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Strength training is a very important part of your overall health and fitness repertoire. Strength exercises help you in building strength and muscle, burning fat and improving your overall fitness. Exercise movements that build upon and provide a foundation for everyday life activities are going to be the best ones for your fitness. Let’s take […]

The last thing an athlete wants is an injury. Unfortunately, they are a risk that athletes take when playing sports. One common area of injury is the shoulder, which is especially frustrating for overhead athletes such as baseball players or quarterbacks in football. After an injury occurs, the most important thing is to do the […]

Last week we discussed fad diets, such as the grapefruit diet, the HCG diet, and the raw diet. Fad diets promise more than they deliver – most are ineffective and some are downright dangerous. We’ve also talked about fad weight loss pills and supplements, what they claim and how they follow through on those claims. […]

For the past couple of weeks, we’ve been looking at “miracle” weight loss methods, beginning with the latest diet pills on the market. This week we’re looking at fad diets. I’m sure the majority of you have either heard about or tried personally some latest diet that will miraculously melt the pounds off. I know […]

Anyone who watches football, and even many people who don’t, know who Tom Brady is.1For those of you who aren’t familiar with him, he has been the face of the New England Patriots football franchise since the early 2000’s and has continued to dominate the competition as he enters his 19th season at 40 years […]

Losing weight, feeling in shape and healthy, is important to most of us, even to the extent of believing in miraculous weight loss methods – weird diets, pills, shakes, etc. It’s easy to be misled and often being misled in weight loss can lead to dangerous results. If you lose weight too quickly, it’s probably […]

In last week’s blog we looked at substances that are claimed to assist in weight loss. One of those substances was Caralluma fimbriata (C. fimbriata), a cactus extract used for appetite suppression. Let’s take a deeper look at this extract. What is C. fimbriata? 1C. fimbriata is an edible succulent cacti (family Asclepiadaceae) commonly found […]

Most people who run tend to classify themselves as either long distance trainers or short distance trainers for their running habits. Long distance running is fairly self-explanatory and involves running for longer periods of time and usually for at least 1 mile. Short distance running involves sprinting and generally stays under 1 mile. Below, we’ll talk […]

While scrolling through my Facebook feed I came upon a video featuring Dr. Kim Lee, a fairly well-known weight loss doctor in California. The video was actually very interesting – although ultimately the video was to sell her weight loss supplement Bio x4, the first part of the video gave some very good advice on […]

When most people think of working out and fitness, they picture gyms, weights, and workouts that involve physical exertion. However, one type of exercise that is often overlooked is meditation. Although meditation is not a workout for the body, it is a workout for the mind, and can often be beneficial when paired with traditional […]