Fat Less Lethal For Men Than Women.

Obesity Weighs More Heavily on Women Than Men.
In the latest American Journal of Public Health, Dr. Peter Muennig and his colleagues posit a novel new approach to determining the health risks of obesity – the QALY (Quality-Adjusted Life Year). Most epidemiologists take the approach of looking at death (it’s easier to quantify), but Muennig et [...]

Are You Having an Active Summer?

I think I may have found a sport suitable as a snowboarding substitute for the off-season. That doesn’t carry risk of sharkbite, that is.
Above: It only took me a minute to learn, but it will take me a lifetime to…wait, that’s something else. Skimboarding at Long Beach.
Stay cool and well hydrated out there!

Fun Presidential Fitness Facts.

Thought I’d ring in the country’s birthday with some interesting anecdotes about the physical conditioning of our past Commanders-in-Chief.
-George Washington had incredible grip strength. It was said he could crack a walnut shell with one hand. (Note: This is much harder than it sounds. Try it.)
-John Quincy Adams took a daily swim in the Potomac [...]

The Father of Personal Training. And Milo.

There’s nothing new under the sun, as they say. Exercise has probably been around as long as the human race has been, albeit not in the systematized, efficient, psuedoscientific manner it exists in today. One no doubt has heard of the now legendary Milo of Croton, the Greek wrestler who “invented” progressive strength [...]