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Exercise vs. Obesity

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Exercise vs Obesity

On Monday, July 9, 2007, Robert Lustig - Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco - was featured on Norman Swan’s ABC Radio show. The topic of discussion was obesity and associated factors.

Prof. Lustig clearly identified a number of important areas when considering the prevalence and development of obesity in adults and children.

For many years I have been explaining the need for more exercise in the community and have discussed that exercise is not about burning calories. Here is what Prof. Lustig had to say on that front...

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Fitness - can you depend on yours?

Adam Stanecki of CrossFit Victoria wrote the following article.

Fitness - can you depend on yours?

Originally published in Response. The primary audience is law enforcement personnel.

It is highly doubtful that anyone would argue about the inherent benefits of being fit and healthy, which makes it hard to understand why so many people are unfit these days. Still more difficult to comprehend is the general lack of fitness witnessed in police stations, army reserve units and other ‘non-civilian’ operations. Why is it amazing? For one, people working in law enforcement, rescue and military roles are more likely to face life-threatening situations than the common civilian. In these situations your level of fitness may be the difference between you making back it home or visiting a hospital or worse.

It may sound like scare tactics, but let’s face facts: if your life depended on your fitness would you be fit enough?

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Overtraining or Under-Recovery?

 Adam Staneki of CrossFit Victoria wrote the following article.

Overtraining or under-recovery?

Athletes (and their coaches) spend a lot of effort ensuring that they do not over-train and therefore suffer the consequences of injury and poor performance. However, if you take a look at the programs of elite athletes you will find that often they are participating in so much training that you’d immediately think over-training is imminent. So, how do they cope? Well, not only do they make sure that their training is structured in such a fashion that they do not overwork one muscle group, movement or otherwise but they make sure that they recover correctly. This is the difference between great and mediocre results.

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