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It is truly buyer beware when it comes to our bodies and our health. I had a frightening situation with my son Evan recently. He was not feeling well for a couple of weeks, then finally went to the doctor where they “did some tests.” He was told they couldn’t find anything. After suffering through a miserable one-month business trip abroad he went to another doctor and was quickly diagnosed with

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It's all about the dash. After posting my last blog, several members told me about their favorite songs to work out to. It seems the soundtracks of our lives are also key to maintaining interest and motivation at the gym.One song that struck me was by Jon Bon Jovi called 'It's My Life,' a motivating tune that claims while life's not meant to go on forever, it is meant to be lived to the fullest,

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Just finished my 12 noon Ride class and was thinking about what a great workout it is and why! For years I’ve done cardio workouts on a bike. Between the music and instructor, I always find I push myself much more in a Ride class. High-energy music definitely helps motivate you to work harder. It got me thinking about an article I read where a large group of laborers in Africa were struggling to

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You should know nothing good happens during a workout! Working out stresses your body, tears it down, and leaves you measurably weaker when you leave the gym. Only during the recovery period following your workout do your muscles begin to rebuild stronger than before. Without enough time off you will actually become weaker, less fit, and prone to injury. I had the pleasure of discussing this

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Sandy and I just returned from an amazing trip to Italy's Amalfi Coast and Tuscany. It was a fantastic trip to this beautiful and ancient country. Believe it or not the pictures below are from a 2000-year-old health club in the city of Pompeii! Sandy and I had the good fortune of exploring the city of Pompeii that was buried during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the first century A.D. Our

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The scale is driving me crazy! I naïvely thought we could get away from the scales when we got rid of them in the clubs, but I guess it was a pipe dream. The scale is a horrible tool! It is discouraging and totally misleading. When we talk about losing weight we really mean losing body fat. The scale is totally inaccurate at measuring body fat. Okay, you may be asking, then how do you measure

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Work to be younger than your age. As a famous hair coloring company said, “aging…I’m going to fight it every step of the way.” In the magnificent best-seller “Younger Next Year,” Dr. Henry Lodge presents a cutting-edge concept of aging, claiming that we really don’t know what healthy aging is! Prior to this generation, 60 years old was considered ‘ancient.’ The common belief at the time was

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Don’t let the new study on exercise and weight gain that just hit all the media scare you!  Dr. I-Min Lee of Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston and her colleagues found that in order for women to prevent weight gain over time, they need an hour of  moderate exercise each day. If you read carefully, there is some good news.   First, this study along with other new research is finally

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Sometimes, the smallest actions we take have tremendous impact on our life. Frank, a long-time member, was exercising regularly, doing everything he thought he should be doing, yet when it came time for spring cleaning he discovered he had a lot more difficulty setting up his ladder then he had in the past. In his 80's, Frank is very active, still skis regularly, but now he felt like he was

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Imagine gyms with no women, physicians persuading patients not to exercise and absolutely no means to reduce the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. That's exactly how things were 30 years ago, and I'll say those 30 years have been an exciting time to be involved in the fitness industry. It's hard to believe when I started virtually no women worked out and the “health” and medical community were

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People always ask me how I started in the fitness industry, so I thought I should start with a little of my story.I grew up in Northern Jersey and first came to the area to attend Marist College in 1966. I decided to try something new so I went out for the Marist crew team. To my great annoyance, I was cut.Looking back I don’t blame the coach. I was marginally fit, but being cut so incensed me, I

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