Looking for a Bowflex Max alternative machine? The Bowflex Max Trainer is a hybrid elliptical trainer-stair climber machine that combines lower body climbing motions with upper body elliptical arm bars for a full body workout. The Max is excellent for HIIT workouts (or High Intensity Interval Training) and according to […]
Health & Fitness
Dynamic Polarity
“Life is polarized activity, a dynamic polarity” – Georges Canguilhem Going far beyond an individual’s behavioral choice (or choices, if the individual has more than one option he/she/they could choose from) the pandemic provides example after example how a person’s life situation can impact his/her/their health. Life. Health – as […]
Seventy (70) Is The New Forty (40) – Exercising Your Total Body Is Good News For Baby Boomers
Seventy (70) is the new Forty (40). To a lot of you that sounds like a lot of BS, as you sit there with aches and pains in places you never knew you had. I’m 70 so I know what you’re feeling. As we age our metabolism slows down, muscle […]
Ningxia Wolfberry Fact Or Fiction – The Truth About The Ningxia Wolfberry
The Ninxia Wolfberry is much discussed and though much maligned in some quarters it is venerated in others. So what is the truth and does it actually exist? As a natural skeptic when it comes to “alternative health” products I was intrigued to find out more. Firstly, I would like […]
The Hidden Dangers of Home Gym Equipment
While some people go to the gym to workout, most prefer to hop on their treadmill right at their very own home. For people with busy lifestyles, fulfilling a gym membership is too much to ask – aside from trying to squeeze in some gym time to their hectic schedule, […]
How Turmeric Helped Cure My Prostate Cancer and Turmeric Health Benefits
Turmeric helped save my life. In 2012 I was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer. As you can imagine being told you have cancer is not a pleasant experience. Fortunately I had just started a 10 week secondment in a remote area of Western Australia when my doctor gave me the news […]
3 Tips To Reaching Your Health and Fitness Goals With A Busy Lifestyle
Life has this sneaky way of creeping in and throwing curve balls left and right. Life will always happen. There will always be a busy day at work or family problems or relationship highs and lows or sick children. Once conflict arises, it seems like health and fitness routines go […]
Estrogen, Asthma and Black Cohosh
Some of this is not exactly news; it’s been known for a long time that there is a direct link between hormone replacement therapy and asthma. This is supported by the number, ages and gender of those most likely to develop it. As children, boys prior to puberty have the […]
The Importance of Health and Fitness While Serving Your LDS Mission
As a Mormon Missionary, you are encouraged to share the gospel with your friends and neighbors. Your duty towards the church includes being sent out to LDS Missionaries all over the world on missionary work. This has always been the fundamental belief of the Church, which has the most active […]
IP6, What Is It?
IP6 is the short name for Inositol Hexaphosphate, a molecule with important implications for your health. IP6 is a naturally occurring substance found in virtually every cell in our bodies. IP6 is vital for life. IP6 plays several critical biochemical roles, especially during the complex and delicate process of cell […]