Isn’t it ironic that two of the world’s biggest health concerns and societal problems are obesity and hunger? It is estimated that over one billion people on our planet are undernourished. In contrast, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), well over one billion are also overweight. Over 300 million of those are listed as obese. That means nearly one third [...]
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The New Year always brings a fresh focus on life and allows us to start from a clean slate. Since my birthday is in January it is not only a new calendar year but also marks the beginning of another year of my journey through this life. I turned 50 this year and gave pause [...]
Thanksgiving has come and gone. I have a lot to be thankful for and was grateful to be able to spend time with family in North Carolina. Like most everyone else, as the New Year approaches I reflect on the past year and establish goals for the coming year. As I enjoy the feast my Mom has [...]
The Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demands (SAID) principle, also known as the law of specificity, states that our bodies will adapt specifically to the stresses we regularly place on them. With this basic principle of training we know that in order to improve a certain component of physical fitness, we must train specifically for that [...]
The death of three ‘bigger than life’ celebrities this week made many of us pause and think of our own mortality. Each of us have 168 hours in a week. How well do you use yours? If we are fortunate enough to live to be 100, how much living have we actually accomplished? If we have balanced [...]
Last month as I was reflecting on our 7th anniversary and our original charter members, I began thinking about what it is that allows some of us to stick with our exercise programs and others of us to stumble. Your intention was sincere. You decided to get in shape and nothing was going to stop [...]
