by Art McDermott | May 29, 2019 | Blog, Fitness
Wait, what? “Art, you’re a fitness guy who has said—in public—that exercise has an anti-aging effect on the body. Now you want everyone to believe it’s not true? What gives?” asked a fictitious reader. Well, let me explain… You may call this a little bit of semantics...
by Art McDermott | Aug 15, 2018 | Blog, Fitness
I hear one version or another of this question all the time… “What should I be doing every week for exercise?” “How long should I be working out for?” “What should I be doing for exercise each week?” A study recently published in “The Lancet Psychiatry Journal” is one...
by Art McDermott | May 2, 2017 | Blog, Fitness
No, that is not a typo. It is spelled HIIT. If you exercise and have NOT heard this term, it’s time you started keeping up on current events a bit more! HIIT or High-intensity Interval Training is all the rage these days…now this is not new. It has actually been...
by Art McDermott | Apr 4, 2017 | Blog, Fitness, Nutrition
Let’s see which topic interests you more, type 2 diabetes or living longer. I’m guessing both.. Why do I ask? Because I read two articles this week – one on each of these topics. So…here you go. I’m going to give you the quick rundown on each because both results are...
by Art McDermott | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Fitness, Nutrition
Some of you were participants in the recent weight loss contest I ran along with Yang’s Fitness Center here in Andover. If you were not part of the fun – and even if you were, I wanted to pass along some of the things we all learned of the course of just over five...
by Art McDermott | Nov 15, 2016 | Blog, Fitness, Motivation
People don’t like change…neither does your body! Find out why your body gets stuck at a certain weight and exactly what you can (and can’t) do about it!