Fitness Rocks

Weight Loss: How They Did It

In this short run I do a shameless promotion of my new audio book Weight Loss: How They Did It by playing the first track of the program.  This is a ten track, two-hour program.  The tracks alternate between the four Fitness Rocks Listeners I interviewed for the project and my own commentary.

This first track is a five minute introduction to the program.

Music in the audio book is from Jon Schmidt.

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Weight Loss: How They Did It

My audio book is now available as a digital download.  The hard copy CD will be available toward the end of June.

This is a two-hour program split into ten tracks that includes interviews with four listeners of the Fitness Rocks podcast that have lost a substantial amount of weight.  There is also commentary from me.

Check out Fitness Rocks 017 to listen to the first track as a sample.

Exercise, Weight Loss, and Systemic Inflammation

In this episode we're going to review the relationship between exercise, weight loss, and systemic inflammation.  Systemic inflammation, as measured by C-Reactive Protein, is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer.

Check out Fitness Rocks Podcast 047 to learn what you can do to fight inflammation.

Your waist size and your health

Hey, I missed the last Saturday post of Fitness Rocks because I was in Austin, Texas attending my oldest son's graduation from college. 

On this short run we'll be talking about the relationship between your waist size and your health.  It's not enough just to have a BMI in the healthy range - you also need to have a slim waist.

Yo Yo Dieting and Your Health

On this Short Run we're going to talk about the health consequences of repeatedly losing and then regaining weight.  This is a common phenomenon associated with attempting to lose weight using unsustainable fad diets. 

Nutrition and Age-Related Disability

In this podcast I'll review two articles looking at the role of micronutrients in preventing declining muscular strength and cognitive abilities as we age.  What you eat today has a great deal to do with how well you will be able to function when you're older.

The Fitness Rocks audio book Weight Loss: How They Did It will be out very soon.  Check the website now and then for more information.

Check out David's running blog - he just ran his first half-marathon!

Environmental Pollutants in Your Food

In this short run we're going to talk briefly about the very disturbing topic of toxins in the food we eat.  I don't like this topic.  Researching all the different poisons that humans pump into the environment that wind up in our food is, frankly, depressing - and I usually avoid reading about this.  But, there are some strategies you can use to reduce your exposure.  Come along on this short run and hear what I've been reading.

Can Calorie Restriction Add Years to Your Life?

This week we review two articles that look at the relationship between calorie restriction and health and lifespan.

The topic was suggested by my good friend Nigel from the Running from the Reaper Podcast.

Can cutting calories really make you live longer?  Check podcast 045 to find out.

Your Brain and Your Weight

In this show I review an article from the April 25, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association entitled The Right Brain Hypothesis for Obesity.  If there are any neuroscientists listening please send me an e-mail to help fill in my lack of understanding of how the brain works.

This paper puts forward some really interesting ideas and different thoughts about various causes for the epidemic of obesity sweeping the world.  How much of a role does our brain play in our waistlines?  Check out Fitness Rocks Short Run 013 to find out.