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 | 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 | 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...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Nov 6, 2017 | health and fitness, mental health, sleep
Sharon and I made a quick trip to Santa Fe this last weekend to celebrate her father’s birthday. We stayed at the Inn and Spa at Loretto for two nights. It is our favorite place to stay when we go to Santa Fe, and on this trip we had a room on the fifth floor...
by gregg@urbanpump.com | Oct 7, 2017 | diabetes, health and fitness
Both Sharon and I have a client with type 1 diabetes, and they both say that our workout program is very effective at regulating their blood sugar. As a matter of fact, one of them says that our exercise program is more effective than anything else she does. She swims...
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