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Workout of the Week – In Laws

Corporate Wellness – Nothing But A House of Cards
Just a few months ago I received an email regarding an exciting new wellness initiative coming Jan 1, 2018. My company is on the preventative health bandwagon and charging full speed ahead. Hey, I’m always down for a little health in the workplace so I was pleasantly interested in what this program was all about. And […]

Workout of The Week – Daily Medicine
Grab your Medicine Ball so you can pass on the Daily Medicine Later 8 Exercises / 4 Rounds / 32 Mins What you need: Medicine Ball – Weights of choice Kettlebell – Weights of choice Bosu Ball (optional) Interval Timer The Motion(s): Circuit (45 Seconds of Work / 15 Seconds of Rest) 180° Rotational […]

Everyone at the Gym IS Looking at You…..

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

Kids Acting Up? – Blame the Air
PS -“It’s very well known that air pollution can affect respiratory function or health. But it’s not as well known that it can also affect the brain,” says Younan. Over the past decade, scientists started to note mounting evidence that suggests inhaling polluted air is toxic to the brain. That is slowly being linked to […]

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!

Are you a Weekend Warrior???
I think its fair to say that the majority of young-working Americans fall into the “Weekend Warrior” category. Typically in Bed at 10:30pm Monday through Thursday and then Friday 4pm hits… All routine, structure and daily habits are put on pause and random acts of weekend vibes ensue. Not a bad thing at all. Well, […]

All Greens Require a Collar

It’s Just Five Pounds…Huh
NYT – An ambitious new study published this month in Cell Systems, however, promises to shed some new light, enumerating for the first time the thousands of changes in genes and various biological systems that may occur after even a small amount of weight gain, and which may — or may not — be reversed […]