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Slightly heavy teens increase their risk of heart disease later…
Posted by: | CommentsI have been following Dr. Pam Popper, a naturopath from Columbus, Ohio, and was moved to write this post about a study she brought to my attention, that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Here it is.
Overweight teenagers, even those on the high side of normal, are at increased risk of developing heart disease in adulthood, even if they outgrow their weight problems, according to a recent study. There’s a full article here.
For every 1 point increase in BMI, increases the risk of heart disease by 12%. Even those kids slightly overweight are at risk, which means that slightly overweight youth compound the overweight problem instead of obese children alone.
27,674 healthy young men were followed in order to determine the incidence of heart disease and diabetes Read More→
Does this motivate you?
Posted by: | CommentsI know what motivates me and how I can motivate my clients to work harder and push themselves beyond their expectations. I ran across this video from “The Biggest Loser” TV reality show and wanted to share it with you to get your opinion.
Does this form of motivation work for you? Maybe it does.
Do you think it has a place in a trainer’s repertoire?
Is this how you imagine personal trainers to be?
I know what I think, but I want to hear from you. Take a look and post your comments.
The Anti-Sitting Workout
Posted by: | CommentsI just finished a 40-minute intense interval workout that I can already feel in it my rear end! You see, with Christmas break and my need to sit and study, plan, work at my desk, sit and gab with family for the holidays and lay around to get over a virus, which is pretty much gone, I’ve been doing, well, a lot of sitting.
I'm tired of acting like a fat cat. Gotta get up and move!
I’m really tired of sitting. Know what I mean? I have to move a lot, which makes me somewhat “ADD” when I have to sit at my desk for more than 1.5 hours.
So, let me tell what I did so that it might inspire you to burn off the holiday calories and sedentary tendencies. If you’re sitting extra and eating more, then you need to fit in more exercise to burn off the collecting flubber. 
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Are you acting like an elephant?
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I’ve been listening to an excellent book on CD by Jack Canfield (of Chicken Soup for the Soul fame) where he describes his fundamental principles for success. One thing he mentioned really struck me today as I notice this with people in my life and myself. He made the analogy of acting like a baby circus elephant. Read More→
If you choose not to control your health now, then eventually it will control you…
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Now is the time to get grounded in your fitness. It’s time to stop procrastinating and get serious about your well-being and that of your family. One in two men and one in three women will develop cancer in his or her lifetime. Heart disease and cancer are still the biggest killers, claiming one life every Read More→
