Fitness & Health

Eat the Chocolate, Drink the Wine
Our bodies are not meant to be in a state of guilt - we are naturally designed to seek pleasure and avoid pain. In our efforts to diet and deny ourselves things that bring us pleasure, we create more harm than good. Maybe the chocolate is what you're missing.
Mon, Jun 07 2010, 2:28 pm | 0 comments


Author of Your Own Health
The choices you make today are setting the stage for your later years. Do you like the ending of the story you are writing?
Wed, Apr 28 2010, 8:16 am | 2 comments

Do Perfect Pushup handles work as promised?
Is it another marketing ploy or are the Perfect Pushup handles really as great as they claim? Not to brag, but I can do pushups, even though I think they are extremely hard and I feel like I am about to die. I purchased a pair of the Perfect Pushups and put them to my personal test. They did indeed seem to take strain off my wrist joints that I sometimes feel with floor pushups. My range of motion was also much better when using this device. I felt like my core was more intensely engaged as well. Overall the pushups were harder for me when using the Perfect Pushups. Oh goodie …
Tue, Mar 02 2010, 1:08 pm | 6 comments


Stress less and remain sane during the holidays
If this is, as the song says, "the most wonderful time of the year," why do so many people look so miserable at the mall and the grocery store and the Christmas tree lot? Finding enough money for gifts, making time for shopping and events, and wanting to re-create childhood Christmases are among the most often cited stressors, research shows. And women, especially, say they have a tendency to deal with the strain by drinking and eating a little more, and sleeping a lot less.
Thu, Dec 17 2009, 2:00 am | 3 comments

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Fat is Not the Enemy
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Hidden Obesity
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The Skinny on Caloric Intake
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Mon, Apr 06 2009, 12:11 pm | 0 comments

Your Health During a Tough Economy
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Mon, Mar 16 2009, 8:56 am | 0 comments

Core/Strength Training For Runners
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Tue, Mar 03 2009, 9:14 am | 0 comments

Keep Your Motivation
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Wed, Feb 18 2009, 9:17 am | 0 comments

Boost Your Metabolism!
Who watched Biggest Loser last week? The son on the brown team had been working so hard, but struggling with losing weight for a few weeks. When their trainer Bob looked closely at what he was eating he realized that he was simply not eating enough. An easy mistake made among individuals trying to lose weight.
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