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Parker-Pope is overtly dismissive of weight loss success stories that any fitness and weight loss professional would recognize as worthy of role-model status.
Category Archives: Fitness Programs & Tips
Diet Composition Diets Debunked. Again.
Jan 4
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How many articles does it take to change a light bulb? Well, if the articles are about popular fitness myths, good luck. The Wall Street Journal recently published “New Ways Calories Can Add Up” which maintains that “new research” calls into question assertions by the “diet industry”. Of course, I am ROTFLMAO! The “diet industry” [...]
Top 5 Holiday Fitness Rules
Nov 15
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1. Don’t take a Holiday from Healthy Living The best thing is to keep working out and planning meals through the holidays. This may sound easier said than done with work, travel, parties and holiday stress all hitting you at once, but a little flexible planning can go a long way. If you typically workout [...]
Make the Most of the Gym in your NYC Apartment Building
Jun 25
It may not have the look and feel of an upscale gym, but most in-house gyms have everything you need to get a good workout.
The Best 30 Minute Workouts
Jun 25
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It can be hard to fit exercise into a hectic day that pulls you in every other direction than to the gym. Here are three 30 minute workouts that can fit into the busiest day when time is scarce. Each one serves a different purpose and helps you workout when everything in your day says [...]
A Modest Weight Loss Proposal, with a Side of Humor
Mar 25
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Nobody is perfect from the start and all I’m saying is you don’t have to be perfect. But you do have to start.
Resolve Better: Fitness Mistakes to Avoid
Jan 9
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Make 2011 the year you get results by avoiding the most common mistakes. You could be a regular by Spring instead of a statistic.
Weight Watcher’s Points 2.0
Dec 28
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Earlier this month the NY Times reported that Weight Watchers made a good program better. Basically they made all fruits and veggies FREE and upped the points on less healthy calorie sources. “not all calories are the same” Weight Watchers calls the new program Points Plus. In the NY Times article a Weight Watchers rep conceded [...]
Outdoor Bench Squats
Sep 7
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Next time you go out for a power walk or a run in your local park, try these bench squats to condition your leg muscles. Bench squats are a terrific functional exercise for any level of fitness. Beginners should start with a set of 10 reps and progress gradually. Advanced fitness buffs will find it [...]
Get on the Ball! Or should You?
Sep 3
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A growing trend in fitness is the use of fitness balls for stability training. The fitness ball has practically become a symbol of fitness and exercise. (Have you seen my logo lately?) I am a big fan of exercise ball training and have no fewer than 10 fitness balls, in different sizes and weights, in [...]
Exercise Guidelines: Why they Keep Changing
Aug 9
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The ‘moderate activity’ guideline had significant public health implications. Contrary to typical commercials, this was a real ‘scientific breakthrough’ in health and fitness. But fitness advertising went in another direction. Commercials took the theme of moderate exercise in minutes a day and promised maximum fitness benefits rather than minimum health benefits. No wonder people have been confused!
Errors of Progression
Aug 3
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Exercising at the wrong level is a major cause of fitness failure. Whether you try to do too much too soon, or get too comfortable with a workout, you are costing yourself results. Errors of progression are due to inexperience and overconfidence. Success in fitness depends on knowing how to properly overload your body. A [...]
