Muscle & Performance Magazine: Saved By The Bell
April 5, 2011 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition, News and Events
The kettlebell is highlighted in April’s 2011 issue of Muscle & Performance Magazine. Chris Logan writes about the benefits of kettlebell training. These days, “old school” training is all the rage. Gym rats everywhere are getting back to basics — back to their training roots — by spending less time on machines and more time throwing [...]
Thomas Jane Featured In Men’s Fitness Magazine- KB’s and TRX
May 19, 2010 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition
Thomas Jane Does ‘Men’s Fitness’ Magazine Thomas Jane, the sexy star of the HBO series Hung (one of my fave shows, set in my beloved Detroit, MI) is featured on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Men’s Fitness magazine. In his coverstory interview, Jane talks about a great many things [...]
Iron Man! Packed on 20lbs of Lean Muscle
May 7, 2010 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition, News and Events
Robert Downey Jr. Gained 20 Pounds of Muscle for Iron Man 2 US Magazine.com: Wednesday – May 05, 2010 – 4:44pm Robert Downey Jr. packed on 20 pounds of muscle to reprise his role in Iron Man 2. “When we did Iron Man 1, we had five months before the shoot to get ready, so [...]
Kettlebells: The King Of Cardio & Fat Burning
January 28, 2010 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition, Kettlebell Tips
New ACE Study Proves Kettlebells King of Cardio, Fat Burning Scientists at University of Wisconsin are stunned by research: Kettlebell calorie burn is off the charts. Pavel Tsatsouline and Dragon Door Publications introduced kettlebells to America in 2001 with their landmark Russian Kettlebell Challenge programs. Their claims that the kettlebell delivers superior fat loss to [...]
Seek Support
January 12, 2010 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition
Don’t try and do it all alone. Get some support if you can. Hire a trainer, train with a partner (who’s as committed and focused as you are),take classes or join an online support community. Also, let your friends and family members know what you want to do and achieve. Get their support too.
There is no finish line!
January 12, 2010 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition
The BIGGEST mistake people make when looking to transform their body and achieve their health and fitness goals is to see it as a race or a task with a finish line. Although setting deadlines and engaging in a 12 week body transformation challenge is a good idea, don’t see those deadlines as the end [...]
Eat Better, Not Less
January 12, 2010 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition
The New Year Diet, will you try it? I sure hope not. Diets are temporary in nature and therefore even if you do get some results from dieting, those results will vanish when the diet does. You must follow the lifestyle approach. It’s not about completely eliminating certain foods from your diet. It’s not about [...]
Forget New Year Resolutions
January 12, 2010 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition
They rarely work. You need to find a permanent solution and that always means a lifestyle approach. Last year did you say to yourself ……New Year, New Body? Then you tried a diet an exercise and failed to achieve a lean physique? Leave your New Year resolutions out of the picture this year and take [...]
Saliva Unlocks Cancer Clues
August 12, 2009 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition
Saliva tests may soon be able to detect whether you have cancer. Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Centers at Huston studied the saliva of women with and without ductal carcinoma in situ (a form of breast cancer), and found important chemical differences. The results bolster a growing body of research that suggests saliva [...]
Thanks, joe.
July 8, 2009 by christine
Filed under Health and Nutrition
Downing more java may decrease your risk of diabetes. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports. Compared with subjects who drank none, people who drank four or more cups of coffee a day had 30% lower risk of developing the disease. Credit coffee’s minerals, antioxidants, and phytonutrients: They may play the role in glucose metabolism.


