I have plenty of food this week, so I wanted to talk about something that is important for all of us to remember. As we age, we know that our bodies change. Things break down. Some things more quickly than others. Osteoporosis is one of those things that creeps up on us. When it's identified, [...]
When you see people over 40, what do you notice? One of the things you might see is the expanding midsection. If you are over 40, you may have seen the belly fat slowly creep up. Even if you exercise and eat right. I hear many people say that it's inevitable. It's too hard to [...]
"You need to do better. Mind your own business." - Joey Swoll In the age of social media, it seems as though there are influencers everywhere posting their workout regimens in the gym. The gym has become a show for everyone to see. I've worked out in many gyms, including in the last six months, [...]
I know a lot of people write this part of the year off, give up, go into hibernation, and say to themselves next year will be their year. -Arnold Schwartzenegger - The Pump Club Newsletter There is nothing magical about January 1st. -Arnold Schwartzenegger - The Pump Club Newsletter I was reading the Pump Club [...]
Over the past few months, I had been increasing tired. I couldn't pinpoint why. I was spending most of my Sundays napping throughout the day. That's unlike me. I'm a pretty energetic person and never needed naps before. I knew it wasn't overtraining because my running times were good and I wasn't feeling like I [...]
We've been travelling a bit over the past several days, so no recipe this week. I thought it might be good to talk about recovery. This topic came about because of becoming ill after I was working towards increasing my running speed. I knew that week I was becoming ill because my run that Monday [...]
I have way too much food right now, so I'm skipping the recipe this week. I thought about topic for this week's post, and I remembered living through perimenopause and how it affected my workouts and keeping my weight in check. It was definitely a wild ride and very challenging indeed. What is perimenopause? According to Johns [...]
https://twitter.com/BioLayne/status/1735324423371047214 Tweet from Dr. Layne Norton on motivation This week I wanted to address the study that Dr. Layne Norton mentioned in the tweet above. Now, most people don't read scientific studies and only take the information distilled (often incorrectly) by the media. The reason I wanted to do this is because many people think the reason [...]
I have enough food for an army from Thanksgiving, so I'm doing a little deep dive on the term "lifestyle change". This idea stemmed from an MSN article "Lifestyle Changes" are Often Diet Culture in Disguise. It gave me something to think about because diet culture is everywhere, even when we are trying to get [...]
Do you have experts you would recommend? Leave it in the comments below! Since many of you may set new goals in the new year for health and fitness, I wanted to talk about health and exercise gurus that you may find online. Anyone these days can call themselves anything they want without much consequence. [...]
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