Well the end of summer has come and gone and the new school year has begun for all. With the passing of these two significant events so comes the crowd of people looking to get into shape or back into shape by joining the local gym or coming back to the gym. As a regular gym rat that goes automatically 5 days a week for a few years now it interesting to notice the wave of new people that come in to the gym at this time of year.

The fall time for new people coming to the gym is almost as drastic as those new years resolution people that come into the gym in January and February. What drives people to make time for the gym in the fall and winter months but then drop it as fast as they started when the weather begins to get nice again. Continue Reading »

Have you heard that? Seems like loosing weight is the one physical challenge that most people are faced with on a day to day basis. Of the people you know how many of them do you believe can actually say to your face that they are happy with the weight that they are at and would not change it. Is this really the true challenge though or is this something that we have all come to accept because that is what the health industry tells us year after year. Diet book after diet book we are pretty much force fed the notion that most of us are overweight and we need their diet plan or diet food to help us achieve that ideal weight.

Here’s a question what is the ideal weight? Do you measure it based on how much you physically weigh or do you use a BMI Body Mass Index scale. Even then who is to say that 185 pounds on a person who is say 6 feet tall is the right weight. Do these general standards Continue Reading »