Another in a series of peeks into your exercise options. It was a thing of beauty in an evening otherwise dominated by sweat and missteps. Two women stood facing one another, red vinyl body bags on their left and right. On cue, they began punching the bags with side kicks – left foot/right, left foot/right, left foot/right. After less than a half dozen kicks, they were in synch. Bam! Bam!…

Around this time of year, a lot of us begin experiencing a certain level of dread. Great, you may be saying to yourself. Another New Year, another round exercise and nutrition regimen doomed to failure. No matter what I do, I just can’t seem to shake this fat. There may be a deep-seated physiological reason for that, according to Bryan Walsh.  Walsh is a naturopathic physician who, according to his…

The holiday party season officially begins this weekend (because the first party I’ve been invited to is this weekend). That means lots of seductive holiday treats, from sausage puffs to rum balls, from one kind of chocolaty thing to 50 other kinds of chocolaty things. As the thoughtful Mae West once said, “I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.” Come the holiday party season we all have a…

You know you want to be healthier in 2010. But do you know why you want to be healthier? It’s human nature that as one year draws to a close we wonder how we might make more out of the year ahead. In our neck of the self-improvement universe here at GetGoingNC.com, that translates to how we can improve our physical lot in 2010. You may know that you want…

In my New-Year’s-On-Thanksgiving post, I touted the benefit of walking. But I didn’t address the benefits of walking. If you like to see evidence before making a committment, here’s some recommended reading on the benefits of walking. The Mayo Clinic One of the best Web sites for information on any health topic, the Mayo Clinic’s Web site notes: “Walking is a gentle, low-impact exercise that can ease you into a…

If you’re debating whether to go the extreme, quick-results road with your New Year’s Resolution (which started yesterday, remember) or adopt a healthy, lifelong lifestyle, check out a New York Times story this week on past contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser.” As you might expect, the long-term impact for many of the contestants over the past eight years has not been good, starting with first season winner Ryan C….