Should Pregnant Women Exercise?

Hmm… that’s a toughy. Let’s get this straight off the  bat- this is not, under any uncertain terms, meant to be taken as medical advise; just my point of view on the topic.   Further, I’m addressing the state of mind of how we approach fitness during pregnancy and not implying that a woman with […]

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Recover With High Protein Pasta?

This, unfortunately, was the title of an article on active.com recently. While some of the facts stated early on in the piece, such as the good old stand-by of “carbohydrates are the preferred energy source in the body” and “athletes training competitively on successive days need to consume a diet of 60 – 70 % […]

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Getting Paid to Work Out

“Never miss another workout. Commit to exercise. Check-in at the gym, track outdoor workouts via RunKeeper, or workout at work or home with GymPact Anywhere .Earn cash for meeting your goal, paid for by non-exercisers!” What’s this, then? Ah, a new APP which was created by two recent Harvard grads, which is based on the premise that […]

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So Weight Watchers Isn’t Paying Their Employees…

And it’s not because they don’t have the money to do so.  According to an article in last Sunday’s Times, WW ‘lavishes millions of dollars on celebrities to promote its weight loss program’. Well, that’s not surprising.  Big name celebrities always get large endorsements for lending their likeness to advertising campaigns for major brands while […]

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