December 20, 2010 – 10:07 pm
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October 12, 2010 – 5:36 am
Being fit is easy. Living a healthy life is easy. Having a 6 pack, curves, and lines in all the right places is easy. WAIT! Before you grab your pitchforks and torches, I want to be clear I do not intend to belittle the challenges faced by those currently lacking fitness. On the contrary, it’s [...]
If you’re looking to lose weight by burning fat (and let’s be honest, who isn’t) then you need to be doing HIIT cardio. HIIT stands for Hi-Intensity Interval Training – this means short bursts of high intensity activity (1 minute, 30 second, even 10 seconds) followed by a short active rest period. Long, slow, boring [...]
January 25, 2010 – 3:58 pm
Reprinted with permission from Franson Family Chiropractic.
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2010 January 17
by fransonfamilychiropractic
It never ceases to amaze me that the common belief still exists in our culture that women should not lift heavy things. For some reason, men and women are treated like two totally different species when it comes to exercise. Of course we do have our differences (anyone who’s been in a relationship will assure you of that!), but our requirements for health as a species remain one and the same. Men and women do have different physical capacities and abilities, but we are all homo sapiens with the same essential necessities. I see magazines that tout the stick figure bodies of starving women or fitness magazines that tell you to spend hours on the treadmill with ankle weights on- but I never see anything out there that tells women that it’s HEALTHY and NORMAL to be strong. In my opinion, that’s insulting to women and just plain wrong.
Most people believe they have to do “cardio” to be healthy. This is true, but most people 1) don’t understand what cardio training really is, 2) are unaware of all the potential benefits, and 3) are going their cardio training in a counterproductive and often harmful way. Fitness authorities, the popular media and the sickness [...]
