Just the other day, Hussain and Kristen made a small but important domestic discovery. Their son, who loves to read, was developing a bad habit of sitting on his bed and looking straight down at his book. When they asked him why he doesn't just lie down for a better ergonomic position, he told them that in that position he couldn't see his book well. It turned out because of the high hat lights in his bedroom, sitting up and looking down was the only way to catch the light. S

Basketball fans might remember this incident in the NBA finals, when superstar LeBron James had to be taken out of the game due to cramping. For pro and amateur atheletes alike, cramping is a serious problem that is most often the result of dehydration. When you exercise your body loses water to the production of energy, breathing and sweating, and along with that water you also lose key electrolytes - many of which are crucial to muscle function. As you may know the replacem

Last week we discussed the importance of changing your routine to shock your body to get better cardio results. This week we want to extend the concept to strenght training. Many of us have at some point fallen into a routine where we go to the gym on a regular basis and do the same exercises, hitting the same body parts, all with the same number of sets and reps. The only thing that changed was the amount of weight we used, but even that probably plateued at some point. That

One of the fundamental principles of exercise is that in order for your body to get the best response to a workout, it needs to be shocked. Doing the same routine over and over again, even if at a higher intensity, eventually leads to a plateauing of results as your body becomes acclimated. To improve overall results and break out of stagnation, try mixing up your routine. If you are a regular at spin classes but haven't been on an elliptical machine for years you might find