No Karen, this is not the year you will get healthy and lose weight.

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 [...]

What’s best when it comes to low carb diets?

One of the reasons I address scientific studies that come out is because the media does a terrible job reporting on them. They oversimplify the results. Doing that leads to confusion. One study comes out that says coffee is detrimental for people with certain conditions. The media says, "COFFEE IS BAD!!!". Then another study comes [...]

Some thoughts on motivation

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 [...]

Lifestyle Change, what does it really mean?

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 [...]

Beware the false prophet – Health and exercise gurus

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. [...]