The advent of microtechnologies has opened up avenues of function, commerce and study that make the old cordless phone an anachronism from the previous century. Whereas making a phone call once tethered you to the …
REAL News May 2017
May 2017 Beware All-Year-‘Round One-Sport Play for Kids It’s baseball season again. The boys of summer are donning those funny looking pants with swagger and swing. And yet, unlike in the old days, many …
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 …
Teleprompt Your Telomeres By Moving
There are many factors that contribute to the overweight/obesity (OO) crises we in the West, especially in the US, are experiencing. I won’t try to list them all but it’s worth noting that by OO crises …
Are Sprints or HIIT The Way to Go?
Since Tabata and friends introduced the exercise modality everyone now calls Tabatas back in the late 90s, the fitness world has acted as if a brand new world has been revealed. And, to their credit, …
Real News September 2016
September 2016 Injury Prevention Through Proprioception Toss around multi-syllabic words and people think you’re smart. Toss around a small ball while standing on one leg and holding a conversation and people think, well, I’m not …
How Much Exercise Is Needed for a Long Life
A recent article on-line declares that researchers are homing in on what it called “the perfect amount of exercise for a longer life”. As you might imagine, reading beyond the headline could be grounds for, …
how much is too much, or too little
Exercise prescription has changed over the 30 plus years since I first studied it in grad school. This latest article, from research presented at the ACSM annual meeting, highlights a return to sanity: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/moderation-as-the-sweet-spot-fo…That’s not …
Cardio Intensity, Calorie Burning, and You
There is enough data and now enough publicity out there to make you think you should don your old cleats and hit the track hard to get in shape, burn calories, and reduce belly fat. …