It’s Hard To Know If Exercise Will Help You Lose Weight. It Also Doesn’t Matter
If you change nothing about your diet but add exercise to your routine, will you lose weight? If you’re up to date on your fitness reading you might lean towards no, since there has been much reporting about the fact that exercise is a poor tool for weight loss. If...
You Don’t Have To Eat Healthy During The Holidays
The holidays area a difficult time for healthy eating. As we make our way through them there will be plenty of articles with tips and tricks on navigating the minefield of rich foods and drinks. This is not one of them. It’s Not As Much As You Think Above all, know...
I Want Mister Rogers For My Personal Trainer
There’s a buzz in the neighborhood and it’s about Mister Rogers. Between last year’s documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor, this year’s movie A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood, and the hours of interviews available on YouTube there is plenty of this man to soak in....
In Defense Of Body Fat
There’s a general equation in popular culture which says that the less body fat you have, the healthier and fitter you are. This is simply not always true. However, because it squares with a cultural desire that bodies be lean in order to be sexy, it has become the...
The Game Changers Is A Tour Of How Not To Do Science
“Steaks for breakfast, steaks for lunch, steaks for brunch—grass fed, massaged beef, all day long.” Conor McGregor was reveling in his meat eating persona. As the Game Changers tells us, he was hyping up a stereotype about manly men eating meat because he was about to...
How Exercising For Stress Management Might Seriously Stress You Out
Physical activity can help reduce stress and boost feelings of well-being. However, that general wisdom isn’t necessarily a straightforward equation. There are times when exercise’s therapeutic benefits can turn into a potential witch’s brew of problems. Exercise And...