Category: Exercise
Health Habits Workout -Week 36/Day 2 – The Deadpool Workouts
It’s Week 4 – Day 2 of this nasty Deadpool Workout enjoy. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed up. Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the way [...]
Dalton McGuinty & his Children’s Activity Tax Credit
Since July 1st, fitness-loving Ontarians have had to swallow an 8% increase in their gym memberships, workout gear, protein shakes, swimming lessons, etc……thanks to the HST. Also since July 1st, industry groups like the Fitness Industry Council of Canada along with some municipal governments have been pressuring the Ontario government to introduce a “non-refundable provincial [...]
Health Habits Workout -Week 36/Day 1 – The Deadpool Workouts
Alright people…get ready to sweat. It’s the fourth and absolute final week of this Deadpool Workout. Next week is a recovery week and then on to something new. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get [...]
Henry Rollins v.s. McDonalds
A lesson in nutrition from an unlikely source - Mr. Henry Rollins enjoy .
Health Habits Workout – Week 35/Day 3 – The Deadpool Workouts
. Week 3 – Day 3…last workout of the week . Get ready to sweat…this one is a real Mother-Trucker. . WORKOUT WARM-UP . Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. . Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed [...]
Is Exercise the Ultimate Antioxidant?
According to the latest research, strength training is one of your best defenses against oxidative stress. In fact, after a mere 6 weeks of of workouts, test subjects saw significant improvement in two key markers of oxidative stress And when you consider that oxidative stress is directly responsible for atherosclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, heart failure, myocardial infarction, Alzheimer’s disease, fragile X [...]
Building Muscles 101
Today’s article is for the ectomorphs in the audience. Specifically, it’s for the ectomorphs who want to look a little less like Michael Cera and a little more like 1970s bodybuilding legend Frank Zane….or maybe somewhere in between. And I’m here to tell you that it can be done. It isn’t going to be easy…but [...]
Health Habits Workout -Week 35/Day 2 – The Deadpool Workouts
It’s Week 3 – Day 2 of this nasty Deadpool Workout enjoy. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed up. Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the way [...]
Is Obesity a Side Effect of PAIN?
According to Dr. Peggy Mason (chair of Neurobiology – U of Chicago), eating is a natural form of pain relief. During the course of her research, Dr. Mason found that rats will not react to moderate amounts of pain while they are eating or even if they are being given a squirt of water directly [...]
Grapefruit and Weight Loss: New Research
Way back in the olden days (the 1970s), housewives around the United States tried to burn off body fat by following some version of the Grapefruit Diet. (also known as the Hollywood Diet & the Mayo Clinic Diet) Dismissed as a fad, the theory behind the Grapefruit Diet was that if you ate half a grapefruit [...]
Health Habits Workout -Week 35/Day 1 – The Deadpool Workouts
Alright people…get ready to sweat. It’s the third and final week of this Deadpool Workout. So – push yourself a little harder than last week. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all [...]
Caffeine Gum Supercharges Your Workout
Want to get more out of your workouts? Caffeine Gum may be the answer. According to this study, chewing caffeinated gum during an interval sprint workout (4 sets of 5 sprints x 30 seconds per sprint) resulted in…. a 5.4% improvement in performance (mean power output), increased testosterone production, reduced cortisol production and reduced levels [...]
Health Habits Workout – Week 34/Day 3 – The Deadpool Workouts
. Week 2 – Day 3…last workout of the week . Get ready to sweat…this one is a real Mother-Trucker. . WORKOUT WARM-UP . Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. . Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed [...]
Belly Fat = Type 2 Diabetes = Too Much Carbs
Most days, I enjoy sifting through the latest research into weight loss, health, fitness, etc… But not today. Today I read a study that dooms Mr. Balloon Belly here to a lifetime of popping diet pills and undergoing gastric bypass surgery. The Research In this study, researchers used an MRI machine to determine each participant’s [...]
Health Habits Workout -Week 34/Day 2 – The Deadpool Workouts
It’s Week 2 – Day 2 of this nasty Deadpool Workout enjoy. WORKOUT WARM-UP Same warm-up as always…with the goal being to warm up the muscles & lubricate the joints. Feel free to substitute exercises as long as they get your joints all warmed up. Circles – Starting with the ankles and moving all the way up [...]
