Health & Longevity

This phrase (Doc Levine’s) made us reevaluate sitting. According to Kelly Starret we should set our chairs at a height where “you can really use your legs to scoot powerfully back and forth” if you’re in an adjustable. Additionally we should sit upright, not leaning back “so you can turn on more musculature and build greater stability.”

It’s hot. Damn Hot. Real Hot. 4th of July weekend was THE HOTTEST weekend recorded. Ever. What can we do to beat the heat? We have AC, Central Air, wicking clothing and we’re still dropping like flies. Western Europe saw some 20,000 deaths in a recent unrelenting heat wave. It could happen here. And the heat will wreak havoc on your workouts too.

Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki “found that subjects who’d ridden bikes for an hour had markedly better scores on tests of their prefrontal cortex function than those who’d spent the hour watching an episode of 24 instead.” (That just seems like a needless dig at 24 (decent show). Imagine they force fed ‘The Kardashians’ instead…).

For the uninitiated Blue Zones are, in essence, places where life expectancy and quality of life are on a different level. People routinely live over 100 years and additionally stay mentally sharp for the entire ride.

The world is moving and changing fast. It’s impossible to know everything about anything, but if the subject matter is personally important you’ll stay up to date.

Welcome back for another round of ‘A Trainer answers the most googled fitness questions.’ Let’s get to it straightaway.

A new study shows Nutrition advice changes every 10 minutes.

I am the new face of obesity, according to BMI.

Evidently these are some of the most googled Fitness questions- answered. I’m warning you- none of these questions have clear answers.  All my answers will probably start with… ‘it depends’.

The purpose/benefits of your cardio workouts are: gets your blood pumping lowers your blood pressure strengthens your immune system improves your sleep supports your mental health regulates your blood sugar contributes to a healthy weight gives your brain a boost Weight loss/maintenance is on the list, but not foremost.