Gwyneth Paltrow’s Personal Trainer’s Nonsensical Program

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s personal trainer serves as a great example of why celebrity fitness gurus should be ignored. Despite recognizing how ignorant most members of the general public are when it comes to fitness, it is still amazing that this kind of pap gets play in the media, and that many... [Read more]

The NFL’s Heads-Up Tackling Will Not Work

The NFL’s Heads Up Tackling Program will not work. This isn’t an opinion based on some subjective viewpoint of football and tackling, but is based on the recognition of legitimate scientific research and a basic understanding of motor learning, motor control and skill acquisition. The NFL’s... [Read more]

Stay Away From Fitness Gimmicks in 2013

With every new year comes another pack of fitness gimmicks and fads. Now I don't know what exactly the year 2013 will bring, but I can tell you that there will be a whole bunch of fitness types trying to sell you a whole bunch of crap.   I sound like a broken record, but you don't need... [Read more]

Why Do You Exercise Lying Down?

Lying down when exercising is a bad idea, so why do so many people do it? We don't operate lying down; we sleep. Working a muscle, or muscles, when prone or supine or on all fours does nothing to prepare them for the reality faced 99% of our waking moments, when we are upright.   Our bodies... [Read more]

2012 Holiday Eating Guide

As I sit here in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, waiting for the power to be turned back on and counting the days until I can get back to work, I realized that the holidays are right around the corner, and around that corner is lots of good food.   Certainly, I am not making light of the circumstances... [Read more]

The Confusion About Hydration

I am being polite when I say that there is confusion about hydration. The less delicate among us might say that there has been a purposeful effort on behalf of the sport drink industry to spread misinformation about hydration. One of these “less delicate folks” is a fellow by the name of... [Read more]

Raspberry Ketones: The Latest Pile of Crap From the Supplement Industry

Over the past few months I have been hearing almost constant radio commercials for raspberry ketone weight-loss/fat-burning supplements, with the tag line that they are the miracle fat-burning supplement recommended by Dr. Oz. Can you say, “Scam alert?” The raspberry ketone scam follows the... [Read more]

“Playing Up;” The Scourge of Youth Sports

Over the past decade the practice of “playing up” – letting the younger, bigger and “better” kids play an age group above their level – has become quite popular with youth team sports. “Playing up,” is an ineffective way to develop talent and, in the long... [Read more]

The Government Doesn’t Need to Force Feed Kids School Lunch

The Lake County school system in Florida is considering installing cameras on their cafeteria trash cans in order to study what foods their students are throwing away. The school system says last year these kids tossed $75,000 worth of vegetables into the trash. The federal government requires by law... [Read more]

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