Whether getting into shape for the first time, maintaining gains, or peaking for competition, attaining fitness involves lots of rest and recovery too. As athletes, we do tend to focus more on the active aspects of training. Intensity, duration, equipment. Rest and recovery are on the list but not usually highly ranked. I often thought…
I miss the quiet of childhood. When nothing was going on in my immediate vicinity and I was just SO BORED. I was so bored in fact, that I had to go make my own entertainment, which was likely my parents’ intention all along. Upon reflection, there was something profound in overcoming that boredom. A…
Do Rest and Recovery Really Count? Rest. Recovery. Two words that don’t usually rank high up for any of us. Athletes do, perform, excel – anything but rest. Or so goes some of the thinking. Here’s how your body really works and how you can help it to work even better. Rest Is Rest, Right?…
The Big Con: Prescription Drug Advertising in the US Prescription drug advertising is big business. Really big. So much so that the pharmacy industry currently spends over $4 billion a year to push the sales directly to the consuming public. And this investment works well too. Slick marketing vignettes that accentuate the attractiveness of their…
Not enough time in the days? Not your usual energetic self? Fatigue setting in? Maybe it’s time for that body tune up. Refill the tank, fix some old worn parts – you get the idea. Sounds pretty good, eh? We each have a particular vital force within us that is unique. Like finger prints, each…
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