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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]