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Posted on Wednesday, 28th July 2010 by Hanna

The idea of drinking your pain away doesn’t seem like something that would be recommended by health professionals. But new research is coming up with evidence that people who drink alcohol may see benefits related to rheumatoid arthritis.

According to the study, drinking alcohol may ease the pain and lower the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis. T

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Posted on Sunday, 25th July 2010 by Irvy

In 1993 the ultimate fighting championship was created.

The initial concept was to determine which martial art – under a no holds barred scenario was superior.

It was karate vs judo vs wrestling vs boxing etc.

Fast forward 15 years…..

We no longer talk about martial art styles — we talk about MIXED martial arts. It’s a mainstream term.

We no longer use the term ’style’ to describe a fighter — we say “he has good stand-up” or a “good ground game”.

Because martial arts have evolved and have embraced a totality.

Styles were a reductionist approach.
A strong guy went to wrestling. A good striker went t

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Posted on Sunday, 25th July 2010 by Hanna

A food-labeling campaign began last year called Smart Choices, backed by most of the largest food manufacturers in the U.S., was “designed to help shoppers easily identify smarter food and beverage choices.” This included the campaign’s “check mark of approval” on food packages.

The problem is, some of the food held up as “healthy choices” include sugary cereals like Fruit Loops and frozen fried dinners.

But there’s an effort afoot among government agencies to create tougher advertising standards for what foods can be marketed to kids. Last year, Cong

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Posted on Thursday, 22nd July 2010 by Hanna

Friendly’s Mac & Cheese Quesadilla kids meal contains over 2000 calories.

Childhood obesity is reaching epidemic levels in the United States, and one factor is the perception that kids won’t eat healthy foods. This belief is particularly visible on kids menus. “Children’s meals at restaurants are garbage,” said Mary Jo Messito told the NY Post. Messito is the director of the Pediatric Obesity Clinic at Bellevue Hospital. “Somehow, the restaurant industry has created special meals for children that are trash. And I don

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Posted on Wednesday, 21st July 2010 by Irvy

A couple of weeks ago I attended the Perform Better Functional Training Summit in Chicago.  It was the 2nd of three Functional Training Summits they hold throughout the summer, with the 1st being in Providence, RI and the third still to come this August 6th-8th in Long Beach, CA.

While I was at the event I thought about how much fitness professionals could learn from Perform Better the company – so I decided to share some lessons I’ve taken away from doing business with them which could benefit all of our businesses:

• Deliver Value To Grow Your Business – I’ve attended about 10 Perform Better events and made numerous purchases from them and every time I’ve felt like I’ve gotten more than my money’s worth.  In fact, to this point I’ve yet to come across someone who didn’t feel like they’ve received their money’s worth (or more) at any of the Perform Better events.This kind of consistent value that they deliver is the foundation of their success and should be the foundation of any businesses success.  It’s as simple as this: In every transaction you have with a customer or client provide them with an experience that makes them want to do business with you again.

• Educate and the Sales Will Come – The Perform Better Summits, the Functional Movement Screen Workshops and all the other Perform Better events are all incredible sales vehicles without ever really ‘pitching’ anything.  The key is simple – each of these events educates fitness professionals on how they can do a better job serving their clients.
  This is a great way to generate sales in two ways:
  1. Any of the tools or resources used in the presentations are made available by Perform Better so if fitness professionals want to implement what they’ve learned, Perform Better offers solutions so they can.
  2. The fitness industry is notorious for turnover so by educating fitness professionals, Perform Better is essentially helping people stay in the industry, become more successful and in turn potentially become a long term customer.

How can you apply this?  The more informed your clients are – the more successful they will be.  If you educate them on nutrition, supplements and a supportive lifestyle, they’ll be more likely to reach their goals and more likely to stay with you as a client. Not to mention that if you provide some of t

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Posted on Monday, 19th July 2010 by Irvy

This total football training program was designed by Duane Carlisle, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach of the San Francisco 49ers and, quite frankly, there is no other speed, strength and conditioning program for football that you could even compare it to.

=> Total Football Training

I’ve known Duane for years, (we’re on the Perforn Better tour together) and earlier this year he came down to our gym, Results Fitness to exchange training ideas. Duane is a

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Tags: Football Training, Total Football, Total Football Training, Training
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