So many people start diet plans and fitness routines with the goal of losing excess pounds. They often carefully map out their diet and create the fitness plan that works best for them. These are both great to do, but… More →

After the age of 40, your metabolism may steadily decline. This implies that you can lose lean muscle mass and accrue fat tissue, unless you make some positive changes. Here are my suggestions:

I have established a criteria which each routine had to pass to make the cut. With people on the go and research pointing to the fact that large health club membershipsare down due to the economy resulting in people wanting to exercise at home,  time and effectiveness of the exercise must be considered.

It is estimated that over 28 million Americans suffer from migraine headaches while approximately 45 million suffer from other chronic headaches. For migraine sufferers, these headaches can last a few hours to a few days, and they commonly report intense… More →

Last March, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Larry Merchant and doing an in depth interview with him. As a boxing writer, it was the best experience I’ve had. And once I was finished with the project, I wanted to do it all over again. I wanted to find another person in the boxing world who I could talk to at length, and listen to some of his stories and observations about the game. So I took a bit of time to think about who might be the perfect subject for this interview. There are a lot of people in the boxing world who I respect and admire, but who did I really, really want to talk to? One morning, I was driving down the Pacific Coast Highway, mesmerized by the blue of the ocean. Then out of nowhere, the name came to me and it became abundantly clear who I wanted to interview: Mackie Shilstone.

In inactivity studies at the Mayo Clinic, as reported in the New York Times… More →, the researchers asked why some people who consume the same amount of food as others gain more weight. It turns out “… that people

An article by Gretchen Wilson in the N.Y. Times Magazine… More →, 4/15/11, which consulted exercise researchers from around the country to get their opinion, included the following nominees:
The Butterfly is one of the most taxing movements in sports, requiring

It is no secret that the diet industry is a billion dollar a year business, based on the fact that there is a new customer—or the same customer—every year, like clock work. Promises of quick, easy weight loss with little… More →

A warning for overuse injuries for youths,” was the headline of Jane Brody’s Personal Health Column in the April 5 th edition of the New York Times. Ms. Brody was referencing  the recent position paper by the National Athletic Trainer’s Association on… More →

This week in New Orleans, The American College of Cardiology held its annual conference. There was a somewhat surprising presentation by Dr. Anand Irimpren, a cardiologist and Tulane professor. According to Dr. Irimpren,  the percentage of patients admitted to Tulane… More →