Where do you get your workouts? Better yet, where does your trainer get your workouts? There are plenty of sources for them out there…walk down any magazine aisle in a supermarket and you will be confronted with cover after cover of men’s and lady’s fitness, and even general interest, magazines that tout the benefits of their latest workouts for your glutes, abs, and arms. Online there are plenty of sites that you can read about and download workouts from. Continue reading
Many gyms advertise a free fitness assessment, or a free consultation. Most people see this as a thinly veiled sales pitch. And for many places, it is. Many gyms use this as a chance to get a new sales associate in-front of a vulnerable public, so they can use tried and true sales techniques to get a signature on a 24 month contract. Continue reading
Processed food – a phrase we encounter often in the media, usually accompanied by warnings or dangers. Do you know what processed food really is? Or why you should be worried about it, or if you should be worried at all? Let’s take a closer look… Continue reading
Belly fat typically comes in two different varieties – subcutaneous and visceral. Subcutaneous fat is the fat under your skin. This fat is distributed all over your body, and isn’t normally dangerous unless excessive quantities are present. Visceral fat surrounds the organs within the abdominal cavity. This fat in normal amounts cushions the organs and serves a protective role. High amounts of this fat have been linked to high cholesterol, high insulin, high triglycerides, high blood pressure and other problems. High amounts of belly fat are not only aesthetically bad, but especially unhealthy as well. Continue reading
One of the most common supplements in the United States is a simple multivitamin. Marketed to everyone from schoolchildren as Flintstones Chewables, to senior citizens as Centrum Silver, the multivitamin has successfully entered the American household as the most common and accepted form of nutritional supplementation. Most all of us know that we are supposed to take one a day, but do we know why? Continue reading
If you have been reading these newsletters for long enough, you have probably heard me mention the energy balance equation. More specifically: Energy in + energy out = net change. To simplify and explain: Think of the body as a big savings account. You make deposits (meals, snacks, etc) and you make withdrawals (daily activity, exercise, recreation, etc). If your goal is weight loss, you need to make more withdrawals than deposits. The idea that you must eat less to lose weight is a sound one. Portion control is emphasized by nearly all dieticians and nutritional counselors, even franchised weight loss centers like Weight Watchers. The one thing that is often left out of the lesson is the concept of quality vs. quantity. Continue reading
We began last month with a brief introduction of the National Wellness Institute’s 6 Dimensions of wellness. Today we start with Physical Wellness. Continue reading
We often talk about health, fitness, wellness, and the like…but what does any of it really mean? What is the difference? What should we be concerned about; what impacts us? Continue reading
We recently asked our members for their success stories, for many reasons. First and foremost, I wanted to hear about the successes. It is always great to hear people talk about the ways that they have changed their lives for the better. Secondly, I was interested in hearing HOW the success occurred. I wanted to know just what these people have done to accomplish such great things. Continue reading
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