WARNING: This post is an anger-fueled rant. Should you want actual information, please check back on Monday when Kelsey has calmed down. A certain women’s magazine, that shall remain nameless, found it’s way into SAPT… I saw the cover… and EXPLODED! I’ll admit, I see this crap every time I’m in the check-out line, but [...]
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While enjoying some quiet time, an advertisement blared over my classical music station: “No time for exercise? Tony Horton’s 10 Minute Training makes blasting fat and building muscle easier than ever!” The 10 Minute Trainer DVDs employ: -”Super Stacking Technique” to combine cardio and strength training (uh, you mean like super-setting and circuit training?) -Resistance [...]
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OOOOKKK! One last diet from me, promise. Weight Watchers: What they say- * Promise weight loss while being able to eat whatever you want. They provide guidance through their PointsPlus system. This puts a value on food based on protein, carb, fat and fiber content. The idea is that if you have an 11 point [...]
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We’re starting a new series dissecting popular diets. First up: Paleolithic Diet, aka Paleo. Grab some coffee, this is a heavy one! click to enlarge This graphically explains what Paleos (at least the original diet) eat. Grains, legumes, dairy, starches (such as potatoes), refined sugar and franken or artificial foods are not allowed. There are [...]
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The NY Times posted an interesting article this week about consuming snacks during training. There is some solid research that shows the advantages of fueling during training (Fueling athletes: fact versus fiction on feeding athletes for peak performance.), but these studies are generally citing elite athletes – not your average moderate exerciser (which most of [...]
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Fooducate posted an interesting piece earlier this week about school lunches. It seems although positive strides are being made, there are still some exceptionally “loose” regulations (pizza counting as a vegetable serving). Diving into the reason and law behind the subsidies that exist is extremely complex and something that, while I find fascinating, is well [...]
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Confession. I loath, abhor, detest and utterly despise “cardio.” You know what I mean, the long, steady-state plod jog, or boring 45 minute-long loping session on the elliptical. Because it’s “good for you” to do aerobic training, gotta train that heart right?… *Disclaimer: I know there are benefits of running and some people truly enjoy [...]
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Recently, some research and literature have surfaced about how and why it is so hard to lose weight and keep it off. The research I’m referring to was done by Rupert Leibel at Columbia University. In a nutshell, he carefully controlled subjects weight-loss or -gain via liquid only diets to then observe what the effect [...]
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