You see it everywhere in daily life “Earn $4, 000 per day working at home.” “Retire within 1 year, learn how!” “Regrow your hair in one month” “Turn your life around in 6 easy steps” and all of the like. Sadly, it is perhaps most prevalent in the fitness & health industry.
There are, at any given point in time, a multitude of companies that guarantee unrealistic results in an unrealistic time frame. Over time, the majority of these diet plans are exposed for being marketing schemes rather than legitimate diet plans. The cold hard truth of the matter is that you cannot achieve results without the proper process. If you want to “get ripped and have that sexy beach body” it will require something different for each individual. The common factor is lowering your body fat percentage and many
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Touching on one of the most popular topics among fitness enthusiasts, our reader question this month wonders what sort of weight training he should be doing.
“Hey guys, my name is Greg Hennessey and I need some help. I’ve been working out for a few years now and find that at times I make some good progress then at other times workouts just don’t seem to do it for me. I change frequently enough and diet pretty well but I just spend so much time going sideways or slightly back instead of moving forward. I would say that I’m close to having a really nice body. I’m 33 and very active. One of the things I’ve noticed is that machine work gives me a very different feel from free weights. I hear a lot of guys in the gym bashing machines and cables because they don’t provide balance training for your muscles and
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An excerpt from “Living Low Carb: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long Term Weight Loss”
by Jonny Bowden
The following is an excerpt from “Living Low Carb: Controlled Carbohydrate Eating for Long Term Weight Loss” (Revised and expanded edition, 2010) by Jonny Bowden, PhD, CNS
References and footnotes can be found in the original.
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MYTH #5: High-Protein Diets Cause Damage to the Kidneys
You will often hear from ill-informed sources that a high-protein diet damages the kidneys. Not so. Consider the following: everyone knows about step classes and aerobics. They are great calorie burners, get the blood and oxygen flowing, are good conditioners of the cardiovascular system, and, with certain variations, can
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The most recent, cutting edge science in the field of sports medicine suggests that the position of our jaw is directly related to our physical performance.
Recently, we had the opportunity to visit with a Canadian group led by Dr. Makkar of Nova Scotia, Canada that researched the impact setting our jaw in an optimal position could produce and had this to say
The process of properly aligning the jaw position is based on the principles of Neuro-muscular Dentistry, which indicate that a “good” bite is achieved when the muscles of the face, jaw and neck are allowed to be at their most efficient state, which is a restful state. What we have observed, and demonstrate time and again, is an immediate improvement in posture, range of motion, flexibility, balance, and strength. Our users have reported to us increased
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