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Are Diet & Exercise Enough?

[fusion_builder_container background_color="" background_image="" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" background_repeat="no-repeat" background_position="left top" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_webm="" video_mp4="" video_ogv="" video_preview_image="" overlay_color="" overlay_opacity="0.5" video_mute="yes" video_loop="yes" fade="no" border_size="0px" border_color="" border_style="solid" padding_top="20" padding_bottom="20" padding_left="" padding_right="" hundred_percent="yes" equal_height_columns="no" hide_on_mobile="no" menu_anchor="" class="" id=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" last="yes" spacing="yes" center_content="no" hide_on_mobile="no" background_color="" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" background_position="left top" hover_type="none" link="" border_position="all" border_size="0px" border_color="" border_style="" padding="" margin_top="" margin_bottom="" animation_type="" animation_direction="" animation_speed="0.1" animation_offset="" class="" id=""][fusion_text]I recently read an article from the LA Times web site, “Diet and exercise alone are no cure for obesity, experts say,” and have been thinking about it ever since. While the title is designed to be an eye-grabber, the point of the article is not to argue that diet and exercise are ineffective tools for weight-loss, but rather that they are seldom enough on their own to help someone lose a significant amount of weight and keep it off long-term, especially if the person has been obese (BMI greater than 30) for a sustained length of time. [...]

Benefits of Strength Training

[fusion_builder_container background_color="" background_image="" background_parallax="none" enable_mobile="no" parallax_speed="0.3" background_repeat="no-repeat" background_position="left top" video_url="" video_aspect_ratio="16:9" video_webm="" video_mp4="" video_ogv="" video_preview_image="" overlay_color="" overlay_opacity="0.5" video_mute="yes" video_loop="yes" fade="no" border_size="0px" border_color="" border_style="" padding_top="20" padding_bottom="20" padding_left="" padding_right="" hundred_percent="no" equal_height_columns="no" hide_on_mobile="no" menu_anchor="" class="" id=""][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type="1_1" background_position="left top" background_color="" border_size="" border_color="" border_style="solid" spacing="yes" background_image="" background_repeat="no-repeat" padding="" margin_top="0px" margin_bottom="0px" class="" id="" animation_type="" animation_speed="0.3" animation_direction="left" hide_on_mobile="no" center_content="no" min_height="none"][fusion_text]While we often think of strength training as only body building for the young and glamorous the benefits of strength training are critical for long term health. Many daily activities require peak strength for short periods: sweeping, vacuuming, carrying groceries even getting in and out of your car. Add to that vacation and sports activities like carrying your luggage or golf clubs and you can easily list 10 daily activities that require strength to accomplish. Many Americans are woefully weak in such day-to-day strength activities and that can foretell earlier disability and even make weight loss harder. Muscle burns more calories than [...]

By |April 3rd, 2016|Categories: Exercise|0 Comments
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