Will gorging over Thanksgiving weekend cause you to gain fat?
It is not a stretch to assume the majority of people who participated in this year’s Thanksgiving dining experience ate more than average during their idle conversations among various distant family members and close friends. Regardless if any of those…
New guidelines will instantly diagnose an additional 31 million Americans with high blood pressure
Due to changes in blood pressure criteria made by the American Heart Association (AHA), millions of Americans “…will need to change their lifestyles or take medicines to treat…” their newly diagnosed condition, according to an article in the The New York…
Recurrent concussions are down in high school sports
I played competitive youth football, and other sports, up through high school varsity. Many people have. It is one of the highlights of high school to be able to play under the lights of a roaring crowd and blaring pep…
CrossFit workouts for home or traveling
Written by Robert Connolly While traveling this week, I decided to try a no-weight CrossFit workout I read in Muscle & Fitness. There are a few to choose from in the article and I randomly selected a workout shared by Tia-Clair…
Spicy foods, salt, and my salsa recipe
Good news for spicy food lovers. It my help you to reduce your salt intake according to an article from Live Science. In many American diets, any reduction in sodium is most likely beneficial. Packaged and many processed foods tend…
Poor diet has gone global
“Diet is the second highest risk factor for early death after smoking,” stated recently in an article by The Guardian, based on a worldwide, comprehensive study conducted by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. One…
Don’t quit that workout!
Most people never intend to quit short of achieving their goal or objective, but sometimes certain factors may appear or thoughts of doubt emerge spontaneously in your conscience. These various factors or thoughts may eventually compile and build up enough…
Recovery after a workout is important
So, you’ve already made it over the first hump and are now exercising regularly. This may be a good time to begin thinking about maximizing your recovery. Before you tune me out and think recovery methods only benefit extreme lifters…
Can you measure happiness and find purpose in life?
Finding and measuring happiness has been an ongoing search and discussion topic for the majority of human existence. Many philosophers, poets, authors, and scientists have shared profound theories and provided various, meaningful insights. However, this subject will forever continue to…
Change up your workout
It is inevitable. There are stretches in our life when we lose motivation to workout or hit a plateau, merely just going through the process and showing no signs of improvement to reach our goal. In a previous post about…
Is youth football participation really declining?
There has been a lot of talk about the NFL the past few years that go beyond the classic debate of which team will hold up the next Vince Lombardi Trophy and weekly fantasy football jabs. The NFL has seen…
What is the best type of exercise for fat loss?
Yesterday, I wrote about my personal experience to gain weight. Today, let us focus on what many people around the world are struggling to do…LOSE weight? Diet is obviously a key factor in the daunting task of weight loss, but…
