I have a genetic “defect”. I share the same “symptoms” that my parents did, which is to be giving beyond my means. They lived a life that was poor in terms of material wealth, but rich in terms of helping others and I am seemingly destined to do the same. […]
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As part of the free health and fitness class, there are questions associated with this week’s reading assignment (found here). Those questions are in the Health and Fitness Question & Answer Forum. Go to the forum and post your thoughts and questions based on the following topics: Are you connecting […]
This week’s theme is resolutions and today’s “lecture” will focus on giving your New Year’s resolution a chance of becoming reality and not just becoming another failed idea. The top three things on many people’s minds today must be, (1) How am I going to pay for what I spent […]
Based on the supposition that this “classroom” will be overflowing in no time, and given your need and desire to be fit and healthy, I will structure this course accordingly. You will be given what you need to do in order to optimize your health and fitness and it is […]
I was one of those personal trainers who went to a person’s home (I was just told by a friend here in Albuquerque that that is, “an East Coast thing”) and because of that had a very high success rate. My clients had appointments, I went to their home and […]
In the Bible, a number of times, it is stated that the sins of the father will be felt for three generations. I intend to not let that happen. I never met my grandfather and my Dad went through life pretty sinless. As was the custom in England when they […]
I know a Hungarian man in his fifties who fled Communist Hungary on foot. He believes, among other things, that poor people are poor because they are lazy. I would strongly disagree on many levels, but also because in terms of material wealth, I am poor, and I am a […]
Two bumper stickers caught my eye today. One was “All One Planet” and the other was, “Well, he’s winning the war on the environment”. Howtobefit.com, the driving force behind this blog, is a green company and I am very proud to be able to say that and will continue to […]
I am not overweight (see Fat Like Me below) and I am a Caucasian male, so I am not black (as in the book, Black Like Me), but I am sick most of the time. An odd thing for a fitness coach to confess, but, because of one of those […]
In 1961, journalist John Howard Griffin wrote the book, “Black Like Me“, from the diary he kept while posing as a black man travelling in racially segrated Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. I started to write an article, which will follow, about the risks of being overweight and obese, but […]
My perfect day starts at 4:00 am (literally) and waking up rested and refreshed (almost never with a 3 year old and a 1 year old). I get a big glass of water, a cup of coffee, do some work on the computer and then do my P90X workout. I […]
I’m Carl Daikeler, CEO of Product Partners, a marketing company which has specialized in developing fitness and weight loss products under the Beachbody brand since 1998. My CEO motivation was to become a “walking billboard†for the business, and it occurred to us that my CEO-motivation to succeed could […]
The therapeutic benefits of regular exercise are well documented. Study after study has shown that it increases health and general well being. It’s been said that if exercise were a drug, it would be the most powerful medication on earth. However, it still seems difficult to get people to workout […]
It can be discouraging when our results don’t seem to match the efforts we’re putting in. But instead of giving up on our fitness program, or worse, diving into the Twinkies (trust me, you’ll regret it!), try making just a few, easy changes to your diet and lifestyle that will […]
There are those who can come home after a long day’s work and somehow whip up a healthy full-course meal. Then there are the rest of us who barely have enough energy to crack open a fresh tube of Pringles before parking our rear on the couch for the night. […]
“Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” M. Scott Peck The perception of no time to work out is one of the main reasons people on the Message Boards give for not exercising regularly. Even […]
Do you have more trouble choosing a workout program or starting the one you just bought? Are you an early morning exerciser or do you Push Play whenever you can grab a few minutes of uninterrupted time? See which of the six fitness personality types best describes you then find […]
When we began paying commissions on sales of Beachbody products to our customers, with an incentive for them to bring in additional reps to spread the word, the only customer complaints pertained to the seedy reputation of other multi-level marketers as a “pyramid scheme”. That reputation is largely due to […]
Have you ever written an email and wished that more people could read it than just the recipient? Such is the case with an email that I just wrote to someone in response to them saying that a certain workout program was a little overwhelming now because of changes that […]
The last time that I won something, if I remember correctly, was at the Belle Mead Fair the night before I left for Boy Scout Camp and it was on a borrowed nickel. I am 56 now. Actually I had the incentive to win, because I had tried and tried […]
I am an Ambassador of Fitness. Will you join me in my quest? Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor from Reuters Health News wrote an article August 28, parts of which I will quote here: Americans are fatter than ever, with obesity rates up in most states and fewer people […]