Under most circumstances, when we are asleep, our bodies preferentially utilize fat stores to sustain normal function.

Let's say you have a habit that you’d like to change. You don't like that feeling of being overstuffed after dinner.

We all know that our eating habits are inexorably tied to each aspect of our lifestyle.

This article is intended to supplement my previous article, Plant-Powered Bone Strength, where I discuss plant based options for strong, healthy bones.

This article will focus on plant based options for strong, break-resistant bones.

Eating mindfully is a “practice”. Improving skills and practices, necessary components in any nutrition plan, can lead to achieving goals.

A Nutrition Coach is a professional who serves simultaneously as a nutritionist, guide, mentor, and motivator for their clients.

Just how important is that post workout snack?  Is it necessary to eat it right after my workout, even before I shower?

Imagine that you are pretty much stuck at home all day, with little or minimal occupational work to do (right now, this is most of our country).

Feel like your genes are working against you?  Is the reason you can’t get yourself to look/feel/play the way you believe you should simply because you do not have the “right” genes?

More aptly put, these are my top 5 reasons, and as the title implies, there certainly are more than five, I (and others)  just see these the most.

Making a change from an intermittently active lifestyle to a running lifestyle is not as easy as it seems.  

In my last post “That Sugar Film – Take 1” I clarified some points from the film regarding the effect of excess sugar on metabolism

I recently watched “That Sugar Film” and wanted to share some thoughts.

Why am I bringing up golf now, in mid October, when for many, the golf season is just about done?

Recently I read a post addressing how to work the rotator cuff muscles. 

Maximal oxygen uptake, often abbreviated as VO2max (there is supposed to be a dot over the V, signifying volume-rate), the O2 is the chemical symbol for oxygen, so we have the maximal amount of oxygen the body can use during physical exertion. 

We once defined the term “agility” as the ability to change direction quickly.

Baseball requires athletes to go from a “ready” position, whether in the batter’s box, the pitcher’s mound, infield, or outfield, to full on explosive movement. 

Static stretching is when an individual muscle is stretched to its end point and held for 15-60 seconds.