by gregg@urbanpump.com | Jul 11, 2023 | anti-aging, diabetes, fat loss, gluconeogenesis, health and fitness, healthy fats, low carb eating, nutrition, obesity, weight loss
Continuing on the fact that I have once again changed my position stance on nutrition and healthy eating in my last blog, I will give some general advice and tips that I have no doubt will stand the test of time. Moreover, these tips are easy to implement and...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | May 17, 2023 | exercise, health and fitness, injury, injury prevention
In my post I tore my Quadratus Lumborum, I wrote about how I really jacked up my back from working on my motorcycle and doing a hard workout on the same day. I clearly overdid it because my lower back was very stiff and in a lot of pain for a long time. It felt like I...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | May 1, 2023 | anti-aging, Health, health and fitness
It happens to all of us. Sooner or later we all develop aches and pains around our body and start to lose flexibility. People generally attribute it to wear and tear and simply getting older and leave it at that. The most common remedy people try to alleviate the pain...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Apr 24, 2023 | diabetes, fat loss, health and fitness, healthy fats, high fat diet, low carb eating, nutrition, obesity, weight loss
I finished reading a book on nutrition called Burn, new research blows the lid off how we really burn calories, stay healthy, and lose weight by Herman Pozner, PhD. Once again, my idea of a healthy diet and good weight maintenance got turned on it’s head. Let me...
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...
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