November 26th, 2008 — , Health & Fitness, Weight Management from Mike @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Langston Walker talks about the ups and downs of being a Big Man in the NFL in this video. You see these 6′8″ 340lb goliaths pulling their weight fairly easily on TV, but you don’t realize that their average life span is only 50-something and they have [...]
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October 5th, 2008 — , Foods, Health & Fitness from Mike @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. by Mike and Stacie
Part of being a dietitian, and a dietitian’s husband, is trying new products so that we know what’s available, and palatable, for readers and patients. Well, thanks to French Meadow Bakery for sending us a sampler pack of some of their new products to [...]
Continue reading → Tag-Team Review: French Meadow Bakery Healthy Hemp™ Bread
August 7th, 2008 — , Cooking, Foods, Health & Fitness, Weight Management from Mike @ Building Nutrition
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By Mike
Just like 90% of all college students (and even pre-college), I thrived on ramen noodles (aka “oodles of noodles”) due to their cheap price (5-10 cents per pack) and tummy-filling goodness. These aren’t those high quality bowls of ramen that you’d find in [...]
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August 6th, 2008 — , Health & Fitness, Weight Management from Mike @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. If you are one of the lucky families who has been able to purchase a Wii Fit (TM), then you should enter your family in the Wii Fit (TM) Family Challenge!! (websites: wiifitfamilychallenge.com or http://www.nickatnite.com/ads/nintendo/wiifit/).
You need to submit a 2 minute video to say why your family [...]
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July 15th, 2008 — , Endurance Training, News, Weight Management from Mike @ Building Nutrition
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Aha! You thought we weren’t actually doing the 100 Push-up Challenge, didn’t you? In fact, we just started week 3 last night. And boy was it hard!
As a review, the hundred push-up challenge is a 6-week-long training program that will get you to the point of [...]
July 2nd, 2008 — , Foods, Health & Fitness from Mike @ Building Nutrition
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The NY Times “Well” Blog has a list of 11 nutritious foods you aren’t eating, with some good information about each. I’d like to give my own take on each:
Beets: While you’re babies might be eating pureed beets out of a jar, most Americans are probably [...]
Related StoresJune 26th, 2008 — , Health & Fitness, Weight Management from Mike @ Building Nutrition
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By Mike
How many push-ups can you do? Well, right now I can’t do 100, but I plan on trying! And I’ll keep you abreast of my progress through that nifty bar graph on the sidebar.
At HundredPushUps.com, you’ll find an initial test and a 6-week training program that [...]
June 17th, 2008 — , Health & Fitness, Miscellaneous, Weight Management from Mike @ Building Nutrition
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I decided to play a new fitness game today. I happen to work on the 8th floor of a 12-story building. I get on the elevator in the basement (no “up” stair access on that level) every morning, then sit at my desk for the next [...]
May 5th, 2008 — , Cooking, Foods, Health & Fitness from Mike @ Building Nutrition
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When cooking, how often do you substitute an ingredient because you realize that you don’t have it? I typically make sure I have all of the ingredients before I cook a meal or bake a dessert, and if I don’t have an ingredient, I don’t make [...]
August 21st, 2007 — Abs, Exercise, Weight Management, burn calories, calories, elliptical trainer, fat, fatty, marathon, muscle, stationary bike, strength training, tone, treadmill, walk, weight training, workout from Mike @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Ever since I was about 5 years old, I’ve been obese. It wasn’t until I left college that I really got things under control. I’m still a chunky dude, but my proportions have changed from all fat to half fat. Last year, I even ran a marathon [...]
Related StoresJuly 2nd, 2007 — Health & Fitness, Motivation, fitness, goals, motivation, pace, running, strength training, training, workout from Mike @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Many of us are goal-oriented individuals. We want that feeling of accomplishment to feel good about ourselves. We have goals in our careers, finances, and home life. Let’s extend that to our physical selves.
With aerobic fitness workouts, we have measurable goals. For example, running an [...]
June 25th, 2007 — Food, Health & Fitness, calories, eating, energy, injured, injury, marathon, nutrition, rest, running, training, workout from Mike @ Building Nutrition
Copyright © 2006-2007 Building Nutrition. All Rights Reserved. Having injured my knee a few weeks ago on our 8 mile night run, I decided to rest for a few days, and then take it easier on my next run. The question came to mind whether I should reduce how much I’ve been eating because [...]
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