Good Morning Flock: For a long time now, I’ve been “preaching” (it is Sunday, you know) about the intensity needed for your cardiovascular activity to be useful. However, I still see many of you walking on the treadmill or hear about your “hikes” around Rancho Park or elsewhere. So, since some of you still won’t […]
Body Designs 80: Cal C Yum!
Good morning and welcome to the last official day of Winter! We all know that calcium provides for healthy bones and teeth. We also know that as we age, staving off osteoporosis, a disease that essentially thins the bones, should be of great concern. This disease predisposes our skeletal system to breaks and fractures resulting […]
Body Designs 79: Get away from that “scale”!
There are several ways to determine one’s level of health and fitness. However, it seems that the majority of you measure your success by the Basal Metabolic Index; which, in case you didn’t know, was developed more than 200 years ago. It is basically a comparison between your weight and your height. It doesn’t take […]
Body Designs 78: Outside has more Upside
Good Morning People: No, it’s not Sunday yet. But with everything going on this weekend, I thought it best to get out an early edition for this week. Cardiovascular training comes in many forms. Any one of the following can give you great results; jumping rope, stair-stepping, biking, “ellipping” (Bill’s word for using the elliptical) […]