Posts Tagged ‘ balanced health ’

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 …



Grab “Little Things 2.0″ for Free

Posted Jan 21st, 2010 and has No Comments »

I just finished going through “Little Things that Improve Your Health” and completely updating it so I guess you can call it “Version 2.0.”  This book is such a wealth of information (even if I do say so myself ) that I wanted to get it into as many hands as I possibly can.
Therefore, I’m offering it for …



Information Junkies and Action Addicts

Posted Jan 11th, 2010 and has No Comments »

Are you an “Information Junkie?”  Do you research and  “collect” information on how to do things without ever getting around to actually doing them?  Do you enjoy finding facts about an activity more than doing the actual activity itself?  If so, you’re probably an information junkie.
I saw a cartoon once about people being in the Afterlife somewhere up in the …



How to Live to be 100

Posted Jan 7th, 2010 and has No Comments »

The older I get the louder I hear my “life clock” ticking.  All of us only have so much time on Earth.  All of us only have so much life in us, and when it’s gone, it’s gone.
Now I know that most people believe in an afterlife but that’s not what this post is about.  This post is about extending …



Managing Your Risk of Stroke

Posted Dec 14th, 2009 and has No Comments »

More and more medical studies are coming up with the same conclusions:  many of the risk factors that can reduce the chance of a heart attack or stroke are within your control.  All you have to do is recognize them, and then of course, act on them.
Every year, around 800,000 Americans have a stroke with about 145,000 of them not …