Forming New Diet Habits

I saw a meme recently that said “Don’t Blame The Holidays, You Were Fat In August” on it. This got me thinking about overall habits versus special days. My thoughts took me two places. The first is that we definitely should not feel like special occasions such as birthdays, holidays,

The Floor Press

The floor press has two main advantages. The first is that it is pretty user friendly for the shoulder. Thanks to the floor, your elbow cannot travel lower than your back. As long as you are maintaining the proper retraction, this will prevent the front of your shoulder from being

Stigma and the Obesity Paradox

I had the opportunity this last month to speak at a fitness conference on program design and to deliver a webinar on training clients with diabetes. I was searching for ways to supplement the relatively straightforward content with some other, perhaps lesser known aspects, and found a couple of points

The Beauty of Nuance

I used to think that the world had to be perfectly clear. Every question needed to have one answer, every dilemma one solution, every scientific problem one fundamental explanation. I’ll admit, I still think it would be nice, but I have also come to recognize something else – there is