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• Does Lady Gaga have an Eating Disorder?

  With Lady Gaga back on tour and surviving a very hectic tour schedule, she has taken celebrity trainer Harley Pasternak on tour with her as he reveals via Twitter: "About to "5-Factor-ize" the Lady GaGa tour...my luggage is packed with 5-factor snack bars, chips, and smoothies!" However, Lady ...

• Pushing the Protein: Is Protein Powder Here To Stay?

  The fitness supplements industry has been primarily targeted at young males wanting to bulk up in the gym. In 2008, bodybuilding - related products generated a $2.7 billion industry. Some health experts have criticized protein supplements as being unnecessary for the majority of people that buy them...

• Plank with Chest and Back Series: Exercise of the Week

  In the eighties and nineties we heard the words "six pack" used to describe strong rectus abdominals. In today's fitness industry, the words core strength is commonly being used, but what does the core really consist of? Anatomically, the core consists of the muscles in the hips, deeper muscles i...

• How Fitness Changed My Life: Nicola Ferguson

  Six years ago I was at a physical peak; I'd completed a marathon, shortly followed by a half marathon and began training for second full marathon. I loved running, my life revolved around my running schedule and I'd made some great friends while training. But then I woke up one morning in terrible p...

• Stability Ball Hamstring Curl: Exercise of the Week

  The Stability Ball Hamstring Curl could possibly be the most effective hamstring exercise around. To perform this movement you will need a Stability ball and your body. Since the ball is unstable, your hamstrings and back muscles have to work hard to maintain your body position. Hamstring curls ...

• Bosu Burpie Pushup: Exercise of the Week

  If you haven’t already seen this blue and oddly shaped ball in your gym or fitness studio, you will soon because this fitness item is one of the best to hit the gyms in a long time. BOSU stands for “Both Sides Up” or “Both Sides Utilized” depending upon whether you are talking about th...

• How Fitness Changed My Life: Lori Mitchelson

  In my 20’s and 30’s I was fairly active (softball, skiing, golf etc) and found it easy to lose a few pounds with diet and exercise. It is absolutely amazing how you can hang something in your closet for awhile and it shrinks two sizes!!! I enjoyed running and even competed in a few 10k races. I ...

• Do You Workout With a Stability Ball?

  Looking for a way to rev up your workouts? Then get on the ball! A stability ball may look like it belongs in the circus, but it's a great way to challenge your entire body as well as core, and increase the intensity of your workouts. There are so many exercises that you can incorporate the ball ...

• Personal Health: How Healthy Do You Think You Are?

  More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, and $19 billion a year is spent on gym memberships. Unfortunately, some people will join a gym, but never make it through the front door. Still, as one major study - the Minnesota Heart Survey - found, more of us at least say we exercise ...

• Steroid Use in University Athletics: Waterloo Suspends Football Program for Steroid Scandal

  The Canadian University of Waterloo has suspended its football program for one year following an investigation by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) which revealed out of the 62 urine samples, nine potential infractions. Four members of the Warriors football team have admitted to usin...