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Jade Teta ND, CSCS

I have come to understand not everyone loves exercise the same way I do. Many people would much rather spend their free time eating or watching their favorite TV show. Unfortunately the trade off for their health is catastrophic. A new study in the journal BMC Endocrine...

Jade Teta ND, CSCS

A January 2009 article in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology adds to the growing evidence that high-intensity interval training may be more beneficial to the heart than continuous moderate intensity exercise. In this study they looked at the response of a high...

Surely the glutes are one of those areas that we all think about - who among us doesn't admire a well-shaped, firm behind? For some of us, the glutes can be a real source of vexation: there are flat butts without shape and flabby butts without tone. Our butts can be too big or too small.

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Jade Teta

You ever notice how when you walk up a flight of steps you always breathe harder after reaching the top? This is a mini-example of what is known in exercise research as excess post exercise oxygen consumption or EPOC. A better term for it is oxygen debt. It is a state of exaggerated...

By Jade Teta ND CSCS

Metabolic Effect is the originator of the rest-based exercise concept. Like interval training, rest-based workouts excel at producing fat loss and increasing aerobic capacity. However, rest-based training has one key advantage over interval training: psychologically, interval...

By Dr. Jillian Teta

Alright. You are ready to begin, or maybe you are well into, choosing the foods and exercise that are going to help you get lean, toned, and sculpted. What can one do to balance their busy lives - juggling schedules of work, relationships, kids, commitments, with a lifestyle...

By Keoni Teta

There is no doubt that exercise is the most powerful medicine. Well, OK, the other lifestyle medicines like: sleep and nutrition rank up there too, but in this blog I will focus on exercise. There is so much research on the benefits of exercise for anxiety, depression, insomnia,...