Lead a Fit and Healthy Life
Archive for April 4, 2011
Challenging Conventional Wisdom: Gary Taubes
01 year ago
Gary Taubes on “Why We Get Fat”
Yes, Yes, Yes. Eating the crap foods creates cravings for more crap food — and you are living in a vicious cycle. That’s why I think eating a Paleo like diet is key. Cut out most carbs and eat whole, clean food — not processed – you are good to go. Look into the science more and see what you think –
Taubes challenges the conventional wisdom that says if we just eat less and exercise more we will lose weight. He contends that carbohydrates – sweets, breads and fruit – and not fatty foods are to blame for our nation’s rising obesity rate.
We’re not fat because we’re gluttons with no willpower who sit around watching too much TV, he says. Instead, we become couch potatoes because we are getting fat by eating too much pasta and rice, and too many cookies. That diet brings on a vicious cycle of craving more of the same carbohydrates that sap our energy and pack on the pounds.
“It’s the most important issue in medicine today,” argues Taubes, a fellow at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Being fat increases our risk of heart disease and diabetes, he says, as well as cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Diets that require a steep drop in caloric consumption only allow us to drop pounds temporarily but are not a cure for obesity, he says.
…DeVane and Taubes agree that exercise alone is not the answer because people dramatically underestimate how much exercise is required to burn off pounds. And, Taubes says, exercise will just make you hungrier.
Colon Cancer Sucks
01 year ago
I keep reading about these young people being taken away from all of us from cancer. So many of us live our lives worrying about some pretty insignificant things — cancer is the reality in so many people’s lives and it doesn’t go away. Take a moment every day to realize how much you have in life and how much you are blessed …
Ty Lewis dedicated his life to coaching and mentoring youth in the game he loves, Soccer. He strives to develop attitudes of perseverence, dedication and hard work. Through fitness he strives to support those in need. Coach Ty Lewis died Saturday April 2, 2011 at the age of 44 from stage IV colon cancer.
- Ty Lewis
- Reston Soccer Coach Fights On and Off the Field
- The Ty Lewis Cancer Foundation
- Celebrating the Life of Ty Lewis
Erica Paul: Her own words: But, here I am, 2 years since my diagnosis, and although still fighting to beat cancer each and every day, I feel happy, healthy, and determined to help others by sharing my story and increasing awareness of cancer in young-adults.
This experience has taught me not to take life for granted, and to thank God for each and every day He gives me. I try not to stress about silly, petty things anymore because it’s just not worth it. Life is just too short and precious. Getting healthy and spending time with my family and friends is my top priority. I know something positive will come from this, and so much has already. I am hopeful that more than just my life is changed from this experience. Erica died March 7, 2011 at the age of 29 from colon cancer.
Eric Olsen: Olsen taught history and served as Freedom’s cross country and boy’s lacrosse coach in Loudoun County, VA since the high school’s opening in 2005. He lost a prolonged battle against colon cancer on January 25th 2009 at the age of 38. I remember reading about Eric’s passing and thinking –holy crap, this could have been my family. I think of them often.
- Freedom High School Dedicates Eric J. Olsen Memorial Stadium
- Freedom High Mourns Death Of 38-Year-Old Teacher, Coach
Monday means Murph
11 year ago
Good Morning Monday. It was a tough weekend full of hard workouts and hours and hours of lawn work. There really is something to doing lawn maintenance each season so that it doesn’t all pile up — I spent over 3 hours raking and bagging leaves in my back yard and I am still not done. Then I had to lug the lawn bags out to the front curb — it was like a mini-boot camp. So – if you take the lawn work into account, I did not have a rest day last week –and I can feel it.
I woke up to find out that the workout of the day was ‘MURPH’. I’m always up for a challenge, but somehow this just didn’t appeal to me. But once I got there and started the workout, I went into auto pilot. You can also split up the reps anyway that works for you — so I did the pull ups in reps of 10, and push ups/squats in reps of 20 –but the problem came up at the end –when I had a ton more squats to do! But I got through it –and then headed out for a mile run with jelly legs.
I stayed a bit afterwards to talk to my friend Ryan. We were talking about how you really do get energized by working out with a group of people that are pushing themselves as hard as you are.
Think about it — you go to your local Gold’s gym and you basically workout alone — even in fitness classes, the instructor is at the head of the class and you do your thing with little interaction. At CrossFit — you workout with a group — we are all doing the same workout (scaled as necessary), pushing as hard as we can — and when you feel like you can’t go on, there is another athlete or the coach right there to push you on — to encourage, to ‘wake’ you up. You aren’t alone on that treadmill — waiting for that 30m time limit to come. It’s such a different approach to fitness — engaging, challenging, supportive! Think about how much better that is than the solo globo gym experience….
“Murph”
For time:
1 mile Run
100 Pull-ups
200 Push-ups
300 Squats
1 mile Run
In memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005.This workout was one of Mike’s favorites and he’d named it “Body Armor”.
Time: 47:13 (used blue band for pull ups)
