by Brett Blumenthal
Every New Year, it never fails: the gym is PACKED at every hour of every day, for the first three weeks of the year. When January 1st hits, people get a new spark of enthusiasm for being healthy. Gym memberships soar, health oriented websites surge in traffic and personal trainers don’t have enough [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Well, the New Year is just around the corner and you have been actively pursuing your New Year’s Resolutions pre-New Year.  It must feel great!  You have gone through three weeks of preparation and you are finally in the last leg of preparing for ‘A New You in 2009′.
Last week, we focused on [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Happy Happy Hump Week!  You are now entering your 3rd week of the four week series of ‘A New You in 2009.’  Last week, we focused on getting rid of bad nutritional habits with a ‘detox’ and revving up your workouts by increasing your intensity and duration.  All of these steps should help [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Congratulations!  You are now entering your 2nd week of ‘A New You in 2009.’  Last week, we focused on laying a foundation for a healthier diet and increasing basic activity into your life.  Hopefully, your ‘to-dos’ were easy to get into and not too overwhelming.  If so, take an extra week and stick [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
Every weekend, while downstairs in our building’s fitness center, I see this one personal trainer with his client.  I have seen them there every weekend for the better part of 6 months.  The client is a woman who is probably in her mid to late 30s, is extremely overweight and seems to lack [...]

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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
Hopefully you have taken some time to ‘prepare’ for your healthy start to 2009 with the Resolution Roadmap - Day 1 post. At this point, you should be in the right mindset to start moving forward and making progress.  Remember, this Roadmap is meant to help you make smaller changes over a few [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
A few weeks ago, I wrote about getting a jump start on your New Year’s Resolution.  I asked you to share what your goals are for the upcoming year and hoped to start a dialogue around how to reach those goals.  Whether or not you read the entry, you may have been thinking [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
On November 20th, the Canadian Supreme Court ruled that obese people have the right to two seats for the price of one on flights within Canada.  Apparently, an appeal made by Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet was declined and as a result, the one-person-one-fare-two seat policy will go into effect January [...]

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by Brett Blumenthal
I don’t watch much reality TV.  That said, I am absolutely addicted to Dancing with the Stars (DWTS).  In my mind, DWTS is not really a Reality TV show as much as it is a talent show. And what makes it really interesting is that it is a talent show with contestants who [...]

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