Here’s some great news… for me anyway. I’ve just been asked to be on the panel of judges for this year’s Ms. Fitness USA competition at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV. Unlike bodybuilder competitions, these are pretty, physically fit young women…
Finally, a Morning Without Back Pain
Do you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning because your back is stiff?
Millions of people are in the same boat as you. In fact, 1 in 5 adult Americans have arthritis or joint pain – that’s 46 million people. And that number is expected to increase to 67 million by the year 2030…
Change Your Life with a Single Breath
Dear Member, The way you’re sitting right now could be having a real impact on your health. I often get a look of surprise when I tell this to my …
The REAL Cause of Heart Attacks and Strokes
Dear Member, A recent story in The New York Times revealed the “newly discovered” importance of C-reactive protein (CRP). Apparently, a drug company-sponsored study showed that people who had high …
Deal with Your Back Pain…Naturally
Dear Member: Has your back ever hurt you? 90 percent of Americans suffer from it at some point1. And the bill for all this runs about $50 billion per year. …
How to Get Out of a Rut
Dear Reader, Most people I work with on a fat-loss mission hit a plateau at some point and stop seeing results. Happened to you? You can overcome it. It may …
Meet Our Fat Loss Challenge Winner…
Dear Reader, My 2nd Annual Fat Loss Challenge just ended and I am happy to announce our winner. It was a fun and exciting time for everyone. And we saw …
Get Your Fitness DVD for this Summer…
Dear Reader, Many of my patients and readers have been asking for it, and today I’m happy to report it’s finally here . . . All the keys to my …
Women…Fit and Fat?
Dear Reader, I find myself battling a common misconception with some of my patients. It’s the thinking that if you are capable of a hard workout routine you can be …
More than One Kind of Exercise…
Dear Reader, I read a piece in New York Magazine that had me shaking my head. In a nut shell the author, Gary Taubes, claims that exercise doesn’t work. Fat …
This Strength Booster Helps Men Too…
Dear Reader, I’ve had more than a few patients come to me saying they have trouble doing everyday stuff. I’m talking regular things like carrying groceries, getting up the stairs …
Can Running Give You a Heart Attack?
Dear Reader, When it comes to fitness routines, quality beats quantity. You don’t need to do extended “cardio” workouts to burn fat. In fact, we now know that this approach …
Muscles and Money…
Dear Reader, I see lots of older folks… tell’em how to function better – like a younger person. Here’s one of my most fundamental observations about what works: Muscular strength …
Get Ready For A Challenge…
Dear Reader, Getting in shape isn’t easy. Most of the people who come to my Wellness Center have tried a lot of different approaches without much success. After three decades …
Easy Chinese Ritual to Stay Young…
How young are your lungs? It’s a question of youthful features because we have great lungpower when we’re young but we lose it with age.
I wish you could see all the things that I’ve seen in my career… If you could see my twenty years of practicing what I call “elective health improvement”… (I had to create the term because no one in medicine seemed to know much about it.)…There’s no doubt in my mind you’d think more about what you could do for your lungpower.
Get Started on This Year’s PACE® Fat Loss Challenge!
Dear Reader, Spring Break and summer fun aren’t far off. To get your body lean, strong, and “bathing suit-ready,” we’re kicking off our second annual PACE® Fat Loss Challenge. The …
Simple Stretch to Stop Your Back Pain…
Dear Reader, Yesterday a patient had trouble getting into the examination room. When he saw the look of concern on my face, he said, “It’s my sciatica… Sometimes I have …
Build Lean Muscle Without Lifting Weights…
Dear Reader, If you want to stay mobile and independent as you age, you need real strength. But that doesn’t mean you have to spend hours at the gym lifting …