WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Almost 230,000 fitness Resistance Tubes sold by Dick’s Sporting Goods are being recalled voluntarily for contusion and laceration hazards, the government said on Tuesday. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said in a statement that the plastic clip that attaches the resistance tube to the handle can break during use, causing the device [...]

Jack LaLanne     September 26, 1914 to January 23, 2011 The fitness community has lost its godfather yesterday due to complications of pneumonia.  Jack LaLanne died at the age of 96 as one of my fitness heroes.  LaLanne was far ahead of his time as he encouraged Americans to eat better and exercise more.  Way before [...]

According to a study that was published in The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, the answer may be yes. Oklahoma University researchers gave some of the 28, healthy, but sedimentary, participants a fat burning supplement containing, black pepper, niacin and capsaicin. The other participants, (they didn’t specify how many), were given a placebo after [...]

Five Tips to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain Originally posted by Brianna from the Live Naturally Healthy blog If you’re working on a weight loss plan, one of the most difficult times of year can be the holidays. Around Christmas and New Years, the parties and meals you’ll attend will include foods that are high in fat [...]

Let me ask you, do you weigh yourself regularly? Have those numbers crept up over the years? Do you measure yourself? Have those numbers increased, also? Bought new clothes? Let me guess, the old ones’ don’t fit anymore, right? If you’re reading this, you probably do some sort of exercise or are looking to start. [...]

Wendy Chant, the author of “Crack the Fat-Loss Code,” came up with a different approach to losing weight. The book is based on the assumption that our bodies will resist starvation by holding on to the fat. She explains that we can overcome the natural cycle that controls the storing and burning of calories by [...]

If you want to lose weight, don’t count calories in general. The weight loss industry has conditioned us into thinking that if we consume less calories, the weight will fall off. But, the book, The Fat Resistance Diet by Dr. Leo Galland, M.D., offers a different way to think about controlling your weight. He claims [...]