To worry is to be. To be is to worry.
This post was inspired by a comment from an great and beautiful blogger who writes under the name of Helena Fortissima. Helena’s comment on my post about Exercise Excess suggested, “You might wish to devote your next post to Toxic Grunting Syndrome: What It is, and 10 Ways to Avoid It.” Because I’m morally opposed [...]
So, you’ve decided to join a health club or gym. Great! But how do you choose the right one? To increase the likelihood that you will indeed go and workout after you’ve joined, it’s important to choose a fitness facility that you’ll feel comfortable in. On the other hand, if you’re joining just to impress [...]
In the hectic, hurly-burly whirlwind that is life for many of us, it is hard to find time for a salubrious exercise program. This isn’t a problem for me because I have an empty shell of an existence. To me, a busy day is when I have to make two trips to the garbage chute [...]
Fitness gurus and many professionals in the medical field frequently tout the benefits of exercise, but can you exercise too much? Apparently, yes. Studies have found that excessive endurance training can, over time, harm your heart. Learning this was a great relief to me because it provided a ready excuse to not go to the [...]
I’m thinking of changing the direction of this blog. I’ve noticed that many blogs that offer health and fitness advice are very successful. Success appeals to me, particularly in contrast with, say, the status quo. So, I am going to give health and fitness writing a try. This is my first entry in this new [...]
I know nothing about the science of exercise. The whole physiology of workouts and the resulting health effects totally baffles me. Maybe someone out there in Internet Land can help me out.
I have never been what most people—with or without medical degrees—would consider to be an ideal weight. I have, from time to time, dieted and exercised. That succeeds in bringing my mass and girth down somewhat, but never to the point where any sane person would call me thin. (This has given me an appreciation [...]
I subscribe to The Economist magazine. That’s not a plug for the magazine. It’s just a statement of fact. As an aside, The Economist likes to call itself a newspaper. That’s fine. It can call itself that if it wants to, but that doesn’t mean that I have to. My definition of a newspaper includes [...]