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Man Up and Get Tested

Posted: 06/21/2011

Regular check-ups and age-appropriate screenings, beginning at age 20, can improve your health and extend your life. Learn how ...

Men’s Health Month: Prevention and Steps to Improve the Quality of Your Life

Posted: 06/14/2011

Men  die younger than women  from the *top causes of death. As a result, the average woman outlives the average man by more than five years. But it doesn’t have to be this way. More than half of these premature deaths are preventable, along with about  60 percent of chronic diseases, and most injuries and accidents. By taking charge of your own preventative care, you can protect your health.

The flab factor: Losing weight in your 40s and beyond

Posted: 06/06/2011

Muscle plays a role in burning calories. After age 30, muscle mass begins to decline slowly at the
rate of ...

Cryolipolysis: Icy Cold Procedure Freezes Away Fat

Posted: 05/18/2011

What the heck is Cryolipolysis? 

Circus Fitness

Posted: 02/02/2011

The latest craze in fitness may prepare you for a job with the circus. Hoop Dancing, created by Christabel Zamor, M.A. is touted as the “hottest form of fun fitness.” Can you really get a workout with a Hula Hoop? I suppose, but you’d have to get through the Mid-Eastern music and hoop-not-ic voice describing the hoop moves such as:SlinkyBooty Blitz SpunkRevolving...

Ninja: Chop Your way to a healthier diet

Posted: 01/27/2011

I have one word that will help you eat healthy, regularly and religiously: Ninja. I purchased my Ninja last week. Since then, I have prepared, on a daily basis, fresh fruit smoothies (for breakfast), meal replacement shakes (most important meal - after an intense training session), fresh vegetables (I am now eating three plus serving a day). Prior to the Ninja, I didn’t...

Most important meal of the day

Posted: 11/18/2010

Most important meal of the day: Breakfast Breakfast helps you sustain energy levels, stay focused, lose weight, build muscle and stay on the top of your game. So, if you are a bagel-eating, sugar-coated-cereal-crunching-breakfast-eater or a breakfast-skipper all together - listen up! After a six to eight hour fast, the average night sleep, the body needs quality nutrients. Protein:...

The flab factor: Losing weight in your 40s and beyond

Posted: 11/16/2010

Revving up your body’s metabolism is a major factor in the flab fighting years, 40 and above. Sadly, age works against you. Not only does your metabolism slow down with age, but life itself tends to conspire against you. Not all is lost or gained, depending on how you look at it. Losing weight is possible if you know how to boost you body’s calorie-burning power....

Did you know?

Posted: 11/16/2010

Fit Facts to Keep You Motivated On average, starting at age 25, the typical American gains 1 to 2 pounds per year.When diet is combined with exercise, close to 100 percent of the weight loss is in the form of fat, and lean tissue may increase. Loss of LBM is never good, because it weakens the organs and muscles and slows down the metabolism. Individuals who remain physically...

Holiday weight gain: fact or fiction?

Posted: 11/08/2010

Holiday weight gain: fact or fiction? Exaggerated claims state, on average, that people gain five pounds during the winter holidays.The truth: Studies show the average weight gain during the winter holidays is just one pound.That’s good news right? Wrong!According to a report by The New England Journal of Medicine, most people never lose the pound of weight put on during...