Live Fit and Sore

Day: May 12, 2010

  • Soda is bad for you.

    Nutrition Lab: Milk, soft drinks and bone strength – latimes.com. It does seem to be true that soda drinkers have worse diets overall. In a study published this month in the Journal of the American Dietetic Assn., for example, among 170 girls followed from age 5 to 15, those who drank soda at age 5…

  • Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Lemonade Days – June 11, 12 & 13

    I had the pleasure of meeting Jay and Liz Scott, the parents of an extraordinary little girl – Alex – and hearing their story a few years ago during a Leadership camp I organized for student’s that attend K12, Inc.* schools. After that meeting, we were so inspired , K12, Inc. partnered with them to…

  • Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals

    Top Perfumes Contain Hazardous Secret Chemicals, Report Finds Failing to name the chemicals in a fragrance is legal under the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act of 1973. Though that law requires companies to list cosmetics ingredients on product labels, it explicitly exempts requiring breaking out the specific components of a perfume or cologne. Instead,…

  • It’s going to end up biting us in the ass

    Rachael Ray Lobbies Capitol for School Lunch Bill – NYTimes.com. Instead, she grimaced, leaned in and sounded off about the federal Child Nutrition Act and what she considers to be the government’s stingy reimbursement rates for school lunches. “Ridiculous,” she said. Rachel Ray also has a non-profit called Yum-o! Check it out for good recipes…

  • Group Training

    Group Training Today was great. Although my arms & shoulders are sore from all the pull-ups yesterday.  Get out there today and make it a goal to do something active today – walking during lunch, push -ups, WII fit — SOMETHING! Warmup 800m run Core 83’s with the stability ball leg extensions with the ball…