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Top 10 Exercise Mistakes: Number 2

Posted Mar 4th, 2010 and has No Comments »

This is the next in a series of 10 articles based on the American Council on Exercise’s (ACE) article titled “Top 10 Mistakes People Make in the Gym.”  Check the “Related Posts” links at the end of this article or use the “Search This Site” box at the top to find the other articles in this series.
Mistake Number 2:  Unbalanced …



Top 10 Exercise Mistakes: Number 1

Posted Mar 2nd, 2010 and has No Comments »

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) posted an article on their site called “Top 10 Mistakes People Make in the Gym.”  I wanted to turn that list into a series of articles providing more information on each mistake.  Here is the first of a series of 10 posts on “Exercise Mistakes.”
Mistake Number 1:  The All or Nothing Approach
Most of us …



The Purpose of Dogs

Posted Mar 2nd, 2010 and has No Comments »

A friend of mine sent me one of those office emails that have been forwarded so many times, you have to scroll all the way down to the bottom to find the original message.  At first I thought it was another of those joke emails that he thinks are so funny.  But this one was different.
This one was about the …



Review of the USDA “Food Atlas”

Posted Feb 26th, 2010 and has No Comments »

The US Department of Agriculture has launched a new website called “Your Food Environment Atlas” that provides users with the ability to map a number of USDA statistics.  It’s an excellent way to visualize some of the data.
According to the site,
The Atlas assembles statistics on three broad categories of food environment factors:

Food Choices—Indicators of the community’s access to and acquisition …



Obesity vs Smoking: Obesity Pulls Ahead

Posted Feb 26th, 2010 and has No Comments »

Well, it appears to be official:  Obesity has edged out smoking in terms of health hazards.  According to a study performed by Columbia University and the City College of New York and published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, being obese, defined by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as having a Body Mass Index or BMI of 30 …



Productivity News

Posted Feb 25th, 2010 and has No Comments »

I’m always on the lookout for ways to may myself more productive.  Unfortunately, I usually spend more time on new software and techniques than I do actually working on what I’m supposed to be working on!
I came across an excellent article that both inspired me to excel as well as gave me some solid tips on how to be more …