No Pain/No Loss

    The expression “No Pain/No Gain” was popularized by the actress Jane Fonda in a number of workout videos she released in the early 1980’s.  Basically, her thought process was that when muscle groups are exercised rigorously to help shed weight and build muscle, the next day muscle pains would occur.  This was not […]

Does Weight Impact Your Stamina?

Here is a definition of the word “STAMINA”: the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort. If asked the question:  “Given a 1 out of 10 scale, with “10” being an incredibly high level of stamina and “0” being essentially no ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort, how would YOU rate your […]

Fast Foods are “bad” or “good”?…The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

There was a movie that came out in the 1960’s starring Clint Eastwood called “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”.  The movie was in the genre of flicks called “Spaghetti Westerns” because they supposedly took place in the Southwestern U.S. but actually filmed in Italy.  One of the news stations on cable (either your […]