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The Jillian Michaels Story | Body for Wife

By on May 2, 2017 in Diet, Exercise, Pseudoscience

I have never been a fan of Jillian Michaels motivational style. In fact I think it really really sucks but I really lost respect for here when she started selling Jillian Michaels diet pills that couldn’t and didn’t measure up to the claims she was making about them (Update: Jillian Michaels Faces Third Lawsuit Over Her Fat-Burning Pills – Nutrition Unplugged).

And now I’ll stand with James Fells criticisms of her until I hear or learn otherwise…

The Jillian Michaels Story

I feel a disturbance in the balance of the force. As I write this, Jillian Michaels is a mere three miles from my house. She is at the local GoodLife Fitness teaching her new class called BODYSHRED (Trademark symbol, hashtag awesome, hashtag whatever). My wife made me promise not to…

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Lack of Exercise Is More Deadly Than Obesity | Big Think

By on April 3, 2017 in Exercise

Lack of Exercise Is More Deadly Than Obesity

Lack of exercise is more deadly than obesity, according to a study of 334,000 men and women which found that twice as many deaths are attributable to physical inactivity than to obesity. For the study, a European heath commission tracked individuals for an average of twelve years, measuring height, weight and waist circumference, and used self-assessment to measure levels of physical activity.

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Why Running Helps Clear Your Mind — Science of Us

By on March 15, 2017 in Exercise, Science

How Neuroscientists Explain the Mind-Clearing Magic of Running

It is something of a cliché among runners, how the activity never fails to clear your head. Does some creative block have you feeling stuck? Go for a run. Are you deliberating between one of two potentially life-altering decisions? Go for a run. Are you feeling mildly mad, sad, or even just vaguely meh?

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Doctors finally admit drugs can’t fix most cases of back pain – Vox

By on February 14, 2017 in Exercise, Injuries

Doctors finally admit drugs can’t fix most cases of back pain

The American College of Physicians now recommends heat therapy and yoga ahead of pain meds for lower back pain.

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Do “weekend warriors” reap the full benefits of exercise? – CBS News

By on January 9, 2017 in Exercise

Do “weekend warriors” reap the full benefits of exercise?

Weekend warriors, take a victory lap. People who pack their workouts into one or two sessions a week lower their risk of dying over roughly the next decade nearly as much as people who exercise more often, new research suggests. Even people who get less exercise than recommended have less risk than folks who don’t break a sweat at all.

The JAMA Internal Medicine article…

Association of Leisure Time Physical Activity With Risk for Mortality

Question What are the associations of physical activity patterns with mortality? Findings This pooled analysis of population-based surveys included 63 591 adult respondents.

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[Video] ‘Gym Wildlife’ Parody Is Painfully Accurate

By on December 29, 2016 in Exercise, Humor

The ‘Gym Wildlife’ Parody Trolls Everyone Who’s Ever Set Foot In A Gym

Subscribe to UPROXX This testosterone-filled gem from the BDC (the Buff Dudes Channel) stands as an accurate parody of gym culture. In fact, for anyone who’s set foot in a gym, the faux-documentary is painfully perceptive. From the opening lines – “The Gym.

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The Exercise Myth | James Fell Body For Wife

By on November 3, 2016 in Exercise

“For years I’ve extolled the virtues of exercise as a way to control your eating behaviors and sculpt your physique into something that looks great and performs amazing feats. And I have been wrong.” — James Fell

The Exercise Myth

Even though I smelled bad enough to knock a buzzard off a gut pile, the people in the medical tent of the 2013 Victoria Marathon were kind and caring. One paramedic even let me use his cell to make a long-distance call to my wife, who was watching via Internet…

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This Man Stretched 10 Minutes a Day For a Month. Here’s What Happened. | Bicycling

By on September 17, 2016 in Exercise, Fitness

This Man Stretched 10 Minutes a Day For a Month. Here’s What Happened.

Like most guys, I hated stretching. Why waste time sitting around when I could cram in more lifting? It hurt to learn that I was wrong-throbbed like hell, actually. I hurt my hip doing a leg workout and going running the same day, and had to shut down.

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Exercise Is ADHD Medication – The Atlantic

By on September 16, 2016 in Exercise, Health, Science

To heck with this helping kids (just kidding) I hope this can help me.

Exercise Is ADHD Medication

Mental exercises to build (or rebuild)attention span have shown promise recently as adjuncts or alternatives to amphetamines in addressing symptoms common to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Building cognitive control, to be better able to focus on just one thing, or single-task, might involve regular practice with a specialized video game that reinforces “top-down” cognitive modulation, as was the case in a popular paper in Nature last year.

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The science is in: Exercise isn’t the best way to lose weight | Vox

By on September 12, 2016 in Exercise

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