You want to work hard enough to get results.  But not so hard that you get injured and laid up for six weeks – and there goes those...

“The best diet is the one you don’t know you’re on.”  Sage advice from Brian Wansink, Director of the Food and Brand Lab at Cornell...

The first part of Key Post-Pregnancy Fitness Tips discussed getting the right muscles firing again and returning to exercise gradually...

While pregnancy is a wonderful time for an expecting family, it can also be very challenging physically for the mom-to-be. The growing...

In Death of the Diet, I stress the importance of determining your Why – the true motivating force driving you to improve your eating and...

High intensity interval training, often abbreviated as HIT or HIIT, has become quite the rage in a world where time is precious and the...

Image: sakhorn38 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Over the past couple weeks I’ve received a few responses and inquiries as to what aspects of...

Image: sakhorn38 / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Inspired by the NY Times article, “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body”, I took a moment and began to...

Three Ways to Make This Lat Pulldown More Effective Image Courtesy of: Microsoft Images / Corbis Being physically active is an important...

Weight: Only One Marker of Fitness Results Image Courtesy of Microsoft Images The one instrument that most people use to measure health...

Image courtesy of: FreeDigitalPhotos.net Use the Healthy Food Preference List and Indulgence Frequency Questionnaire to determine how you...

Carolyn Appel and Free Range Human www.CarolynAppel.com Carolyn and I used to work together at Equinox in NYC during my grad school...

Running Warmups = Awesome Run Image Courtesy of Microsoft Images Yes, you need to warm-up before running.  Yes, it should be something...

Apples are one of her preferred healthy foods. Discover Yours! Image courtesy of Microsoft Images An assessment I previously created...

Interval Training Courtesy of Mircosoft Images An excerpt from Death of the Diet: “Interval training is an advanced, highly effective...

Weight Loss Success: Choose Inspiration Photo: Microsoft Images In many ways, jealousy and inspiration are fundamentally opposite...

Berry Delicious, Berry Tempting? Hopefully you’ve taken the past week to identify your food craving triggers (Step 1).  Feel free to use...

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Setting the Bar – and Clearing It Image Courtesy of Microsoft Images Leave a Comment: What’s the current bar you’re reaching for? I had a...

Image: Grant Cochrane / FreeDigitalPhotos.net With the age of pensions and Social Security on the way out (or so we’re told), there has...