Get more out of your cardio workouts and do it in less time! Are you one of those people who faithfully do long, steady cardio workouts? I see people at the gym running, cycling, stepping, etc, while reading a magazine, or plugged in to TV or iPod and usually with a bored, joyless expression. If [...]
Some advertising on our behalf said “Sit-ups remain one of the best methods of reshaping the abdomen. . . ” This is NOT true and we DO NOT ever do sit ups. Sit ups will eventually cause damage to most people and, other than making the rectus abdominis thicker (a thicker waist?), they have no [...]
“Man does not simply exist, but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.” -Viktor Frankl It is often said that a goal not written is only a wish. When I can get personal training clients to write their goals and chart their progress they make better progress and they [...]
As I counsel with people and their eating habits one of the most surprising things I have learned is that most people are not getting enough protein. Especially people who are very active and/or are trying to lose weight. Let me see if I can convince you to step it up. CONVINCER #1 Protein has a [...]
A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two at a time – stairs or pills. – Joan Welsh When was the last time you climbed a tree? Got down on the floor and crawled on you hands and knees? Skipped? Ran across the grass – just for fun? Balanced on one foot? Climber [...]
“Successful people form the habit of doing what failures don’t like to do. They like the results they get by doing what they don’t necessarily enjoy.” Earl Nightingale Life is just a series of habits. The trick is to form the right ones. Here is some good news and some bad news on habits. Good [...]
“Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.” -Rosalind Russell Bulletin: A person can be beautiful (handsome) and NOT be thin and thin is NOT necessarily beautiful. This is not a “Big Is Beautiful” endorsement because that isn’t true either. I’d love it if nobody had an extra pound, but beauty is much more complicated that weight or [...]
One of the keys to weight loss and over all fitness is to eat, eat, eat! Being hungry is bad, bad, bad! Now having said that, we must remember to do it right. That means we eat 5 – 6 times a day, small meals always including some protein and fat. ( see http://www.fitmaniaboise.com/eat-to-lose-weight.html ) The problem most [...]
When you first start making changes in your diet and drop those unhealthy foods you might be left wondering what to eat instead. I frequently have boot campers or clients ask me what I eat. I usually joke that like a wild animal I live on nuts and berries. I eat a lot of those [...]
I started being interested in fitness in the early eighties and for most of the years since then I believed everyone should workout an hour a day. Ten years ago I did a few 12 week sessions of Body for Life and learned that four hours a week could be at least as effective. Last spring [...]
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5 FOOD LIES
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How Tall Will A Tree Grow?
The Riddle Is: How tall will a tree grow? The answer: As...