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Within the past year Ive made a very important and rewarding change to my routine: the 5 am wake-up, started with 30 minutes of reading. For me, theres no better way to start a day than with a good book.
Books can bring clarity to our lives. They can spark our imaginations, and motivate us. They give us tools to become better, more successful people in all areas of life.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are probably familiar with one of the most popular home fitness programs on DVD: P90X. This program is quite literally a phenomenon in the fitness industry. You can browse around YouTube and watch video after video of people’s amazing physical transformations.
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May 6, 2011 — Despite repeated calls over the years by public health officials for people to increase exercise and physical activity, Americans are walking and cycling only a little more now than they were a decade ago, a new study shows.
The average American made 17 more “walk trips” in 2009 than in 2001, covering just 9 more miles per year, the study says.
But that compares with only two more bike trips — and a total of five more annual miles of cycling, according to the research team from Rutgers University, Virginia Tech, and the University of Sydney.
They researchers say improvements in infrastructure, such as creation of sidewalks and bike paths, are needed, and that these changes should be made along with establishing educational programs that stress the importance of a more active lifestyle.
The researchers compared findings from the National Household Travel Surveys for 2001 and 2009.
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July 19, 2011 (Paris) — One in three retired NFL football players appear to have mild cognitive impairment (MCI), researchers report.
“Cognitive impairment seems to be more prevalent in retired American football players than in the general population that age, where you do not see rates anywhere approaching 35%,” says study head Christopher Randolph, PhD, clinical professor of neurology at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago.
The findings are preliminary.
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Hey everyone!
I hope you’re all doing great!
When I sit down with a prospective client for the first time, I warn them that I’m going to ask some pretty invasive questions, most importantly about why they’re here and what they want to accomplish.
I do this because after being in this industry for years I know that the number one reason why people give up on their fitness or weight loss goals doesn’t have to do with injuring themselves…nope!
Instead, more often than not it’s the mental side of exercising and eating right that most people have trouble with.