by Brett Blumenthal
Whether or not you exercise, you may have a predisposition to adhering to a program more than others.  Although there aren’t a lot of scientific studies out there on this topic, AFAA, the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America, has developed four distinct categories of the population, each with its own behavioral characteristics.  [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
The other day, a friend of mine told me about a recent visit to an acupuncturist.  He felt that the experience was completely life changing: the excruciating back pain he had been experiencing, somehow vanished for a full three days.  He became a true believer and was in the midst of seriously considering [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Your health is about many different things.  It is about physical health, mental health and even your environment.  When it comes to assessing your physical health, specifically, there seems to be so many tests and numbers and equations that you can use, that it can be daunting.  How do you know what measure is [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Usually when I go to the gym, I stay in my own world during my workout.  I tend to tune out those around me and focus on what I’m trying to accomplish.  Today, however, the gym was relatively empty, except for a woman and her personal trainer.  It was particularly difficult to tune [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Never will I forget the day when I was getting my weekly ’mani and pedi’ in a Manhattan nail salon, when two big, burly, tough-looking construction workers entered the salon to do the very same thing.  Without a thought, they headed straight for the two open pedicure stations next to me, ripped off their stinky construction boots, [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
This past week, I had the pleasure of speaking to an undergraduate class of business students about Sheer Balance.  Being back on campus was fantastic in many ways: the intellectual stimulation, the clean air of Ithaca, the beautiful fall weather, and of course, the youthful atmosphere…it just doesn’t get better. 
During my presentation, I [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Let’s face it, smoking is a controversial topic.  If you smoke, you probably feel that it is your personal right to smoke and that you should be able to do so anywhere you want to.  On the other hand, if you don’t smoke, you probably feel that those who smoke around you invade your [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
The other day I was chatting with a friend about a colleague and when I mentioned that the person was 50, she said, “Oh, they are old.”  I nearly fell out of my chair.  OLD?  How is 50 OLD?  I did a quick calculation of how far away I was from 50 and [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
One of my biggest pet peeves within the advertising and marketing arena is false advertising…or for that matter, misleading the consumer.  It happens all of the time and most of the time, I can let it go.  That said, I’ve been fighting the urge to write about this specific topic for some time, [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Great.  One more wonder drug for Americans to gobble up in order to ‘fix’ themselves.  A recent research study on mice has revealed that a drug can produce the same kind of physical endurance that comes from exercise training, according to Ronald Evans, Ph.D., of the Salk Institute.  The study tested mice for [...]

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