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Did you have your exercise snacks today?

written by john c ashworth, ma, cscs, ces This morning is a good example.  In the spirit of ride your bike to work week, I rode my bike the short three-mile trip to work.  Though that doesn’t seem like much, I feel like a completely different person this morning. Why? Because even that short trip…

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[Fitness Friday] 5 Exercises for People who work on their feet all day

written by john c ashworth, ma, cscs, ces 5 Exercises for People who are on their feet all day First of all, the foam roll is your friend…Recent research shows that the foam roll can dramatically improve your performance.  In fact, you might remember that recently another study shook up the fitness world when it…

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For twitter followers on my new account @jc_ashworth

Briefly… I’ve taken a new position at Smart Motors of Madison, WI.  That’s right.  I’m a car Salesman.  Of course, as you most likely already know, I have many talents.  Sales and working with people being two of the top ones.  I needed a shift.  A BIG one in my life.  That combined with a…

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[fitness friday] What are the best exercises?

written by john c ashworth, ma, cscs, ces People often ask me… “what is the best all around exercise?” So I went looking and here is what I found. AARP says it’s the plank. A little time spent reviewing various expert opinions from The New York Times health and fitness portal revealed choices like the…

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[archives] John Ashworth on the BBC with James Coomarasamy

John Ashworth, The Fitness Nomad as Heard (and seen) on the BBC News Hour Links to the radio segment are below… Click Here for the video     Full Story is at the ~47th minute of this BBC News Hour Episode: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00y630j During the second broadcast of the news hour, they played my comments almost…

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[Podcast] Why doctors worry about Kids’ Bones

I created this in preparation for my regular Fitness Friday segment with Leigh Mills on NBC 15 in Madison, WI.  I thought you might appreciate some advance notes on what we will cover this evening… -John  

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