Posted on March 31, 2007 by etfwellness
Probably one of the top 10 questions I get asked by new clients is,
“How long will it take before I start to see some results?”
Well, the answer to that question is a tough one, because a great deal of it relies on the client. It depends on:
How motivated you are to create changes in [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2007 by etfwellness
Quick, what do you get when you cross a marketer with a psuedoscientist and a willing design team?
Answer: Dubious equipment!
I do have one good thing to say about The Ultimate Burn Machine – it sure is pretty. Someone had a good time designing it.
Clients often ask me about these various exercise contraptions, as some [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2007 by etfwellness
From the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, April edition:
Americans Still Not Eating Enough Fruits And Vegetables, According To Studies.
The long story short: “Fruit and vegetable consumption has decreased in America in the last few years.” Likely not a surprise to those of you who have noticed the ballooning waistlines of the average American. However, [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2007 by etfwellness
So I will admit it – I was wrong about one thing in my previous post about the Crossfit training the cast and crew of “300″ underwent. The workouts were not totally random. Instead, they closely followed typical Crossfit-style progressions, using work, time, intensity, and focus as variables. And the actual “300″ [...]
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Posted on March 15, 2007 by etfwellness
Men’s Health magazine did a story some time back about bad trainers, the shining example being a trainer who pushed his client so hard that he developed exertional rhabdomyolysis, a condition where so much muscle fiber is broken down that the myoglobin from the muscle tissue clogs up the kidneys, ultimately causing kidney failure if [...]
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