Miscellaneous | John Sifferman

Your Personal Trainer Behaves Like a Doctor – my revelation about the fitness industry

In medical school, aspiring doctors learn a lot more about drugs and treating the symptoms of disease, rather than how to prevent disease in the first place. It’s likely that the nutrition and fitness courses they are required to take in medical school don’t offer a comprehensive solution to the prevention of disease. Nikhil Rao […]

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MovNat is finally coming to the United States – details here!

At long last, Erwan Le Corre has set a date for the first official MovNat training seminars in the United States. They will be held in West Virginia at the beautiful Summersville Lake. In case you’re not familiar with Erwan yet, take a look at his MovNat video: MovNat – Erwan Le Corre – The

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Are you "the healthy one," or "the health nut," or how about a "fitness freak?"

This past weekend, my wife and I went to a party with a lot of old friends whom we hadn’t seen in awhile. One person greeted me by saying, “Hi John… ah, the healthy one.” I responded with a smile and said “I sure hope so.” I wouldn’t want to be unhealthy after all. This

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Forecasting the Fitness Industry: My Predictions For The Top 8 Coming Trends in Fitness

Trends come and go. We have trends in the fitness industry that happen on a massive scale, and others that happen only in smaller subcultures. I’ll let you decide which are which, but let’s be in agreement that both have far-reaching effects in the lives of those that participate. Here are my predictions for the

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Barefoot Hiking at Pulpit Rock: My Weekend Mini-Adventure

This past weekend, I got a chance to get outdoors for a barefoot hike with my dog, Ronin (male akita, 10 months old). It was a 3 mile round trip hike at the local Pulpit Rock. There’s nothing like taking a mini-adventure every now and then, and we make it a point to do it

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