Our society is increasingly driven by a group of omnipresent manipulators who seek to create addiction in order to increase profits. These include the pharmaceutical industry and the Food Giants I ... Continue Reading
Money Is Not the Solution: You Are
A symptom of our consumerist society is the ever-growing belief that money will solve our problems. Every commercial subtly inserts the idea that buying their product will create happiness. Most people ... Continue Reading
Study Uses GPS Technology to Predict Injuries
New research released in the British Journal of Sports Medicine indicates footballing injuries can be predicted by looking more closely at players' workloads during training and competition. The ... Continue Reading
What’s a Fitness Trend? What’s a Fad? Does It Matter?
Not long after I got my start in the fitness, people started asking me what the best core exercises were. This was the year 2000 and with droves of fitness customers asking for core training came ... Continue Reading
How TV, the Internet, and Your Phone Are Hurting Your Fitness
The average American spends 8.5 hours a day staring at screens.1 Said another way, we spend more than one third of our lives looking at a screen. I don’t know about you, but this got my attention and even ... Continue Reading
BattleSuit Runner Fitness (Tech Review)
Adventure running games have become fairly popular, especially with the creation of Zombie, Run! and the Zombies, Run! 5K trainer, as well as non-fitness but GPS-based games like Ingress. But what ... Continue Reading
Paleo Central App (Tech Review)
Debates about authenticity aside, the paleo diet has been and still is a pretty large trend in gyms across the globe, particularly for CrossFitters. More often than not, mixed within gym orientation or ... Continue Reading
Tribesports App (Tech Review)
All too often I’m told about a shiny new app, only to be disappointed when it’s only available on iPhone. It never fails to make me a little bit grumpy. One such app I had earmarked to review once it was ... Continue Reading
Rowkeeper App (Tech Review)
I was first introduced to Concept2 rowers while at CrossFit Boston, where we had several rowers lining the walls. I remember rowing my first 2km, fumbling to loosen the straps on my feet, and flopping my ... Continue Reading
Tech Review: Asana Project Management
You may initially wonder why I chose to review project management software on a fitness website. If you do, I’d like you to think about these questions: Do you have fitness goals? Do you plan ... Continue Reading
Tech Review: Google Helpouts
The new year is often the time for new challenges, be they fitness-related or simply learning a new skill or hobby we always wanted to. We try to attend classes, figure out timing, and see when we can ... Continue Reading
The Good, The Bad, and the Bottom Line of the Fitness Gadget Craze
A few years back, Nike and Apple teamed up and came out with the Nike+ iPod sensor to track your run mileage and pace. The device fits in a little pouch on your running shoes and comes with a sensor that ... Continue Reading
Tech Review: runzi running cadence – injury coach app
It's the time of year when we all want to do a little better with our fitness habits. Adding an extra activity, another day of working out, or a little extra distance can be a great goal, but not if it ... Continue Reading
3 Tools to Amp Up Your Gym Business for the New Year and 1 Big No-No
As we come into the New Year, many of us who are trainers or own fitness businesses are bracing ourselves - not for the coming winter, but for the coming of the resolution clients. As we come ... Continue Reading
Tech Review: Impetus Interval Timer App
With the wealth of preset timers loaded into the Impetus Interval Timer app, it’s easy to use for yourself and while teaching classes right from installation. Custom music and tone volume levels add to the ... Continue Reading
Tech Review: Sonos Play:1
Playing music during a fitness class is a necessity for many people. Keeping a group moving, pedaling, or asana-ing away in enthusiasm takes the skill of an instructor and good tunes to set the mood. The ... Continue Reading
Tech Review: Withings Pulse
I encountered the Withings Pulse while at the HackFit event in Boston a few weeks ago. The Pulse is the latest product in a long line of activity trackers on the market. A small matte black rectangle with ... Continue Reading
Do Cell Phones Make You Fat?
Could there be any truth to the claims that technology impacts our health? Yes, says a recent study - at least in the case of cell phones. Researchers at Kent State University examined 49 college students. ... Continue Reading
Google Is Keeping Count – Of Your Walking and Biking
Google is keeping count. Oh Google you sly, slightly creepy dog. Google Now is slowly becoming the core information hub for many Android phone users. It consists of a series of "cards" that give the ... Continue Reading
More Than Calorie Counting: My 2 Favorite Online Food Journals
“What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly til that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your ... Continue Reading
