Just asking … Do You Stretch Your Hips?
If you sit for any length of time at all, the inner muscles of your sacral area in and around your hips will shorten and tighten. But why do we care? This can lead to back pain, knee pain, hip pain, and hamstring strains. So my question is, do...
Just asking … Which Aspect of Overall Wellbeing is Most Important To You?
“Being well” involves so many factors that it can seem overwhelming to keep up with. Even with all those factors at play, some are more important to us than others. Maybe for you it’s mindfulness to head off stress. Maybe managing weight is top of mind, or getting your...
With Exercise, Start Where You Are
If you have fallen out of your activity schedule over the past couple of months, it is time to reset your routine; if you think about exercise in the following way, it will be easier to start and sustain. For any exercise you do, there is some amount you...
Changing how we think about exercise
Heading to Raleigh to speak for a client (Red Hat, who are awesome). The topic is exercise and movement, but I’m not going to go full-on Jillian Michaels on them – because that exemplifies the core of what is wrong with our culture of health with regard to activity....
Ladies: Exercise Can Reverse Bad Behavior … Even Lying
Everyone knows that regular physical activity — even walking — is good for your brain, and can turn back the clock on your abilities. A study this week included 2,809 women over the age of 65. They also had a history of heart disease or stroke, or at least...
Radio Show: Prevent Winter Injuries, Love Found in Brain Scans
For those of you who missed the show this Saturday, here is the link.http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-139/TS-442680.mp3 I talked with “the PhD of running shoes”, Kevin Smith about avoiding injuries in winter weather. We learned about brain scans that revealed whether love stays through old age. We also talked about the most...
You know that belly fat you can’t shed? Here’s a study showing how to beat that bulge back.
Need to open up a can of “Love Handles-B-Gone”? Well, a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that becoming active at a young age, and then keeping it up, can indeed thwart your mid-life love handles!! Here’s what they did in this study Back in the...
Worried about diabetes? You’ve GOT to read this research showing WHEN you should exercise in the morning
Great research. Listen to this. (please share this with anyone who wonders why, oh why, can’t they lose weight!!) A study published in the Journal of Physiology (you can read the study here) shows why it’s important to exercise in the morning. Not just in the morning … but before...
Can chess check-mate Alzheimer’s?
It’s not about CHESS itself. Don’t get me wrong, I like chess. I am, admittedly, awful at it, but I like it anyway. Pathetic, really. Kind of strange to like something that you’re totally terrible at … like watching a dancer who is the only one on planet Earth who enjoys...
Don’t buy “learning tapes”. Buy a bike.
You’re going to laugh. Get ready … when I was a kid, I actually rode a unicycle from my house to the school, through Junior High School. (please pass this article to parents, and whiny kids who would rather sit than move) I know, I know, it confirms every sneaking suspicion...
Should you eat protein before exercise, or after?
The answer is … after. That said, it wasn’t clear from this article (read it for yourself, below) why it was better to take a protein shake after exercise. (please share this with the exercise nut in your family!!) For example, the study has a number of limitations. Besides...
Childhood Obesity: Who’s to blame
I have had two major conversations in two days on childhood obesity. (Please forward this article to anyone who knows anyone who cares about childhood obesity) Bottom line: A child is not fat because of decisions they made … a child is fat because of decisions they were allowed...