Short burst interval training can be defined as repeated bouts of high-intensity exercise with intermittent recovery periods. This pattern is suspiciously similar to the stress response: short periods of increased heart rate, breathing, and muscle use, followed by recovery. These bursts are what I r...

HOW TO FAIL:

1.  Go on a diet.

2.  Vow to give up certain foods.

3.  Don’t eat.

Not eating requires willpower and willpower requires eating.

Willpower is fueled by glucose from the foods we eat. Low glucose means low willpower in addition to an increase in cravings for sugary foods: a scenario ...

To promote exercise and the 2014 Olympics, Olympic Changes installed a very unique ticket machine at the Moscow subway station.  It doesn't accept money - it gives a ticket in exchange for 30 squats.  I love how much fun everyone is having using the kiosk and kudos to the guy doing them 1-legged!

OUR BRAINS RESPOND TO EXERCISE SIMILAR TO THE WAY OUR MUSCLES DO:  THEY BET BIGGER AND STRONGER.    

In today's competitive business environment we need all the advantages we can get...like really gigantic brains.  Exercise spurs neuron regrowth (neurogenesis) particularly in the hippocampus, a par...

This is a question I’ve asked of myself many times over the span of my life and one I’ve been asked by clients over and over again.  You make the commitment to workout but when the alarm goes off in the morning or it’s your scheduled time to do it, you’re feeling too tired to follow through. What do...