written by john c ashworth, ma A new 14-year study using NHANES data has shown that while overall body fat is important to consider, belly fat may be the real killer. In this review of the data collected as part of the on-going NHANES investigation, researchers discovered that men were twice as likely to die over…
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written by john c ashworth, ma Why a woman’s risk for heart disease is greater than she thinks. Most of us are familiar with the classic signs of a heart attack – chest pain or pressure, cold sweats, light-headedness, or radiating pain down your left arm. The problem for women is that the signs and symptoms…
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The Perfect Workout Does Not Exist! written by john c ashworth, ma 20-Year Fitness Coach and Life-long Bohemian Athlete Trust me. The Perfect Workout for you does not exist! This elusive and seductive search we all have a tendency to engage in is a complete waste of time. Worse, because there is no perfect workout…
Read Morewritten by john c ashworth, ma If I asked you how many calories you needed to burn to kill a pound of fat or what is the best time of day to exercise, or whether or not strength training really is bad for women because it causes them to bulk up, what would you say?…
Read Morewritten and produced by john c ashworth, ma Reference Point – you can calculate the metabolic equivalent or MET value of any activity by referring to published charts like this one. Once you have that value, you can use the following equation to estimate calories burned per minute: MET value x 3.5 x YOUR weight…
Read Morewritten by john c ashworth, ma produced by Leigh Mills and NBC 15 Madison I thought this would make a good topic for this week’s Fitness Friday segment with Leigh Mills, because I am moving this week, and I’m no young man anymore. Not old, of course, just not the guy you see in this…
Read Morewritten by john c Ashworth, ma Watch this video to learn how grip strength predicts mortality Read this post to discover how grip strength predicts mortality. A few years ago I published my first book. In that book I spent a great deal of time discussing the importance of strength training as a powerful strategy…
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