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• November 12, 2010

  BTW, That IS Exercise.

  While working at the JCC, I have great conversations with my boss about exercise and health.  While we have varying few points on a few things, we do tend to agree on many issues.  One of the issues that tend to lead to heated debates is how people should exercise.  Robin takes an approach that…

• November 9, 2010

  Is That Functional?

  If you search “Functional Training” on google images, this is one of the first pictures to come up.  In fact, if  you read many articles or blog posts about functional training, this picture is used.  Functional training developed out of the rehabilitation protocols of physical therapy, and intended to be applicable to the activities of…

• November 7, 2010

  Pretty Busy Weekend!

  This weekend was pretty busy, from Friday’s Guy Fawkes Day to Sunday’s Colts Loss.  Yea, I had to throw that in there, I know it just made my girlfriend scowl.  Here’s a small recap of my weekend accompanied by thoughts and some information. On Friday, I had my usual ‘Heavy’ Lower Body workout, and it…

• November 6, 2010

  NYSAHPERD Suffolk Zone

    Just a few days ago, I attended the NYSAHPERD Suffolk Zone Conference, which was a workshop for physical education and health teachers in the area.  As a member of both the AAHPERD and the NYSAHPERD, I’m a little nerdy and was planning on going anyway.  Plus, it was a requirement for one of my…

• October 31, 2010

  Happy Halloween!

  There were a few awesome things that happened this weekend. I saw my girlfriend almost all day on Saturday, I ate about 3 times more food than normal, I shopped at Whole Foods, and I worked out both Saturday and Sunday.  I usually tend to sit around and be lazy on the weekends, so that…