One of the favorite engagements this time of year is a renewed commitment to improving health through physical activity. While this is a noble effort, it rarely works. Generally within two months the daily visits to the gym have dwindled down to once a week as the reality of our busy life shows us why […]
A couple weeks ago I wrote about little movements that can make a world of difference in our health. Three minutes, two or three times a day, of vigorous, but very simple movement triggers a flood of nitric oxide into our blood stream opening up our blood flow throughout our body. It is good blood […]
Ours is a country of extremes, and nowhere do we see this more than in our relationship to exercise. We approach exercise like so many other things – “If some is good than more must be better.” The flip-side to this extreme is the other end which says, “If I can’t have it all, then […]