How does a pack-a-day plus smoker go from living for the next cigarette to dying to teach his next Spinning class? He finally flips the switch and does it. Here’s how. David Allen, 56, started smoking in high school for no other reason than it was the “socially...
Body weight has been a concern in Tammy Brown’s life since she was three years old. It was then that her seemingly fit father died suddenly of a heart attack at the young age of 24 while playing in a basketball tournament. An athlete through high school, Brown’s...
All the working out in the world is great, but if you’re not improving your health in some way, then what’s the point? Establishing a baseline fitness level for yourself gives you a point of reference to revisit every few weeks. If you’ve made progress, great. If you...
Ten years ago I bought a pair of jeans for a trip. Around that time I decided to leave my corporate job to hone in on a new career in health and fitness. Like many new careers, you’ve got to start somewhere. That “somewhere” for me was the bottom – and let me tell...
Vacations can completely take us out of our routine, creating a loss of fitness momentum – and possibly a little bit of weight gain. Back in the days when I was a borderline couch potato, I used to justify taking a “lazy vacation” because a) I firmly believed in the...
The alarm went off, the pillow feels good – and you’re falling back asleep. A little voice inside your head is quietly telling you to get up, but somehow you manage to justify ten more minutes, then ten more minutes, and finally…ten more minutes. By the time your...
