday Season Advice, for what it’s worth

​Here come those nasty holidays advice columns, again. Halloween ends, and the decorations for Thanksgiving come out in stores and homes. Everyone knows that that portends – Christmas decorations, gift shopping and those ubiquitous and invasive, and exhausting, parties are right around the corner.  Every newspaper, magazine and TV news or talk show will beRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: diet, Exercise, fitness, functional fitness, holiday fitness, training

Apr 07, 2013

April 7, 2013 By Irv Rubenstein

to stretch or not to stretch… that damn question keeps coming back up

I’ve addressed this issue before so you’re welcome to go thru the archives and read what I wrote then. Today, I write nothing different.The question at hand was inspired by a recent article in the NY Times by gretchen reynolds: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/reasons-not-to-stretch/ In this one, she alludes to two newer studies showing sustained – and thatRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Exercise, physical activity, Stretching, tae kwon do, training

Fatigue: Not Quite a 3-Way Street1Jun 14

June 14, 2011 By Irv Rubenstein

On Knees, Shoulders, and Backs

I just returned from an Exercise Etc fitness conference in phoenix this past Sunday (6/12). As a presenter for ex etc for over 15 yrs, I’ve had the opportunity to observe and even participate in the evolution of the profession of personal fitness training. During the lecture on shoulders, I asked if anyone in theRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: movement of joints, overuse syndrome, training, workout loads

May 20, 2011

May 20, 2011 By Irv Rubenstein

The Pain and Pleasure of Exercise

An interesting article in the Times debated, or better still explicated, the contention many athletic and competitive people make when they say they love exercising through the pain. It concludes that pain, as some describe it, is not really pain as our nervous system might describe it: One Runner’s Suffering Is Another’s Inspiration Having trainedRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: anaorexia, Exercise, goals, pain, training

Fit Happens - Fall 2018May 01

May 1, 2011 By Irv Rubenstein

Mind/Body

Mind vs body, or mind & body…or mind BECAUSE of body? Those are the questions. Whether tis nobler to develop the brain whilst allowing the body to rot from the inside out; or to develop the body and let the brain evolve into a way station from hedonistic and/or athletic purposes; or to enable theRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: Exercise, low blood sugar, reduction in anxiety, training

Jan 08, 2011

January 8, 2011 By Irv Rubenstein

Barefoot and Pregnant….With Questions

So the debate continues: is running barefoot better for you than running in shoes? Here’s an easy to read scientific review of the many facets of this issue: http://www.lowerextremityreview.com/cover_story/the-truth-about-barefoot… In sum, it says that the sudden switch to barefoot running will most likely create a new, different set of orthopedic issues. By the same token,Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: barefoot running, cardio, Exercise, training

Alcohol and Exercise Consumption?Jan 06

January 6, 2011 By Irv Rubenstein

Alcohol and Exercise Consumption?

Here’s an article that stimulates absolutely no thought in my mind: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/05/does-exercising-make-you-drink-… The essence is that exercise seems to stimulate rather than blunt alcohol consumption. Humans present one layer of evidence; mice, which we assume do not have social circumstances centered on alcohol consumption, also seem to thrill on alcohol intake if they are exercisers.Read More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: alcohol, Exercise, fitness, lifestyle, training

Dec 25, 2010

December 25, 2010 By Irv Rubenstein

Workouts that Work

It’s christmas morning and all through my house, not a creature was stirring, except me. Hopefully the mouse that’s been meandering on the counter near my home-made bread – he/she never did get any but keeps leaving droppings as proof of intent – has died from the poison I planted there for him. My kidsRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: cycling, running, training, workouts

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