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Archive for December 2007

December 20th, 2007

Pure Weight Loss Shuts Doors

As some of you may have already heard, Pure Weight Loss (Formerly L.A. Weight Loss) shut its door and shut out its customers recently. A fellow b5 blogger has been covering it and has recently posted some former customer and employers comments on the recent abrupt shut-out. Here is a short excerpt of a customers […]

By Scott -- 7 comments

December 18th, 2007

Making New Years Resolutions | Preparing Yourself For Failure

I think it goes without saying that every year people make new years resolutions just to break them within a week of the new year. I’ve done it and I’m sure everyone else has done it at least once in their life. I made pretty good on mine last year to quit smoking. I’ve had […]

By Scott -- 5 comments

December 17th, 2007

Doin’ The ipod Shuffle

Since Kendra is bragging about her new Wii, I thought I would brag and review my new toy. I won an iPod Shuffle last Friday at our company Christmas Party.
First off, I’ve got to give it up for my boss, the owner of the company. Our company Christmas (not holiday) party started out with us […]

By Scott -- 2 comments

December 16th, 2007

Health Care Is Cheaper For Men

Yes, out of pocket health care is cheaper for men. Why? Because we don’t have breasts (well most of us don’t), a uterus and babies. Where did I get this information? The bathroom magazine rack. Yep I was taking care of business this morning (Yeah, I know, too much info. Sorry) and I was thumbing […]

By Scott -- 4 comments

December 16th, 2007

Human Growth Hormone Use And Abuse

With the huge baseball steroid scandal and Yankees pitcher Andy Petitte admitting to brief use of HGH or human growth hormone, you have a lot of people wondering what exactly is HGH and why are people taking it to enhance performace.
Human growth hormone is exactly what it says it is. It is a hormone produced […]

By Scott -- 2 comments

December 15th, 2007

Holiday Health Lists From The b5 Science And Health Channel

It’s that time again that most of us here at the Science And Health Channel kinda work together and have a theme day. This theme day we have put together a holiday based theme. As you saw below I put together a list of 5 Gifts For The Fitness Freak . Here are links to […]

By Scott -- 0 comments

December 14th, 2007

Doctors Urge Men To Get Check For Breast Cancer

Yeah, thats what I thought too when I first saw this. Men? Breast cancer? It is true. Doctors are urging men with a history of breast cancer in their family. I’ve heard of it before in rare cases and I actually knew someone that had some funny looking pecks (kinda looked like womens breasts) that […]

By Scott -- 4 comments

December 13th, 2007

Arnold Says…

As I said I would I’m going to make up for last weeks “Arnold Says…” post that I missed. So without further adue.
On The “One-and-a-Half” method of intensity training Arnold Says…
“Another way to vary the stress you put on your muscles in any set is to doa complete rep of movement, followed by a half […]

By Scott -- 2 comments

December 12th, 2007

Five Gifts For The Fitness Freak

So it’s getting to that time of year for gift giving and here are five things that the fitness freak in your house would want…or maybe this is what I would want if I didn’t already have a few of them.
1. A gym membership. Time is tough to come by to get in the gym, […]

By Scott -- 9 comments

December 11th, 2007

Arnold Says…

I missed posting this last week so I’m posting this one early this week and will probably do a make up one Thursday or Friday.
On Negative Training Arnold Says…
“Whenever you lift weight using the contractile force of your muscle you perform what is defined as a positive movement; when you lower the weight, extending the working […]

By Scott -- 2 comments

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