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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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Okay, there’s a whole lot of confusion about dieting and exercise out there – and I doubt that this little article will change much, but I’m hoping it will clear up at least a little of the confusion. It’s not all that complicated, really! If you burn more calories than you eat, you will lose weight [...] WMMA BootCamp Kettlebells Kettlebells are one of the latest exercise trends, but they have actually been in use in Russia since the early 1700s where they were used as counterweights in the marketplace. As purely exercise equipment, they’ve been in use since at least the late 1800s and the current resurgence of these “cannonballs with [...] Many people want to “get in shape” so that they look better. Maybe they have a wedding to go to or even a summer pool party and they want to look their best. Others exercise for “more energy”, intending to power up every aspect of their lives. Still others have sports specific goals, hoping to [...] What are they and why should you avoid them? Any diet that tells you that you must eliminate entire food groups or macronutrients should be suspect. There are diets that tell you that fruit is bad, that carbs are bad, that fat is bad. Don’t believe them. Even McDonald’s worst can be acceptable if you’re willing to [...] You’ve been told to eat more fruits and vegetables. You know you need them for the vitamins, the fiber, the phytonutrients that only plants have. But… simply adding more servings of the same vegetable or fruit doesn’t cut it. An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but a bushel of them isn’t going to [...] At our self-defense seminar last week, we mentioned that the “bad guys” are a lot like wolves looking for the most defenseless sheep. They’re not going to go after the strongest, they’re going to target the weakest. Quite often, fat kids are fat (in part) due to a lack of exercise. They are big, but speed, [...] |
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