Fitness Pudding - Where The Proof Is

This morning, I waved to my little girl, as my wife drove away to drop her off at her first day of school. When they were out of waving distance, I said a quick prayer, and grabbed another cup of coffee before sitting down at the computer to get through all I needed to do today - mostly writing at the computer. As nerdy as it sounds, there was some excitement thinking about the free hours...

In the 1953, Professor Jerry Morris and his colleagues published a ground-breaking study, finding that drivers of London's double-decker buses, compared to conductors, were more likely to have cardiovascular disease and die suddenly from blood clots in the heart. The bus drivers were sedentary throughout their shift, while the conductors were actively climbing up and down stairs during their shift.  As a follow-up, Morris found that postal workers, who walked and biked to deliver the mail,...

Some recent headlines have some reconsidering going for their next jog! "Too much jogging as bad as no exercise at all." "Fast running is as deadly as sitting on couch, scientists find."  "Stop that binge jogging! Three times a week is best for you...and too much is as bad as doing nothing." Could this be true? The media would never sensationalize such a topic, right? Let's clarify. The Study These articles were based on a recent...