The Truth About Juice, Soda and Water

Today I am going to breakdown the difference between drink choices and how they can affect your workouts. The recommended serving size is eight fluid ounces, but I am going discuss what a 20 ounce serving can do. The human … Continue reading

Please, Don’t Stop the Music

Jason, Matt, and I have all blogged about the importance of music to our workouts. There has been a lot of research about the effect of music on mood and even matching tempo to heart rate. There also appears to … Continue reading

3 Simple Ways to Reduce Salt in Your Diet

The average person is supposed to consume no more than 2,400 milligrams of salt/sodium per day (or 1 tsp.). For those with high blood pressure, it’s about 1,500 milligrams. Most of us are consuming two-to-three times this amount each day. … Continue reading

Food Choices to Fight PMS

When watching diet and weight, changes in mood, water retention, and cravings can be distressing. Unfortunately, many women deal with these things on a monthly basis. Women experience the 150 possible symptoms of PMS to varying degrees and in different … Continue reading

Lose Weight Without the Weights

To me, exercising consists of a steady balance of cardio and weight training. People often have the misconception that lifting weights is going to help them lose weight. Lifting weights is vital for muscular strength and endurance as well as … Continue reading

A Love/Hate Relationship with Food Journals

Today’s guest blogger is Melissa Henriquez, a 20-something, married, PR professional and blogger on the side. Tying together her passions for writing and social media, in July 2025, she began her blog, Tales of a Disordered Eater, to help her … Continue reading

Super Bowl Sunday Survival Tips

Did you know that Super Bowl Sunday is known as the second biggest single day of food consumption (right behind Thanksgiving Day)? Football, friends, and food are some of the main descriptors of Super Bowl; and food on this day … Continue reading

50 Cent With A Diet Pill?

50 Cent wants to launch a diet supplement. The rapper – real name Curtis Jackson – is considering creating his own range of vitamin-enriched pills but refused to be drawn on the details. He is quoted by the New York … Continue reading

Jessica Simpson Gains Weight, World Ends

So, I guess there’s a big brouhaha among the nasty vindictive star watchers again. This time they are all aflutter about Jessica Simpson, and her apparent negligible weight gain. The New York Post even published a very mean and very … Continue reading

Can You Catch Obesity Like a Cold?

There a doctor in Louisiana who thinks that people may get fat because of a common cold virus. So, you can “catch” obesity? Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar, of the Pennington Biomedical Research Centre, has been carrying out animal and human studies … Continue reading