Celebrate (Food) Culture and Diversity this October What foods do you traditionally enjoy with your family? Everything from what you eat to what time of day you eat to what utensils you use (or don’t use!) contributes to your personal food culture. Food brings people together for festivals, weddings, birthdays, and simple social gatherings or romantic dates. Take a chance this month to celebrate cultural diversity and embrace the nutritional aspects of a culture you have always been interested in trying. Grab some friends and make it an adventure. You […]
Treadmill intervals and cross training
(30 minute intense work out) This interval training involves alternating between walking, lunging (off the treadmill), and running, with increasing grades Mins Action Grade (Speed) 0 – 2 walk 2% 3.5 2 – 3 lunges 3 – 5 run 2% 6.5 5 – 7 walk 5% 3.5 7 – 8 lunges 8 – 10 run 5% 6.5 10 – 12 walk 28% 3.5 12 – 13 lunges 13 – 15 run 8% 6.5 15 – 17 walk 10% 3.5 17 – 18 lunges 18 – 20 run 10% 6.5 20 […]
Nutritional Strategies for Muscular Recovery
Strategies are laid out for both endurance, muscular (resistance) work outs, or both ILANA KATZ MS, RD, CSSD Different activities require different energy, or metabolic, requirements on muscles and as a result, muscles necessitate different nutritional components when they work for speed, power, and/or endurance. A burst of energy, or high power and speed, over a short period of time are called anaerobic activities, which are almost entirely reliant upon glycogen (muscle carbohydrates) and phosphocreatine (source of energy for muscular contraction). Resistance training presents an obstacle in terms of balancing […]
