http://boomerhealthandfitness.com Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:32:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Week 6 of the 35 42Day Fall Fitness Challenge (The last week...YAH!) I should have stopped after Week 5 because I was a little bored with the program this week.  I still met my target, but I had to load up the last day with weight training circuits, interval training ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/fitness/week-6-of-the-35-day-fall-fitness-challenge/ Everyone is getting on the statin bandwagon after the results of the Jupiter study were recently released.  Dr. Michael Eades reveals why all the hype in the media is unwarranted. If you believe the data from this study (we'll get to that later), it indicates that men over 50 and women ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/health/weekly-roundup-7/ Nifty After Fifty is a senior fitness program I mentioned in an earlier post.  They participated in a 12 week study that assessed the benefits of strength training in high-risk frail seniors.  The participants undertook two 30 minute strength training sessions per week utilizing resistance training machines for the following ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/fitness/strength-training-benefits-for-seniors/ This week I put Week 4 behind me and moved on to Week 5.  I also decided to extend the challenge for another week mainly because I haven't figured out what to replace it with. To get right to the results: week 5 11-03 11-04 11-05 11-06 11-07 11-08 11-09 subttl Circuits/intensity (3x3pts) 3 3 3 9 Intervals/intensity (3x2pts) 2 2 2 2 8 Intermittent Fasts (2x3pts) 3 3 Diet Coke (7x1pt) 1 1 1 1 1 5 Walk or hike ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/health/week-5-of-the-35-day-fall-fitness-challenge/ Something as simple as brisk walking can improve health and reduce body fat, according to a study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.  USA Today has the summary of the findings.  Among them are: Women who increased their activity level by an additional 3,500 steps a day lost ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/health/weekly-roundup-6/ I mentioned in my last post that I had received the results of my latest blood test.  If you've read Time to Get Serious, Part 1, you'll know that back in the summer a routine blood test revealed that my triglycerides, cholesterol and blood glucose were extremely out of ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/health/taming-the-metabolic-syndrome-monster/ Week 4 officially sucked.  There's no other way to put it.  I was grumpy, depressed and cranky most of the week and I still don't know why.  Work was stressful.  I'm sure that had something to do with it.  I worked very late Friday and missed my interval training ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/health/week-4-of-the-35-day-fall-fitness-challenge/ We start off today with an interesting post about fat oxidation from Sam at the KC Kettlebell Club .  He reports on several studies that indicate that high intensity interval training (HIIT) is more effective for improving VO2max, fat oxidation and body composition than lower intensity ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/health/weekly-roundup-5/ Friday:  I knocked out a hike which also counted as my interval training.  I hadn't gone on a strenuous hike in a few weeks and thought I was up to tackling a local peak, Mission Peak in Fremont, CA. http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/health/week-3-of-the-35-day-fall-fitness-challenge/ How did I miss it? I just found out that October is National Apple Month.  Out of all the absolutely ridiculous holidays and special days, months, whatever (did you know that October 26th, when I actually started writing this, is/was Mule Day?), why didn't the apple growers of the ... http://boomerhealthandfitness.com/health/weekly-roundup-4/