Roughly 70% of us could stand to lose some weight. Some people need to only lose a few kilos, others may have years of work to do in order to get into a range of healthy weight. But as we all know, the chances of long-term success aren’t very good. With some help from Web [...]
As we approach Elul, the last month of the Jewish calendar, and as we get closer to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, it is the time of year for reflection on the past and a look to the future. We will now be praying for both forgiveness and for achieving our potential for the year to [...]
Last week’s column focused on the benefits of exercise vis-à-vis high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cancer. This third and final segment of Exercise is Medicine! will discuss Metabolic Syndrome, lower back pain and osteoporosis. Exercising is very helpful in weight reduction and in preventing weight gain. It is also beneficial in maintaining a healthy [...]
There has been a lot of literature in the last 14 years about the positive effects of exercise, even in people who are overweight. Sighting many of these studies, I often encourage people who are having problems dropping weight by explaining to them how much they are improving their health and well-being by exercising, even [...]
We must become more accepting of who we are. Some of us just will not get down to an ideal weight. Yes, we can still make every attempt to be healthy as we have discussed, but we also must be accepting of what we have. A recent article by Ellen Goldman M.Ed. caught my attention [...]
As Rosh Hashana, the Aseret Y’mei Tshuva, and Yom Kippur approach, it is the time of year for reflection on the past and a look to the future. We will now be davening as best we can for both forgiveness and for achieving our potential for the year to come. Just as we can’t repent [...]
I’m sure that you’ve probably been to a Simcha and stood at the reception with your mouth wide open in amazement and watched as someone who is as skinny as a beanpole downs three pieces of cake. You say to yourself, “If I did that, my clothes wouldn’t fit anymore.” What’s the difference between that [...]
As a former musician, when I hear the word “composition” I think of the famous 4-note theme of Beethoven’s fifth symphony. As a personal trainer, I think of an important component of overall health: body composition. Body composition lets us divide our overall weight into two categories, lean body mass and body fat. If you [...]
In all of my years as a personal trainer and my involvement in the weight loss industry, I think that the single most frequently asked question today isn’t “What piece of exercise equipment should I buy”?...and this was definitely THE question for many years. But lately, it is much more the question, “What do you [...]
A common excuse that people give for not eating right and exercising is that they are “just not motivated”. What exactly is motivation? According to the dictionary, motivation means to “provide with an incentive, impel or stimulate to action—to give a reason.” Realistically how motivated are we during the course of an average day [...]
