Get Up-Get Out-Get Moving!

How much of your day is spent sitting? Do you honestly think that our ancestors developed their bodies by parking it for 4, 5 – even 8+ – hours a day?

Our bodies did NOT evolve through the centuries so that we could sit for most of our waking lives.

We’re designed to walk. All day. Every [...]

Put That Twinkie Down!

I found an interesting article the other day in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association. The article laments the fact that despite a whole lot of evidence showing how being out of shape is killing us, most people are not changing their habits.

I suspect that one of the reasons that this is so [...]

How To Get In Shape Fast: Part 2

Part 2: The Exercise Half of the Equation

Read Part 1: Eating is More Important!

Exercise is the second most important part of weight loss. Once again, we have to understand how our bodies work and aim for efficiency.

First off, there is no such thing as spot reduction. If there was, we’d all have massively chiseled faces from [...]

How To Get In Shape Fast: Part 1

Muscle, muscle, muscle. And stop eating too much junk.

I know, tell me something I don’t know, right?

You’ve got to burn more calories than you eat. Again, simple, nothing new… but it’s something we lose sight of with all the fad diets and grueling exercise programs asaulting us at every turn.

Put things into perspective. From a [...]