Archive | January, 2005

31 January 2005

Fidgeting

As it turns out, your mother wasn’t doing you a favor by telling you to sit still. Fidgeters are onto something. All that extra movement actually burns calories! Now that fidgeting is IN, it’s only a matter of time before Equinox starts featuring a signature fidgeting class.

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25 January 2005

Afraid to Bulk Up

According to an article from MSN: “Women are particularly likely to stick with a light weight routine because they’re afraid strength training will cause them to ‘bulk up,’ with bulging pecs, thunder thighs and a big butt. Truth is, most women simply do not have the biological means — high levels of the hormone testosterone [...]

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23 January 2005

Card-gate

My secret plot to open my own gym and steal members from NYSC via the handing out of business cards has been exposed! Curses!! [end of sarcasm] From now on, I’m not going to hand out cards at the gym any more. If you’re reading this, the way you can help me is by spreading [...]

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23 January 2005

Screw You, Seattle!

The Men’s Fitness “Fattest and Fittest Cities” list has been released for 2005. New York City last year was the 21st fattest city in the country. This year, it’s moved up to 8th! (Before you get excited about the improved rank, you should understand that this means New York has gotten FATTER.) Last year’s fattest [...]

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20 January 2005

New Dietary Guidelines

The new dietary guidelines for 2005 have been issued by the U.S. government. Nothing dramatically different from the earlier version of the guidelines release five years ago, except for an emphasis on the need for whole grains, fruits and vegetables. An excerpt from the key recommendations: “To help manage body weight and prevent gradual, unhealthy [...]

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18 January 2005

Holy s***, it’s 13°F out!!

Ah, yes. The inevitable decline in numbers when the temperatures drop. You’re at home, comfortable and warm on your couch, and then you remember that John’s step class is tonight. To hell with him, you say, as you pour yourself another cognac and put another log on the fire. OK, so maybe it’s beer and [...]

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18 January 2005

Search for step

Most of you probably don’t know that you can now search for a group fitness class at NYSC. Unfortunately the search results do not tell you WHO is teaching the class (which, as we all know, makes a big difference). If you’ve recently taken my class and had never taken step before, you probably were [...]

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16 January 2005

Drinking too much?

File this together with other reasons to be frustrated with nutritionists. Now it’s possible to drink too much water!! “ Among the new recommendations will be to drink only when thirsty and to drink as much as you sweat. The way to know whether you drank too much during a long training routine is if [...]

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06 January 2005

johndibartolo.net

Alex (the crazy Venezuelan stepper we all know and love) has generously arranged to have the address of my site switched to johndibartolo.net. The old address still works, but the new one is a little easier to remember. Thanks Alex!!! Why .net and not .com? Well johndibartolo.com is unfortunately already taken. It automatically forwards to [...]

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