Tag: exercise
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It’s Mostly Water Weight Water retention can be a sign of serious health problems, as when water pools around the ankles or causes the belly to become very large and distended. This article isn’t about that. This article is about harmless water weight — the kind that makes people anxious when they step on the…
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This is a donut press — the donut is lifted overhead. The curl does not go above the shoulders. Don’t believe everything you see on a t-shirt. Check the facts. Look it up yourself.
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One of These Things Is Not Like the Others There is only one thing runners love more than running — and that’s complaining about all the petty discomforts of running. This image, which I found on fuelrunning.com, sticks pretty close to that theme, except for one thing: shin splints. Shin splints is used, often very…
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In this clip, from Buster Keaton’s “College,” we see a clearly strong and ripped Keaton throwing the javelin as hard as he can but barely making any distance. (This is a short clip of other track and field failures from the movie.) Although it’s fairly unlikely that Keaton would have done poorly at any of…
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Your Fitness Age A Norwegian research group, CERG, recently published a paper that drew from careful measurements taken in a large, observational study, looking for ways to estimate a factor called VO2 max — the maximum amount of oxygen that the lungs can use during exercise. This probably sounds pretty arcane, but it’s a useful…
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It’s Not Enough to “Eat Less” Here is some food for thought: — Do you know anyone who grew up with good, concrete information about food, the nutrition different foods contain, and how much of which are healthful amounts? — Do you sleep enough? — Do you get the CDC recommended levels of exercise? — Do…
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Willpower and Skillpower You won’t see a lot of advice on this blog like “Figure out your TDEE and BMR, and then figure out how many calories you need to get a modest deficit, taking your workouts into account, and then count all your calories.” People who are ready to do all that probably don’t…
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How Does Your Fitness Tracker Work? Fitness trackers are a category of small, simple, wearable computers that expand on old-school pedometers. Fitbit, Jawbone Up, and Nike Fuelband are some well-known examples. I tested a Nike Fuelband a couple of years ago, and was amused by how many steps it told me I’d taken in my…
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Caffeine and Performance It turns out Red Bull doesn’t give you wings. The basis of the recent lawsuit was that its advertising fraudulently claimed benefits in athletic performance and concentration over and above caffeinated drinks alone, as if that was the only reason Red Bull asked a premium price. The most interesting claim may be…