Breaking the Rules of Exercise

Moron with a megaphone alert!

Sadly, another Chicago-area based dangerous person (see "A Calorie Is A Calorie," below). I am almost beginning to think that Chicago is as harmful to fitness as Yale, the home of David Katz, MD and Kelly Brownell, Ph.D.

Paige Waehner's credentials? "Paige has been involved in fitness for 12 years. She is certified through ACE and trains clients in-home all over the Chicago suburbs." (see "Is Your Job Making You Fat?," below).

Paige is an exercise guru for about.com. As such, she speaks loudly and carries a small brain.

She is, in reality, an exercise hazard world-over.

In the article, "Breaking the Rules of Exercise," she makes statements as, "We have heart rate zones to guide us so we don't blow a lung."

Huh?

And in answer to her self-posed question, "Do We Know Too Much?" she replies, "One reason it's so hard to figure out this weight loss/exercise thing is because of the wealth of information available."

Problem is, there is not a wealth of information, there is a wealth of mis-information like the trash she spouts.

A point-by-point analysis of this article would be very long.

Suffice it to say that if you want to succeed at any fitness goal, shun this person and anyone else who claims the title of "expert" in fitness.

In Paige's own words, "I believe that our bodies know a lot more than our minds do."

Certainly, when it comes to her mind, this is the case.