by Andrew Schaeffer | Aug 26, 2018 | Nutrition
I just returned from vacation in Japan. While I was there, something about breakfast caught my attention: breakfast does not look appreciably different than lunch or dinner. That’s a little diet trick that could be useful for weight control. No Big Difference Between...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Jul 31, 2018 | Fitness
One of the main ways that forward lunges differ from other lunge variations is the fact that the forward lunge requires a great deal of power. Walking and reverse lunges, in contrast, are usually more about strength. The Main Difference Between The Forward Lunge,...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Jul 25, 2018 | Fitness, Social Good
All major news outlets have a health and wellness section. That’s because Americans, who in general have a weakness for the self-help genre, love to read about all things fitness. But keeping those pages filled, day after day, presents something of a problem, which...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Jul 21, 2018 | Fitness
“I gradually came to realize that I was old enough to die…” This is the contrarian theme that Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Natural Causes revolves around. This personal insight is the foundation for the ultimate point of the book which is this: as far as health...
by Andrew Schaeffer | Jun 30, 2018 | Fitness
Have you ever witnessed an arm wrestling match between two opponents of similar strength? If you have then you have seen them, eyes bulging and veins popping, locked in place at the top. In such a case both wrestlers are exerting force but noone’s arm is moving. That...