Functional fitness is more than just a buzzword. It's a way of life. I love playing sports and exercising my heart out. It makes me happy. Exercise-induced happiness makes me sleep sounder, drink more water, and find it easier to make lemonade out of life's lemons. It reminds me of this great quote. Dear husband, I exercise for you, too. So that … [Read more...]
A Brief History of the Fitness Business
Can you remember a time when there weren't 24 hour gyms in every strip mall? Or P90X infomercials every hour on the hour? If you can say yes, you’re at least as old as me. If you can't, you should know there was once a time in our not so distant past that the "health and fitness" industry was not always the multi-billion dollar empire it has … [Read more...]