David,
Thank you for your first week of food records and the insight into your eating patterns. You seem to have grasped the hunger level scale. It appears that you usually eat when you are appropriately hungry, and tend to stop when you’re satisfied.
Hello,
Because of an unusually heavy work schedule during the early part of this week, I wasn’t able to even read the initial e-mail from you until Tuesday evening. I did try to follow your recommendations thereafter, and I hope to do better next week.
The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that 50 percent of women over 50 have osteoporosis or are at risk for an osteoporosis-related fracture.
Yet, according to Sara Meeks, a physical therapist who specializes in the treatment of osteoporosis, this is not just a condition affecting older women. “My patients include young women, children, teens, men and people of all ethnic origins,” she said.
Participation in group fitness classes at Westmoreland Athletic Club in Greensburg, was on the decline, according to executive director Laurie Corbett, and the club wanted to find a way to increase participation and introduce new people to its classes. Says Corbett, “We needed to add some variety, and introduce club members to the various formats of the classes we offer.”
What the club came up with is a monthly class called Tag Team. Corbett explains: The group fitness instructors get together and choose a theme for the class, including music and class content. The theme is then used as a backdrop for the class, which includes more than one instructor. The class typically starts out with a warm-up, then a hi/lo-impact segment, moves into kickboxing, thento step,then toa weight segment, and ends up with yoga or a Pilates mat class segment. (more…)
The folks at LifeQuest Fitness and Aerobic Center have found an innovative alternative to the one-on-one member orientation that often leaves newcomers feeling intimidated. Acknowledging that group settings are more comfortable for newcomers, the LifeQuest staff gathers once a month for a new-member orientation to describe in-depth the programs and goals of the Mt. Pleasant, S.C., health club. (more…)
Remember, it was widely believed the world was flat and that a curveball was actually just an optical illusion (studies have shown conclusively that a curveball can break up to 19 inches!). Sorry, but just because dad says it is so doesn’t necessarily make it make it true. (more…)