Why Jack LaLanne is The Man and always will be
“People don’t die of old age, they die of neglect.” — Jack LaLanne
At 93 this dude still makes us all look like sniveling blobs. We should only age so well…
It’s not just a sedentary life. It’s a DEVICE OF DEATH!
Data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study suggests that fitness level was a significant predictor of mortality — one follow-up study of 40,842 people suggests that poor fitness level alone was responsible for 16% of all premature deaths in both men and women. The ongoing study began in 1970 and includes more than 80,000 patients. Read more…
Why mainstream health reporting is crap
Over 22 months, media researchers rated 500 health news reports from major newspapers, the Associated Press wire, and three TV networks according to how well they fulfilled certain quality standards. They concluded that 62 to 77% of stories didn’t adequately address costs, risks, benefits, the quality of the evidence, and other treatment options when covering healthcare products and procedures…
Reader mail 8
“I was unfit my entire life and avoided the gym for years, convinced that it was going to be just like High School gym. In my late 20s, I went through a rough patch and got seriously depressed. My weight ballooned to the point that when I turned 30 things were at their worst and I weighed 315 lbs. A few years ago I finally decided that I had to stop ‘waiting’, and get to it…”
In Which Scarlett Johanssen Does, Verily, Bring It Upon the Buttocks of the Mass Media
In the Huffington Post, Scarlett Johanssen opens a can of whupass on critics and tabloids who make up BS about celebrities…
David Kessler, The End of Overeating
It’s tempting to think that overeating and its symptomatic consequences — obesity, chronic diseases, etc. — represent a failure of individual will. But is it really that easy? Are we all just moral weaklings? Lazy? Stupid? David Kessler explores.
Inspired by Shaky Man in the Gym? Donate to Parkinson’s research
Fans of Shaky Man in the Gym: If you’re inspired by Neil’s story, as I was, consider making a donation to the Unity Walk NSW 2009 for Parkinson’s NSW (Neil’s page — with a gym photo!), or a donation to the Parkinson’s foundation of your choice, such as:
How much should you passively stretch?
In general, active mobility (warmup through movement, taking joints through increasingly full range of motion) is best done before workouts, and passive stretching (ie traditional stretch-and-hold type stretches) afterwards.
But how much passive stretching to do? A recent study suggests that a couple of 30-second passive stretches may be sufficient to decrease stiffness…
Dan John, Never Let Go
To every teacher who’s demotivated a student, every anal-retentive bodybuilder-by-numbers who worries about fluffing up their “upper biceps”, every gym salesperson personal trainer who can’t teach the foundational lifts, every sports science egghead who can’t apply their own concepts to make people actually better, and every sucky coach who can play well but can’t communicate the basic skills that athletes need, I say: Follow the gospel of Dan John and learn ye the error of your ways.
Breaker! Breaker! Haul your rig over and we’ll bust some lunges
From the Globe and Mail July 9, 2009:
Truckers have long been perceived as the unhealthiest members of the modern work force: a pill-popping, chain-smoking lot who only unbuckle for a plate of steak and eggs at truck stops.
But a growing number of health nuts have infiltrated the 18-wheeler set. And their bosses – concerned by the added costs and dangers of having unhealthy employees on the road – are encouraging more drivers to follow suit…
