What’s Best For Health: Aerobic Interval Training or Strength Training?

Finally, science has determined which of three types of exercise is best for our bodies:aerobic interval training, strength training, or a combination. And the answer is: all of the above. It’s true. Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and…
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Exercise and Your Skin

  You probably know that regular exercise does great things for your cardiovascular system, your muscles – even your brain.  But did you know studies show that exercise is also good for your skin?
Exercise Can Speed Wound Healing.  A 2006 study of the effect of exercise on wound-healing, found that the wounds of people who worked out healed [...]

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To Lower Blood Pressure, Cut Back on the Booze

Don’t even try to argue that stress reduction lowers blood pressure, and a drink or two or three lowers stress; ergo, a drink or two or three lowers blood pressure. Sadly, biology doesn’t work like that. The L.A. Times directs…
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Obesity and Physical Inactivity: The Relevance of Reconsidering the Notion of Sedentariness

So, having already made one change to the structure of the research review and looking at more than paper at a time, I’ve decided that that approach is confusing, it also makes the titles and permalinks screwy which, as any good Internet marketer knows, is bad for SEO.  So moving …
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This Year’s Super Bowl Tip: Skip the Dip

Count on Geezer to spoil the Superbowl party with an instructive report on the dangers of communal party dip. The New York Times reported two years ago on a Clemson University study that explored the likelihood that bacteria would be…
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Video Rountable – Storing Fat, Barefoot Running, Ab Workouts, Big Lies, Suspension Trainer

Here’s some quick links to some interesting videos on different topic including a basic one for how fat is stored/burned, a good visual on the difference between running “barefoot” and with running shoes, a simple ab workout (and shoulder routine at the end), big lies in nutrition and a homemade suspension trainer. Enjoy!
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Prostate Cancer Diagnosis Raises Suicide Risk 90 Percent

In matters of health, it seems, as in matters of every other thing on the planet, one bad thing leads to another. Researchers at Harvard Medical School who studied the data on 340,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1979…
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The LTDFLE

Over the many years I’ve been involved in the fat loss game, I’ve seen some weird stuff happen.  When I was in my 20’s and only thought I knew what I was talking about (as opposed to know when I’m simply usually sure I do), I had observed two of …
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The Super Bowl May Be Bad For Your Health (Especially If Your Team Loses)

Even if you are not on the playing field, the Super Bowl may be bad for your health. Especially if your team loses. Research conducted at The Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles found that that compared with other years,…
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Day 30: Phase III – Adjust and Maintain

Crossing the Finish Line
Congratulations to everyone who has completed the 30 day challenge here at Fitness Spotlight!! It wasn’t all that bad now was it? Actually I think it got easier once the first week was over (and allowing the caffeine back in might of had something to do with it too).
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