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If you’re sitting at a desk all day like most people, you are probably adding a lot of physical stress to your body.  Here are some simple tips to help make your workstation a healthier, more productive environment.

1.  Adjust Your Chair Height Relative to Your Keyboard

When you’re sitting at your desk typing,…

Before you reach for a sleep aid, make sure you’re not doing any of these things that keep you awake and disrupt your sleep/wake cycles.

Consume Caffeine

Did you know that caffeine has a half-life of about 6 hours?  That means if you drink a cup of coffee (a strong 8-ounce cup typically contains about 300 mg of caffeine) at 6…

To get the maximum fat-burning results in the least amount of time with my workouts I do circuit training.

With circuit training you rev up your metabolism and put your body in fat-blasting mode.  You not only build lean muscle with this style of training, but you boost your cardio respiratory function too. 

Here’s a sample of one of my personal circuit routines.  It consists of 5 compound exercises that are performed back-to-back with short rest periods in…

Grocery shopping used to be one of my least favorite things to do.  Even though I love to eat, taking the time out of my busy schedule to buy food was always stressful and something I would put off as long as I could—I would often wait until I had no food in my house before I thought about what to buy next. 

Of course, when you don’t have any healthy food on hand you resort to eating from vending machines and ordering take out, and it isn't long before you gain weight,…