The picture accompanying today’s post illustrates the problem at hand – this incredibly muscular guy will likely be tagged as ‘Obese’ for his weight/height ratio alone. If that can happen, why do we even use this measurement? We exist in a pretty dismal situation in this country, where it comes to an individual’s weight and…
Category: Sleep
A little spring stress clearing
Quick tip: look at the brain and the other organs of the body as a single team. Once you’ve gotten yourself used to the idea that the brain and all the other wiring and squishy things inside you work TOGETHER, it starts to get easier to understand the impact of stress on exercise, appetite, mood,…
Post-Snow Thoughts
Let’s get this out of the way: I am 52. For most of my life, that’s how old my back felt, if not much older. But after almost a year out of the gym – using just bodyweight exercises, a kettlebell, & lots of walking – the test of strength that is the Northeastern USA’s…
Winter
Yup – our winter of Covid is rapidly approaching & things in the USA hold lots of uncertainty about social gatherings, getting to the gym, and living life in general. Let me ramble on a little bit about why that’s not allllllll bad (although most of it is). Thing #1: you can tackle something new,…