What does it take to make you shake it up, to alter your lifestyle in a direction you and your loved ones know has to be done….or else? This rhetorical question is always on the mind …
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When Food Diversity Isn’t the Answer
There are nearly as many diets for weight loss in the media and at the country club, let alone at the gym, as there are people needing to lose weight. Likewise, there are nearly as …
Running Shoe Issues: Are Motion-Control Shoes Necessary?
I do not feign to be a running shoe specialist. Even when I was a runner – and not a high-level one at that- I did not study commercial shoes although I did study some …
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How Much Exercise Do We REALLY Need?
It is not unusual for a new personal fitness training client to ask, sincerely and with some trepidation, “How often should I come in to train?” The other side of this question, actually just one …
Five Senior Inspirational Leaders to Help You Go the Extra Mile
Welcome to STEPS Fitness’s first ever guest contributor on this blog. Sally Phillips, a freelance writer, has offered to share her writings with me to share the personal stories that motivate and inspire others. I …
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What’s the Best Workout for Boomers? Any Workout is Best
A NYT article last week posited the power of interval training to alter the mitochondrial genes in the elderly – aaargh, those over 64; that is, MY age – versus in younger exercisers. With an …
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Yo-Yo Dieting Isn’t All Bad If….
A recent article in the WaPo sent shivers down the spines of many dieters as it used valid, peer-reviewed research to back up its headline that yo-yo diets are counterproductive. But it only told part …
Aquatics and Arthritis Don’t Mix
I thought that headline would get you. The story behind it, though, is quite encouraging. A Finish study followed several women with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee for 16 months – a long term study …
Obesity and Heart Disease: Fraternal but Not Identical Twins
The weight-related health crises that developed and now lesser-developed nations are facing cannot be ignored but also cannot be solved readily. Despite the available science – of nutrition and of activity – does not impact …
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The Science and Fad of Stretching
What’s the common theme in these pictures? No, guys, it’s not that they are all women stretching. Jeez. It’s that they are all stretching exercises. And they are variations of ones many exercisers do before …