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Supersize vs Superskinny

fitness guy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:56:28 +0000

I sometimes think I should be kept away from TV. A few weeks back I saw a bit of a show called Suppersize vs Superskinny and the name itself intrigued me enough to click and watch for a few minutes. I did not really get it but a couple of nights ago I saw that [...]

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Supersize vs Superskinny

How to Avoid Metabolic Slowdown

fitness guy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:28:59 +0000

Tom Venuto just sent me this info as part of a Q and A on how to avoid a metabolic slowdown. As you probably know, if you diet to hard or do not exercise while dieting your metabolism will slow down and make it much more difficult to lose weight. Here is Tom from Burn the [...]

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How to Avoid Metabolic Slowdown

Folic Acid Will Reduce Asthma Risk

fitness guy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:36:43 +0000

I remember when my wife was pregnant both times we were told by the doctor that she should increase her intake, actually supplement, with Folic Acid. Well there is a study from Australia that seem to show the link between Folic Acid and a reduction in Asthma issues in kids. But taken later in pregnancy folic [...]

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Folic Acid Will Reduce Asthma Risk

Beware of Fake H1N1 Products

fitness guy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:13:20 +0000

We have all heard about Tamiflu being a good product to take within a couple of days of getting symptoms of a flu including the H1N1 flu but as you ca nimagine there are many products out there claiming to be cures for the flu that have never been tested. There is a real hysteria out [...]

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Beware of Fake H1N1 Products

Weight Training Impact on Breast Cancer Survivors

fitness guy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:32:50 +0000

Surviving breast cancer is a very difficult in the first place for any woman but the self esteem issues of a masectomy are something that many women find hard to overcome. A study was just released that seems to shed some light on the idea that by taking the steps to improve a persons body [...]

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Weight Training Impact on Breast Cancer Survivors

Example of a Great Company Fitness Center

fitness guy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:26:23 +0000

Many workplaces are taking exercise and health more seriously. There is a couple of great reasons for this. First, a healthy employee is going to be sick less and will be more productive. secondly, it is great to have a work gym so that you can help to get and keep employees with a feature [...]

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Example of a Great Company Fitness Center

Biggest Loser Goes to Washington

fitness guy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:49:04 +0000

Last nights episode of Biggest Loser was a lot of fun as Allison,Bob Harper, Jillian Michaels, and all the remaining contestants went to Washington DC on a working vacation. The Biggest Loser camera crew must have really enjoyed this trip I was thinking because they tried their best to get great video of all the landmarks [...]

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Biggest Loser Goes to Washington

Fitness ebooks for subscribers

fitness guy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:46:04 +0000

I always think that it is important to be in control of your fitness and one of the ways that I have done that is by offering my free 30 day email fitness program. After the 30 days I tend to send out stuff that I get and think people would like to enjoy and [...]

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Fitness ebooks for subscribers

Fat Loss Confusion

fitness guy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:09:57 +0000

I ran across this article by the creator of the Fat Burning Furnace (sorry I have not done a review of the program yet) Anyway Rob is talking here about something that we see a lot of in the fat loss industry and that is confusion about what to do, especially when we see people [...]

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Fat Loss Confusion

Don’t Touch That Chocolate

fitness guy — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:25:08 +0000

That is what my wife is saying this morning. Last night Halloween was a smash hit with the weather cooperating and lots of people dressing up their houses for all the ghoulish behavior that makes us all remember what it is like to be a kid and excited about free candy just for saying “Trick [...]

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Don’t Touch That Chocolate

Mercury in Vaccines

fitness guy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:02:12 +0000

I keep hearing about the mercury in vaccines and how this may be a health issue or not. At one point people with autistic kids were blaming the mercury in the vaccines for causing autism as well as other health issues but now I believe that this same group is now targeting the vast number [...]

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Mercury in Vaccines

Kids, Asthma, and H1N1

fitness guy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:15:39 +0000

My daughter got diagnosed with Asthma last week and it got me thinking about all of the times that she has had colds and been sick over the years. Of course the asthma was an even bigger deal right now with H1N1 hitting the headlines and 5 hour plus lineups here in Calgary Canada for [...]

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Kids, Asthma, and H1N1

Losing It with Jillian Michaels

fitness guy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:06:33 +0000

We have all watched Jillian for years on the Biggest Loser and now it seems we will be seeing her on TV even more. Jillian has a new show that will be on in the fall called Losing It with Jillian Michaels. The show is expected to start sometime next Spring and will not just [...]

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Losing It with Jillian Michaels

Cytokine Storm

fitness guy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:39:25 +0000

This is a new term for me today but apparently I missed the memo that had to do with a cytokine storm and the flu. Actually the cytokine storm has more to do with health and seemingly healthy people dying of illnesses that their immune system should be able to fight but it is being [...]

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Cytokine Storm

How to gain weight fast

billyboy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:51:29 +0000

I have been asked before how to gain weight fast. Most people that are weight lifting at one time or another, usually in the winter, try to bulk up and gain a lot of muscle for the summer, of course there is the diet down afterwards but we can deal with that later. How to gain [...]

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How to gain weight fast

Why Weightlifting is Tops for Health Benefits

fitness guy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:54:30 +0000

While some individuals are strictly interested in obtaining muscle for aesthetics, for most people, this isn’t an interest. Instead, you’re more interested in knowing what health benefits weight lifting will have for you… Far too many people overlook the many health and fitness benefits that weight training has to offer, and because of this, experience problems [...]

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Why Weightlifting is Tops for Health Benefits

How to Avoid Overtraining

fitness guy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:46:20 +0000

Almost anyone that’s picked up a set of weights has or will experience symptoms of over-training at one point in there muscle building program. Over-training can lead to serious injury, chronic fatigue, and even muscle loss. Over-training is very common amongst athletes and particularly bodybuilders, since they figure that training as much as possible is the [...]

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How to Avoid Overtraining

Hard short workouts are best

billyboy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:35:51 +0000

I found a couple of posts around the internet that spoke of a study at McMaster University that showed that hard exercise for a shorter period of time is better than a long workout at a lower level of intensity. I found the article at the Journal of Physiology but you really need to be [...]

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Hard short workouts are best

Living Healthier on the Road

fitness guy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:51:34 +0000

Over the last week I have been living in an airport in Toronto and a hotel that is connected to an airport and working really long days. This situation is a very dangerous one for your health as it seems to take a lot of control out of your hands as far as healthy lifestyle [...]

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Living Healthier on the Road

How Fat Can A Model Be?

fitness guy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:33:19 +0000

Filippa Hamilton is a famous 5-foot-10, 120-pound French model who you would recognize from all the pictures you have seen on the covers of fashion magazines. Filippa at 120 pounds has now been fired for being too fat. Ralph Lauren, who she modeled for had a pic of Filippa Hamilton altered a Japanese print ad by [...]

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How Fat Can A Model Be?