(W)hooping it Up II
As I mentioned back at the end of February, I bought a weighted hula hoop…to add to the collection of “toys” I use to break up the day (writing is a pretty sedentary activity). It arrived right before we took off to the Arnold, so – needless to state – I didn’t bother breaking it out of the box. Unfortunately, I didn’t bother breaking it out right after we got back, either. In fact, I...
A Taxing Issue
An editorial published yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine lays out the “Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages.” The piece, by Kelly Brownell, Ph.D. and Thomas Friedan, M.D., M.P.H. makes several salient points: Sugared beverages are marketed extensively to children and adolescents, and in the mid-1990s, children’s intake of sugared beverages surpassed that of milk. In the past decade, per...
Simple Questions Don’t Always Have Simple Answers
A case in point popped up on the “Bodybuilding Revealed” forum recently… “What is the best multivitamin?” That’s a pretty, simple question… but I’ll be damned if I know the answer. I’m not sure what “best” even means, when it comes to multivitamins. To be perfectly honest, there are very few objective standards for evaluating a multi. The few that come to my mind are:...
Men Get Eating Disorders Too
Which is the reason Sam Thomas developed a website on the topic…he knows, from personal experience. A man who spent years struggling with bulimia has set up a website for men with eating disorders because he says most of the help available is aimed at women. Sam Thomas, 23, developed the condition at school when he was bullied from the age of 13. He told Radio 5 Live that he’d always assumed it was a woman’s problem....
It Must Be Snowing in Hell Today!
I just read a surprisingly decent fitness article from Prevention this morning. No stereotypes, no hidden assumptions, no over-interpretation of research…just straight-up, useful information for your average “Jane” looking to shed a few pounds and optimize her workout time in the gym. Kudos to Liz Plosser, author of “6 Workout Mistakes that Slow Down Results“. Click the link and...
Who the Hell is Rick Gray???
Had an IM chat this morning w/Simon, the admin for the forums I mod, about Rick Gray. I hadn’t finished my coffee yet, and wasn’t quite awake…so when Si asked me if I’d ever heard of the guy, I momentarily confused him with the author of “Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.” A quick Google search revealed the error, however (the “Mars/Venus” author is JOHN Gray, not Rick), so my...
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