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HIIT: quality not quantity?

Posted in Exercise on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

An interesting post by Matt Metzgar on variations of Sprint 8, the high-intensity interval training program. It’s a short post, so go read the whole thing. But here’s Matt’s takeaway: [The researchers] are saying that traditional sprinting programs may be overkill in a way, and that you could deplete glycogen just as well by doing [...]

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Sitting too much?

Posted in Exercise on January 29, 2012 | 4 Comments »

As someone who works on a computer most of the day (and spends a good deal of non-work time on one too), it’d be great news if this Lifehacker post is correct. You can help counteract too much sitting by: Getting regular breaks during sedentary activity Getting about 30 minutes of activity a day Re [...]

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Water walking

Posted in Exercise on June 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I recently added water walking to my exercise routine because 1) I was hoping to give my weight loss a bit of a boost, and 2) I’m still recovering from a meniscus tear a while back, so have been finding it difficult to do the walking I’d like. What’s cool about water walking (or aqua [...]

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Why BBS?

Posted in Exercise on June 10, 2011 | 16 Comments »

Diana Hsieh (of Paleo Rodeo fame) recently shared why she’s switching from CrossFit to SuperSlow. As she says, her reasons are her own, but now that I have three months of Body by Science under my belt, most of them resonate with me, particularly: short workouts, once a week low injury risk workouts you feel, [...]

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A health paradox?

Posted in Exercise, Health & wellness on May 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »

So, I’m back from a crazy busy three weeks, getting caught up on things. Tonight, I’m intrigued by this post from Keith Norris, Chasing Performance…at the Expense of Health: The gist of the idea is … that health and performance track quite nicely up to a certain point (point A), at which time further increases [...]

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Doug McGuff: Exercise, insulin sensitivity & fructose

Posted in Exercise on March 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Not sure where I saw the pointer to this video, but just finished my first pass and plan to re-watch. In it, Doug McGuff (of Body by Science fame) is speaking to young men at The 21 Convention. His two main points: don’t overtrain eat like Mark Sisson (who was also a speaker at the [...]

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Fructose, exercise, and health

Posted in Exercise, Health & wellness on March 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Today’s study is not so annoying (the abstract is pretty brief and lacking any specifics about any actual research) but still interesting. Researchers at the University of Colorado are looking into the effect of higher fructose consumption on athletes. Money quote (emphasis mine): Although additional research is required to clarify the possible health-related implications of [...]

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Doug McGruff on the Biggest Loser

Posted in Exercise, Weight loss on February 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Doug McGruff (ER doc & Body by Science guru) has an interesting take on the Biggest Loser approach to weight loss: [Bob and Jillian's] contempt for the obese was obvious as they spewed insults (and saliva) in the faces of the contestants. I don’t care how fat or desperate I was, if someone did this [...]

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Let’s move?

Posted in Exercise, Obesity, Policy on February 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Well, you have to say one thing about Michelle Obama’s recent announcement of the Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity: it’s gotten a lot of people talking. Let’s Move!: has an ambitious but important goal: to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation. Let’s Move! will give parents the support they need, [...]

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