Originally published on January 12, 2011 I have a particular problem with the word habit being used in regards to exercise or any health-related activities. Exercise should be a positive and rewarding experience. Not a dull chore you are forced to do. The word habit, even when were are talking about positive habits, always somehow … Read more
Inventing the Couch Potato I’ve longed believed that the proverbial couch potato, the very person that fitness professionals reference so often in their half-baked motivational messages about fitness, was in large part invented by those that very same fitness industry. No, I don’t mean they invented the concept out of whole cloth, but that the … Read more
Richard Simmons, who has withdrawn from the public for the last ten years or so is back in the news for all the right reasons. Pauly Shore starred in a short film about Simmons called The Court Jester and there is talk of a feature film biopic starring Shore. The plan is to pay tribute … Read more
When is a program a program and when is it programming methodology? Easy. A program is a program when you are doing it exactly as it has been written or planned. And it is “programming methodology” when somebody spins it into one. Always realize that the underlying principles that drive a fitness training program are … Read more
This is not the first post where I talked about how numbers can easily impress and mislead us. I mentioned numbers and “proofiness” in The Data Dump in Fitness Information (Part of the book, The BS Vaccine For Fitness). Another closely related post is Strength Measurements Versus Assessments Our [western] culture is a bit obsessed … Read more
Have you ever noticed that you continually encounter what seems like the same information in slightly different words? And, at other times, you could have sworn the article you’re reading came from another website by another author? Well, you may be encountering a PLR article. What Are PLR Articles? PLR stands for “Private Label Rights” … Read more