health Archives - Cube Dweller Fitness

Death In A Bottle – Testosterone Therapy Kills

Feb

11

2014

Testosterone Therapy Kills by increasing risk of heart attack by 200-300 percent in the first 90 days. That quick decision to take a trip down Testosterone Lane … could be fatal. Filling a prescription for testosterone replacement therapy was associated with a greater risk for having a nonfatal myocardial infarction in the next 3 months. ...

Is It Low-Testosterone, or Is It Time To Fire My Doctor?

Apr

9

2013

Sitting in a sparse room, I felt like time had slowed and my stress level had risen, with two questions circling through my mind: Is it low-Testosterone, or time to fire my doctor? My Story And Why I Fired My Doctor So time to get a bit personal. I’ve been struggling, and if you’ve followed ...

Feeling Blue, Feeling Down – Get Back Up

Jan

29

2013

Who knew that my holiday blues were just signs of something bigger, something was amiss. I was feeling down and needed to find a way to get back up. It took me a few months, but I finally succumbed and started digging deeper. I kept telling myself I was just stressed out and needed to ...

The Top 5 Alternative Fitness Activities for 2013

Jan

15

2013

You’ve committed to getting in shape in 2013, and this time you mean it. You need to find the programs that best work for you so you’ll stick to your vow to improve your health. There are many exercise options available today, beyond the weight set in your garage or the traditional gym membership. Here ...

I Must, I Must, I Must Increase My…Reps: Workout Suggestions for Women

Dec

4

2012

Women have more than justified their presence in weight rooms and on sports fields, and more women and young girls are participating in sports and fitness now than ever before. But one mistake some women make is trying to train and attain physical fitness in the exact same way as men. Like it or not, ...

Paleo For The Cube Dweller

Nov

29

2012

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have no doubt heard about the Paleo Diet by now: everybody is espousing the benefits of eating like our hunter/gatherer ancestors, and their results are drawing attention. In a time when the national obesity rate is skyrocketing, when diabetes is on the rise, and heart disease is ...

Busting 3 Diet Myths Keeping You Fat

Nov

22

2012

Happy Thanksgiving day to all US readers. On this day of culinary indulgence I thought it would be perfect timing to publish this guest post from Ryan busting 3 diet myths that keep you fat. Before we go any further – or, before we even begin – I want to get something out of the ...

5 Reasons Why You Should Be Skipping Breakfast

Nov

6

2012

As a fitness enthusiast, you have probably been told more than once just how beneficial breakfast is to maintaining a healthy weight and to keeping you from gaining fat. This type of advice has its roots in some epidemiological studies, which concluded that "people who eat breakfast are less overweight than those who don’t." That’s ...

Soda, Cola, Pop? 5 Reasons to SAY NO

Oct

6

2012

Different parts of the country call it different things, but you know that tall-oversized glass of cold carbonated flavored sugar water by any name. Some call it soda, cola, or pop. Others call every flavor a coke. But by any name it just isn’t healthy, so NO. 5 Reasons to Say NO to soda, cola, ...