Health and Fitness

Well, That Happened: Why Your New Year’s Resolution to be Healthy Will Likely Fail

So you’ve arrived at 2012. Congratulations and welcome! You made it. While you don’t get a prize for getting here, you did get out of 2011, which is probably a reward in its own right. So go ahead and pat yourself on the back. While you’re at it, go ahead and resign yourself to the fact that whatever health-related New Year’s resolution you made for yourself, if it hasn’t been broken by now, will more than likely be smashed to bits in the very near future; possibly even before you finish reading this article... Read More  

Mark Twain once said “golf is a good walk ruined.”  While this statement makes it relatively safe to assume that the “Tom Sawyer” author was a miserable hacker on the links, it also alludes to something that seems to be a lost art of sorts when golfing.  That is, actually walking... Read More >>

 Happy Healthy Days: Maintaining a Wellness Program During the Holidays

We are in the thick of the holiday season. If you work in an office, there is an excellent chance that its kitchen, break rooms, and lobbies managed to morph from respites from the workaday world to full-fledged dens of unhealthy horrors the moment the calendar flipped to October. You’ve seen the pattern before, and you what to expect and when to expect them: The cavalcade of plastic cauldrons filled to the brim with Halloween candy that didn’t quite make it into the hands of children; the Thanksgiving potluck that somehow manages to have very little food offerings traditionally associated with Turkey Day; the assortment of Christmas cookies, candies, and other confections that seem to regenerate themselves until after the New Year... Read More  

The Importance of Honoring Your Gym Membership

The alarm goes off.  You roll out of bed and amble downstairs toward the kitchen.  As you wait for the pot of coffee to finish its brewing process, you start shuffling through your mental calendar to figure out what you need to accomplish.  Like most days, there are meetings that you must either conduct or join, phone calls to clients and vendors that must be made, and a couple of projects that you need to make sure are going smoothly.  As you start analyzing the various time slots that each activity falls into, you begin to feel the crunch of time tickling your nerves.... Read More

Cut for Success? What Your Hairstyle Says About You By Jessica Lothstein Interview suit dry-cleaned? Check. Shoes shined? Check. Mohawk perfectly sculpted with extra pomade? Hold on a second there, cowboy. This is a job interview, ... Read More »

 3 Quick Exercises To Get Perfect Abs From Orange County Personal Trainer Steve Hochman
As an Orange County Personal Trainer, I know these days everyone is working to get in shape, and they want to see results quickly. These quick and easy exercises will give you a better, more toned ... Read More »

8 Ways To Eat Healthier From Steve Hochman An Orange County Personal Trainer
Expert after expert all agree that the best way to eat healthy is to make sure that you are eating fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains and protein. As an Orange County Personal Trainer, ... Read More »

The Health Benefits of Laughter
Knock Knock! Who's there? Abbott. Abbott who? Abbott time you opened this door! Go ahead. Laugh. Your health may depend upon it. People need to laugh more, especially when one considers the state ... Read More »

The New Generation Spa Man
The period of viewing the spa industry as primarily serving and attracting female clientele has changed. Men have swiftly joined the spa movement and are rapidly changing the way spas work and develop. According to various sources, more than 35% of spa goers are now male and the increase in male only spas has been predicted to only increase further in the upcoming years. Read More >>

Surf Yoga
The Key to Surfing and Living Better What if I told you that your surfing will take on a whole new meaning once you have have cultivated physical, mental and spiritual growth. If you're like me, your first question might be "Ok, what'... Read More »