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Waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) – a better tool?

May 11, 2010 By Steve

The good news is that the mainstream fitness community is more aware that the body mass index (BMI) standard for measuring human health is indeedRead More

Total Immersion freestyle swim stroke technique

May 11, 2010 By Steve

Check out this video of Terry Laughlin demonstrating the TI freestyle stroke: The key thing to note is that he “spears” the water ahead ofRead More

Swim Report – May 9, 2010 – Happy Mothers’ Day!

May 9, 2010 By Steve

Here we are out at L1 at just after 7:00am. The air temperature came in at a brisk 43F (brrr…!). Fortunately, it was a cloudlessRead More

Brown fat redux – still no quick fix for burning fat

May 8, 2010 By Steve

When I wrote on the brown fat phenomenon over a year ago, there was a fair amount of media hype about how activating our storesRead More

Harrington Beach

May 7, 2010 By Steve

Swim Report – May 5, 2010 – Calm waters and a new Lake Monster!

May 6, 2010 By Steve

The water temperature came in at a crisp 55F out at Ladder 1, but we still managed to get in a quick dip before theRead More

Swim Report – May 1, 2010 – The first “May Miler” of 2010!

May 1, 2010 By Steve

Sunny skies, 60F air temperatures, and an unbelievable 56F lake temperature made our first May swim one of the best of the year so far!Read More

(Life) Guard Dog

April 28, 2010 By Steve

Happy Birthday to Me!

April 28, 2010 By Steve

And you know what that means…

Adopt-a-Beach Report – April 26, 2010

April 26, 2010 By Steve

I do occasional volunteer work for the Alliance for the Great Lakes. Since we’re always out at Oak Street Beach, I chose this one forRead More

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