24th May 2007
More and more these days, employers, from large corporations to small businesses, are recognizing the value of supporting the physical fitness efforts of their employees. Their particpation in supporting and encouraging employee fitness varies from provi...
21st May 2007
I don't know if childhood obesity is "rampant" or an "epidemic". What I DO know is that it does not have to happen to our children.
However, just to put things in perspective, over a recent 30 year period measured by the National Health And Nutrition ...
21st May 2007
While not perfect, the following nine individuals are my choice for a short list of important pioneers in weight lifting, body building, aerobics, health, and fitness.
Eugen Sandow The Non Pareil (1867 - 1925) Born in Germany, Eugen Sandow has often be...
11th May 2007
I know you just want to get to the meat of how to save money on gas, but let me just lecture for a moment.
Petroleum products, including gas, are not going to become cheaper. One of the reasons for this is simply that they are limited and more and mor...
06th May 2007
One term we hear a lot about recently is "Body Mass Index", or BMI. It seems to be important, but many people are not sure what it is, what it means, or why they should be concerned about it. In this small article, we are going to try to shed a little l...
03rd May 2007
It is a small gallery on a side street in Carmel, California. There are more prestigious and glamorous sites in town, such as the Hogs Breath Inn Restaurant and Bar, owned by local resident Clint Eastwood, and it may be easily passed amid the maze of gal...
02nd May 2007
It was 1994. I had just gone through a divorce after several painful and tumultuous years that had resulted in my becoming distanced from my children...or them from me.
I had met and married a lady with two children...twin teenage daughters. She, and...
27th April 2007
There is an old story about a great pianist who was approached after a performance by a middle-aged woman who said something like the following, "I play the piano too, but nowhere near as well as you. I would give anything to be able to play like you."
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10th April 2007
Many people watching a writer at work probably wouldn't even realize that he or she was actually working. While the physical act of putting words on paper or into a computer is easy to recognize as "work" one of the hardest parts of any writer's task is ...
09th April 2007
The people who try various exercise programs often think they "fail" when what actually happens is that they simply don't understand what a succesful exercise program requires.
The five main reasons that most people are not successful with their exerci...
07th April 2007
Only one cat has a valid claim to being the pet of Pharaoh and the idol of ancient Egypt. I give you the Egyptian Mau! After all, the very word "mau" means cat. Could you ask for a better set of credentials?
Well, what if this breed of cat can be cl...
05th April 2007
It's normal for a woman to be concerned about such things as weight loss and fitness, particularly after a pregnancy and during the breast feeding period. However, many new moms also want to know how diet, exercise, and a weight loss program will affect ...
04th April 2007
You can't visit a website on health these days without reading an article on anti-aging. That prompted me to toss in my 4 cent's worth.
We cannot do much about the fact that we age, but we can do something about the effects that aging has on us. Here ...
02nd April 2007
There's not too many ways you can look at weight loss.
Effective, lifelong weight loss is simple...not easy, just simple.
We all seem to be seeking some ultimate and absolute weight loss secret. However, the "weight loss secret" has been known for ...
31st March 2007
You would think that writing is writing. You would think that just because you are doing it in freelance mode rather than under contract to a publication or advertising firm, for example, that it's the same thing. You would think, huh?
Well, like man...