Once again we return to the warm glow of the campfire flames and to the generally useless portion of the show called, “Jeff asks the Tribal Council tribe questions that mean nothing but since there’s less than 10 minutes left in the show I’ll watch anyway to see who gets booted.” Read more…
Got an old mercury fever thermometer in the medicine cabinet? The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) says please replace it right away with one of the new digital types, and dispose of the old one properly.
Mercury, a silvery metal that is liquid at normal temperatures, is one of the most dangerous pollutants known, especially if it gets into a stream where it can build up in the bodies of fish. Read more…
I exercised three times a week for at least 20 minutes and my body is in better shape than ever. I now want to stay this healthy.
I can now run three miles, without stopping and finish in the top two-thirds of any race at the end of my freshman year. Read more…
We know that incentive game programming appeals to the extrinsic side of motivation, but what is it exactly? Incentive game programming involves taking a popular game, sports event or other commonly known event and relating it to fitness — “Fitness Clue,” “Fitness Football,” or the ever popular “Travel Across America.” In these programs, members must work out on specified pieces of equipment, or for specified amounts of time or mileage during the length of the program. Read more…
People with a high Body Mass Index (BMI), an indicator of body fatness, suffer from asthma at higher rates than people who are not overweight, according to a study appearing in the July 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
The year 2011 was a year of few highs, few lows and overall, wasa continuation of the story of 2001. On a macro level, the basic industry trends followed on the same path. There were more fitness facility members, but this increase was at a lesser rate than previous years. The number of commercial health clubs keeps growing, with an additional 700 to 800 each year. Average health club attendance also keeps rising. Read more…
Because no scientific formula exists that accurately maps out the appropriate combination, frequency and prescribed duration of different activities for cross training, designing a cross-training program is both an art and a science. Read more…
Right about now, people are thinking about bathing suits and how it is time to shed that winter weight gain and get in shape for the warm season ahead.
Ideally, of course, you have been keeping in shape all year long. You do not use bad weather as an excuse to eat more and exercise less. Read more…
Team Spanked decides that it’s best to make themselves feel better now than it is to survive for the next 20 days. They say that since it was their chicken, they should cook it now so that they can all enjoy it together. Not one of them said, “Umm… you know, if I’m voted out, I’m going to be eating pretty dang good. So, unless you guys are starving – and until those idiots stop pretending like those Special Forces guys didn’t teach them anything – I say save the chicken until it becomes a dire need.” Read more…
Footage of a Naturopath
That Saturday afternoon, I phoned Minarik and made a next-day appointment for a 45-minute “treatment” at the “SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY FEE” of $15. Minarik’s office, apparently an apartment, was on the first floor of a seven-story apartment building in Rego Park, Queens (a borough of New York City). Read more…