Kinesio tape all the rage at the Olympics

If there is a way to start a trend, the Olympics is definitely an avenue for it.  Yes, I’m talking about that black thing that US beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh has been wearing during these Olympics.  Normally, we’d never even know she was really wearing this Kinesio tape except that beach volleyball has gotten [...]

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Yeah to running!

For those of you that have not seen this article, it’s another proven point that running is helpful in the long run.  Essentially, if you want to live longer, run.  Well that, and of course, proper nutrition and taking good care of yourself help too.

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Being proactive?

Today, I saw my physiatrist for that nagging back pain I’ve been having.  I figured I’d try to be proactive this time around and NOT wait until I was at the point of walking on eggshells, barely walking, or unable to bend my body.  See, I’m always weird about injuries.  I have a high threshold [...]

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Expert says ‘exercise pill’ does not replace exercise

I had a feeling there would be rebuttals to the exercise pill article recently reported in the media. Essentially, Dr. Frank Booth out of University of Missouri, an expert on the science of physical inactivity with 40 years of research experience, said how the study did not test many of the common benefits of exercise. [...]

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Fitness in a pill

In today’s New York Times, there is an interesting article about drugs offering fitness. The two drugs are Aicar and GW1516 which activate the muscle remodeling system in mice. In studies of mice running on a treadmill, Aicar increased endurance by 44% after 4 weeks of treatment. This is without any type of training. GW156 [...]

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