72 Year Old Bodybuilder And Vegetarian

No need to interject my thoughts or be overly verbose (and I’ve been accused of that more than once).  This is very impressive though – on a lot of different levels. 72 Year Old Bodybuilder And Vegetarian (Youtube embed is disabled for this video)

Jack Lalanne Dies

Jack Lalanne, perhaps the most prominent health and fitness pioneer of our time, died yesterday at the age of 96 from complications related to pneumonia.  For the health-impaired, Jack Lalanne spent the last 50 plus years preaching the gospel on exercising and consuming healthy foods.  His numerous feats of seemingly superhuman strength and endurance have made him a [...]

3 Critical Reasons To Get Out Your Seat And Move Something

For those of you that have office jobs or jobs where you sit down for most of your day, it is imperative that you break your day up by moving around.  The constant drumbeat of data supporting the dangers of being sedentary start at work since so much time is spent there.  Add to that [...]

NYC Firefighter Hit By Bus, Completes Triathlon

Matthew Long, a New York firefighter, was riding his bike early one morning in 2005 when a bus made an illegal turn and hit him.  Well, “hit” is an understatement since he was literally run over and dragged under the bus.  He damaged his pelvis and leg to the extent where he needed titanium screws [...]

Centenarian Athlete: You’re Never Too Old To Exercise…Or Break A World Record!

Excuses for not exercising are like noses…everybody has one.  Well, not Ruth Frith.  This sprightly, great grandmother from Brisbane, Australia broke a shot put world record at the World Masters Games, which took place in Sydney, Australia recently.  According to the site, the primary difference between the World Masters Games and the Olympic Games is [...]

Science Fact or Fiction: Muscles In A Pill?

These days, convenience is becoming synonymous with “living the good life.”  Motorized scooters, meal replacement supplements, elevators, escalators, even moving walkways all contribute to making things “easier” for us.  But, at what cost?  “Diseases of affluence,” as it’s known, refers to the epidemic of obesity and auto-immune diseases that plague industrialized, Western culture.  While there [...]

Exercise Your Way to A Better Memory

A recent CNN.com article espouses the well-known link between exercise and maintaining cognitive function.  Other ways to boost your brain that are cited in the piece include multitasking, brain games, puzzles, and DHA (commonly found in fish oil).  That being said, a neuroscientist in the article says that exercise is “two to three times as [...]

Why Resistance Training Is Critical For Long Term Fat Loss

As a wellness enthusiast and personal trainer, I’ve been to many different gyms in various cities and I always see the same thing – multitudes of people, mp3 players hooked to their ears, drenched in sweat on every type of cardio machine imaginable.  These exercise machines are fine for improving a myriad of preventable diseases [...]

Cure Workplace Fatigue With Exercise

Is being chronically fatigued a recurring theme when you wake up in the morning, after lunch, on the way home from work or any time in between?  Caffiene-based solutions like soda or a cup of joe are poplular, convenient, and inexpensive (unless it comes from Starbucks).  However, recent studies suggest that the most effective way to [...]

Fitness 101

The Basics Exercising is probably the least favorite of all the “wellness pillars” for many people to address.  Not only does it require a decent amount of physical exertion (depending on your goals), it also means that you have to carve out some time in your busy schedule to do it – time a lot [...]