Not to sound like a Grinch during the Holidays, but, fitness articles have a bad habit. Every individual study that comes out gets turned into a fitness tip. In reality, scientific concepts are based on the overall picture that emerges after many studies over many years have been conducted and
We have two philosophies about food that stand opposed to each other. One is the enjoyment of food as both a source of individual pleasure and deep cultural significance, the other is of food as a fuel that drives our physical prowess. This is a great opportunity to stop and
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
I was watching the trailer for the new film “Everest” and something caught my ear. In it, a voice proclaims “Human beings simply aren’t built to function at the crusing altitude of a 747. Our bodies will literally be dying.” Hearing this quote got me thinking again about the question
This is part 4 of Fitness and Sustainability. Over the last few segments (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) we have seen how growth drives our way of life in the developed world. In the last segment we saw the way in which that plays out with the nutrition industry.