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Everyone at the Gym IS Looking at You…..
Growing up on Long Island I naturally had a few traits hard-coded into my DNA, one of the the most prevalent : Bagels rule the Morning! It’s rare that you travel more then a mile of local streets (yes, even across the Suffolk farm land) without seeing a sign shouting that bagels were baked for […]
Workout of the Week – Hot Kettle
Full Body Kettle Bell Circuit Coming at YA! 6 Exercises / 4 Rounds / 30 Mins What you need: Kettlebell (2) – Weights of choice The Motion(s): Circuit (4 rounds) Alternating Swings – 50 Reps Pushup/Clean/Squat/Snatch – 4 Reps Deadlift/Clean/Snatch- 4 Reps Turkish Get-Up Complex (Right) Turkish Get-Up Complex (Left) Jump/Squat/Halo – 4 Reps […]
Pain Meds Make You Care Less?
SD – Over-the-counter pain medicine such as Ibuprofen and acetaminophen may influence how people process information, experience hurt feelings, and react to emotionally evocative images, according to recent studies. Hold the Phone! Let me make sure I’m processing this information correctly, I just gotta remember if I took any Ibuprofen this morning….. Nope, I’m good. […]
Workout of the Week – Rise Upp
Minimal Equipment – Maximum Burn 7 Exercises / 4 Rounds / 30 Mins What you need: Bench 10-45 lb plates The Motion(s): Circuit (4 rounds) Open Hand Front Squat – 10 Reps Pistol Squat (Right)– 5 Reps Pistol Squat (Left) – 5 Reps Burpee/ Bench Push-Up /Jump- 10 Reps Lateral Bench Shuffle – 30 […]
Chile is Redefining the Food Advertising Game
NYT – The Chilean government, facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling rules aimed at transforming the eating habits of 18 million people. Nutrition experts say the measures are the world’s most ambitious attempt to remake a country’s food culture, […]
Is “The Neighborhood” Making you Fat?
NW– The theory that weight problems could be spread via social networks isn’t new. In 2007, researchers found that people were up to 57 percent more likely to become obese if a friend or family member did the same during a certain period of time. For this study, the team wanted to answer whether living in […]
Workout of the Week – LandMines!
Tread Carefully! When its all said and done this Circuit will leave you On The Ground! 7 Exercises / 4 Rounds / 30 Mins What you need: Barbell in T-Bar Platform 10-45 lb plates (Intervals of five or 10) Dip Bar The Motion(s): Circuit (4 rounds) Barbell Front Squat & Press – 10 Reps […]
All Greens Require a Collar
Dig into your Southern Roots and get a large chunk of your daily Micros with this veggie/vegan Collard Greens quickie. Prep time is minimal, have it stove-top in 10 minutes and you’ll be ready to eat in an hour. Prep First dice up Onions, Ginger and the 6 Cloves of Garlic. Chop up the 10 […]
Workout of the Week – Battle Away
This one’s a little different, we have a 5 minute Starter, A Circuit, then a 5 minute Finisher…Dilly Dilly! 7 Exercises / 4 Rounds / 30-40 Mins What you need: Battle Ropes Bosu Ball Ab Roller The Motion(s): Starter Alternating Waves – 5 minutes Circuit (4 rounds) Alternating Waves Squat – 10 […]
It’s Hard Work – To Work Hard
Its Hard Work to Work Hard Thinks about this statement for a little, let it light up your brain as you try to decipher the code, its inner meaning. To me this sentence can also be presented the following way : “Working Hard is Hard Work”. Working hard has always been an outspoken pillar to […]
Would you be Friends with your Identical Clone?
NYT – Researchers in China reported on Wednesday that they have created two cloned monkeys, the first time that primates have been cloned with the technique that produced Dolly the sheep more than 20 years ago. The long-tailed macaques, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, were made from fetal cells grown in a petri dish. […]
Should you take Your Vitamins this Morning?
PS – From Gwyneth Paltrow to Alex Jones of Info Wars, it seems like everyone is promising that vitamins— and their creepy alter ego, supplements—can soothe what ails us. Supplements are now a multi-billion-dollar industry that many say will continue to grow. But we’re not getting any healthier. Last year, U.S. life expectancy declined for […]