by Rupe | Feb 14, 2012 | Fitness
Swapping your soda for water — or at least diet soda — really can help you shed a few pounds, a new clinical trial finds.
A common piece of advice in the battle of the bulge is to replace sugar-sweetened drinks with water or other calorie-free thirst quenchers.
But while that advice is logical, there hasn’t been research to show whether changing your drinking habits alone actually works.
So for the new study, researchers randomly assigned 318 overweight adults to one of three groups: one that replaced sugary drinks with water; one that substituted with diet beverages; and one that was given weight-loss advice and could make diet changes of their choice.
After six months, all three groups lost four or five pounds, on average.
But the two groups that cut sugary drinks were more likely to shed at least five percent of their starting weight: 20 percent did, versus 11 percent of the comparison group.
Source: Reuters
My Comments:
This absolutely works. Â If you cut out sugary drinks and drink water or even use sugar substitutes such as Splenda is a big positive. Â It absolutely helps in losing weight and keep it off.
by Rupe | Jan 22, 2012 | Fitness
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This is only a test post. I intend to get back to my normal routine next week. Pretty middle of the road cardio this morning. Â Ran the corners pretty hard. Â It was bit humid, but cool and light. Â My weight workout was pretty good. Â I added several burnout set on the triceps exercise – really good burn. Â Since I won’t be going up to Kings Bay any more in coming months I will have to reconstitute the gym at home or figure out something local.
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by Rupe | Jan 11, 2012 | Fitness
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by Rupe | Jan 2, 2012 | Fitness, Health-Wellness-Sex
What Is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is an age-old healing practice of traditional Chinese medicine in which thin needles are placed at specific points in the body. It’s primarily used to relieve pain but also has been used to treat other conditions. More than 3 million Americans use acupuncture, but it is even more popular in other countries. In France, for example, one in five people has tried acupuncture.
Source: WebMD
My Comments:
Ok, so I am like deathly scared of needles aaight…so when my doctor suggested acupuncture as a treatment for a persistent and nagging low intensity wrist and upper back injury, I was like – are you freaking kidding me dude.  You are a full blown doctor – yes?  then why are you talking all this mumbo-jumbo stuff about – ancient Chinese medicine”…Chi and energy pathways, blah…blah…blah.  Dr Dude was calm though and said, I hear you, but how about giving it a try nonetheless, besides, it won’t hurt…(pause)…that much.  The short of the story is – I decided to grit my teeth and give it a go and I am here to say, the cynic in me has been tempered.  The freaking thing no only works, its effects are absolutely tangible.  I kid you not.
by Rupe | Jan 1, 2012 | Fitness, Health-Wellness-Sex
About 10 years ago, a friend of mine—who was a strength coach for a Major League baseball team—told me about an all-star outfielder who was absolutely crazy about fitness. So much so that the player did barbell squats in the locker room. While standing on a Swiss ball. Buck naked. Which isn’t just crazy—it’s scary.
Thank goodness naked Swiss-ball squats never went viral. But I’ve found three current fitness trends that are just as scary. (If you don’t count the nudity.)
Source: Men’s Health
My Comments:
Jumping for heavyweights….that is some scary crap. Â I am tracking on all these outrageous trends.Â
by Rupe | Dec 13, 2011 | Fitness
So I have not posted anything on my physical fitness here in about 6-8 weeks.  Yep, it has been a pretty busy period lots of transition on the  professional front.
Well, there is more to it than that though.
So about eight weeks ago I messed up both my left wrist and right elbow while lifting some serious weights in the gym…a couple of light strains to be exact. Â Now, a normal person would just chill out , go easy for a while and let the strains go away, but oh no! “Little Rupie” could not wait, being invincible and all, I continued lifting through the pain. Â Obviously the slight strain turned into major problems.
To make a long story short, I was down – absolutely no lifting over the last month or so. Â So there it is, the last few weeks have been lazy weeks for me.
Not fully true tho..Iam still in relatively good shape, but I need to get back on the grind.
It has gotten pretty cold now that we are pretty much in winter, so getting up for morning runs are much harder. Â At any rate, my body feels much better now. Â My left wrist is about 90% back and my right elbow is about 75. Â I will keep away from heavy lifting, but I will kick in the cardio.
