Need more fitness gifts? A few weeks ago the new penny auction site, Deal Dash, came into my view. I was intrigued by their guarantees, where if you lose an auction you can buy the item for its regular price and get all the bids you used in that auction back to use towards another…
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National Health Care
What’s wrong with National Health Care? I am born and raised in the United States, and grew up believing that American medicine and health care were the best in the world – the gold standard. And if I had not lived outside of the US I might still believe that. Having left and then returned,…
Sports Supplement Stops Seniors From Falling
How interesting! The Washington Post reported today on a study published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. The dietary supplement beta-alanine (BA) — widely used by athletes and body builders — improves muscle endurance in the elderly….” In a study conducted by Jeffrey Stout of the University of Oklahoma, “Stout and…
Phone Coaching Assists Weight Loss
In a new study published in the November/December issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion, researchers at Brigham Young University, headed by Dr. Larry Tucker, found that phone coaching has a an extremely positive effect on weight loss. In a 17 week study that contrasted men and women who were given 11 sessions of…
Obesity Ain’t Cheap
The next time you think that eating well must cost more than eating junk food, look at the statistics – obesity is more expensive, on both a personal and a societal basis. Eating better and losing weight can save you almost $4000 a year as well as add years to your life expectancy. That should…
25% Off TRX® Plus FREE Shipping and Bonus Gift
This weekend get 25% off plus Free Shipping at TRX® Training – Save at least $25 I love doing suspension training with my TRX® at home. It works even in my studio apartment! You may have done some TRX Training with me at Parrot Cay or in NYC, or you may have experienced my Vertical…
Jack LaLanne, Fitness Pioneer, Dies At 96
Image via Wikipedia I can remember the exercise icons of my childhood – Jack LaLanne (who was already in his late 50s when I started watching him), Lilias Folan who introduced me to Yoga with Lilias, Yoga, and You, and Jane Fonda. So when I saw the headline, Jack LaLanne Dies At 96, I was…
IDEA’s 2008 Personal Training Programs & Equipment Survey
The results are in for this year’s IDEA Personal Training Programs & Equipment Survey. The upshot, “Trends within the survey show us that even with the consistency of one-on-one training, new formats such as group training sessions and functional resistance training are gaining popularity. As personal trainers become bombarded with the differing needs of clientele,…
Obesity Epidemic in UK
Chef Jamie Oliver is working against obesity in the UK. He recently addressed the British Parliament on the future horrors of an out of shape nutritionally unsound population. Says Oliver, “‘The obesity problem is an epidemic, it’s a massive problem. If we don’t deal with it in the next 10 years, it’s going to be…
Artificial Resveratrol for Weight Loss
Science is doing it again. We are all well aware of the positive health effects of resveratrol, one of the active ingredients that make red wine so good for us (and am I glad about that!), but have you heard of SRT1720? SRT172 is a man made version of resveratrol that may allow you eat…
