by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jul 4, 2022 | Health, health and fitness, injury
I really jacked up my lower back about a month ago. I did a very hard workout, and one of the exercises I did that day was a heavy set of squat rows. I went 30lbs heavier than usual because I normally do a set of pull downs or chin ups prior to doing squat rows. I...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jun 28, 2022 | Fitness, Health, health and fitness, Lifestyle, mental health, sleep
Taking a nap in the American culture has been frowned upon for a long time. It has been negatively associated with laziness, sloth and grift. You can’t count on someone who is always napping, right? And yet, the afternoon nap is central to to many cultures. The...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jul 22, 2021 | anti-aging, exercise, fat loss
As if we are not told enough how important exercise is for health and longevity, there is even more reason to do so. Harvard researchers in 2012 discovered a hormone like myokine that is produced through exercise, which they then named irisin. In this post, I...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jul 14, 2021 | injury, injury prevention, muscle, Muscle building, strength training
Sharon and I took a long motorcycle trip this July 4th weekend. The plan was to go to South Dakota and check out Sturgis, Mount Rushmore and the town of Deadwood for a couple of days. Then we would trek through Nebraska to Kansas to visit with my family for a couple...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Mar 16, 2021 | Health, health and fitness, healthy fats, immune system, Lifestyle, nutrition, unhealthy fats
Do you remember, back in the 1980’s in particular, that saturated fats were bad for us, and that they were the main cause of heart disease according to all of the experts at the time? Do you also remember that they strongly encouraged us to eat poly unsaturated...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Dec 8, 2020 | corona virus, exercise, Health, immune system, mental health, strong immune system
Monday, December 7,2020. It has been over eight months since the original lockdown was inflicted upon us here in the United States. I remember, also at that time, that they (the health experts) warned us that even if things get better during the summer months, a...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Oct 20, 2020 | diabetes, fat loss, Health, healthy fats, high fat diet, low carb eating
Another doctor has recently come out against the Ketogenic diet, saying that following a ketogenic diet for a long period of time, even though he admits it can lead to weight loss in the short term, can lead to heart disease and death in the long term. Oh boy. Here is...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jun 19, 2020 | corona virus, Health, immune system, strong immune system
It is June 18th, 2020 as I am writing this blog. We are, from the looks of it, coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic. There was a nation wide lock down on travel, business, and social events. Moreover, we are strongly encouraged to wear a face mask whenever we are close...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jun 4, 2018 | anti-aging, exercise, high fat diet, low carb eating
I am in the process of writing another book and it is for men who are approaching middle age. It is filled with diet and exercise tips for the middle-aged man to build a fit, injury free body through the mid stages of his life and into his sixties and seventies. I am...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Feb 9, 2018 | health and fitness, obesity
In my last post, I discuss the body’s adaptation to a consistent, strenuous exercise program in conjunction with a low-calorie diet over the course of time. The body adapts to this stimuli by slowing down the metabolism in an effort to preserve energy. It will...
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