Less than 3% of American adults practice the 4 healthy lifestyle behaviours that protect from disease. The four habits are moderate exercise, proper nutrition, a recommended body fat percentage and not smoking. These four basic habits are critical to reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, many types of cancer and diabetes. The economic cost of not practicing these 4 habits? …
Exercise as Good as Medicine
Soon a cancer diagnosis may come with an exercise prescription. Intense, physical exercise improves the quality of life for men with advanced prostate cancer. Dr. Fred Saad, researcher at the University of Montreal, has shown that exercise has a DIRECT effect on cancer. That exercise is as effective as drugs, even in advanced stages of the disease. Dr. Saad says that …
Sweat is the Best Anti-Depressant
On Tuesday morning I went to an Active Living seminar to listen to Dr. Guy Faulkner, Canadian Research Chair in Applied Public Health, talk about exercise and depression. He compared the evidence for exercise vs. drugs as anti-depressants. His conclusion? Compared to anti-depressants, when exercise is used as a treatment for depression, it is as effective, less expensive, can be …
Exercise ≠ weight loss
Exercise does not equal weight loss. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard clients say they haven’t lost weight because they haven’t been doing their workouts. It doesn’t matter. Exercise does not equal weight loss. It is a very inefficient way to burn calories. We are so beautifully designed to store calories and save them for later, …
WTF
May 2004 I was away for the long weekend. A long standing tradition, for the last 20+ years, the May long weekend has been the start of summer training. For some in Canada the May 2-4 is the start of the summer drinking season (24 cans in a flat/case of beer) to each their own I guess. But, back to …
Grapefruits vs Tangerines
Did you know that if you hold three grapefruits in one hand and three tangerines in the other, the grapefruits are about the same size as 5 pounds of fat and the tangerines about the size of 5 pounds of muscle? Do you want another reason to go to the gym? Or get moving? Here are two. This week …
You Only Have To Exercise on Days That You Eat
Dr Joseph S. Alpert, M.D said “You only have to exercise on the days that you eat.” Exercise won’t help you lose weight, but without exercise you are not going to lose weight either. Confused? Well, the diet industry would like you to believe that the low carb, low fat, raw food, party girl, diet will save you. …
How To Lose Weight
How many times have you failed? I can’t count the number of times I have failed. If I started thinking about it too much I would go back to bed and maybe get up sometime next week. I believe that one of the reasons we don’t succeed is there is too much noise. Too much information, too many distractions, too …
Quick and Effective Fat Loss
Want to lose fat and gain muscle? You can do it. Quickly and effectively. That’s right. Quickly. Lose fat and gain muscle. Did I mention it’s hard? Really, really hard, but possible. Scientists at McMaster University have found that it is possible. It is possible lose fat quickly and gain muscle. Did I mention it is difficult? But, it is …
7 days of fitness
Start 2017 with 7 days of fitness. Starting on December 25th – 31st join me for 30 minutes of activity everyday. That is it. 30 minutes of any type of activity for 7 days in a row. Start the New Year, feeling better and in the habit of exercising. Walking, stretching, skating, swimming, skiing, anything as long as it adds …
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