How To Spot When Social Media is Spreading Fitness Misinformation
Wow. I thought Twitter was filled with diet and fitness garbage, which it is. But it's nothing compared to the behemothic fitness dumpster that is Pinterest. I'd been out of the social media loop...
Ridiculous Exercises: Seated Chest and Shoulder Press
There are a lot of ridiculous things going on in gyms out there, things I feel compelled to speak out about, and against. This week's rant will focus on the ridiculousness that is the...
Stay Away From Gimmicks Like Whole Body Vibration Machines
Over the past several years, the gimmicky gadget known as the Whole Body Vibration platform has come on the scene. This expensive piece of equipment has been advertised as offering people a revolutionary way...
Joggers Make Me Sad
Spring has sprung and with the start of good weather comes the stampede of "Painful Joggers," pounding the pavement and pounding their joints into submission.
Joggers make me sad.
Well meaning, hard working folks who have...
Ridiculous Exercises: The Shoulder Shrug
I spend a lot of time in open gyms and see a lot of ridiculous things, things I feel compelled to speak out about, and against. There is so much misinformation, and plain bad...
FRS Energy Drink Log, Part 5
It’s been about a month since I signed up for the FRS Healthy Energy Drink introductory program and have been writing about my experiences with this Quercetin-fueled elixir. What interested me in this energy...
Jillian Michaels' Extreme Maximum Fat Burner Dietary Supplement
It’s bad enough that Jillian Michaels enjoys humiliating the contestants on “The Biggest Loser,” but now Michaels looks to spread her sphere of humiliation by pimping her Extreme Maximum Fat Burner supplement.
The supplement industry...
When it’s a Holiday, like the Fourth of July, Eat Whatever You Want
Like clockwork, every holiday, every year we get inundated with these "healthy eating tips," from nosey, buttinsky do-gooders who want to ruin our fun. There are 365 days in a year and less than...
The HCG Diet is Barbaric
I have seen a lot of bad diets over the years, but hCG Diet sets the new standard for irresponsibility. If you thought 1000-1200 calories a day was tough to handle, your head will...
Five Reasons New Year's Fitness Resolutions Don't Work
New Year's health and fitness related resolutions - the more involved the worse they are - are bad ideas, so don't make any. Especially bad are weight-loss based pledges and any kind of...
