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“My aerobics instructor has us use the RPE scale to gauge our exercise intensity,” your personal training client explains. “But frankly, I have never really understood what those numbers and words mean. Can you help me figure out if I am really working hard enough during aerobics? Is this a scale I should use for weight training too?” Read the rest of this entry »

Maintaining reservation lists can be a time-consuming task for the staff of fitness clubs. Someone has to be available to answer the phone throughout the day, and that keeps them from performing other tasks. Club members can find the traditional system cumbersome as well. They have to call the club to make or cancel their reservation, and they have no way of knowing when someone else cancels a reservation unless the staff calls to inform them of the change. These problems became history when The Sports Barn introduced its new TouchFit Reservation System. This high-tech system allows members to make reservations from three kiosks in the club or via the Internet. It has been very well-received by staff and members alike. Read the rest of this entry »

The day spa is a fast-rising profit center, and clubs are trying to take it to the limit establishing spa services. But for a spa to be successful, many factors must be considered. Laurie Helmick, past president of the Oxford Aveda Spa, Salon and Health Club in Denver, Colo., warns that space is a huge factor when planning a spa. She recommends allocating at least 2,400 square feet for the complete spa, but a minimum of 600 square feet will suffice if you maintain only one spa service. And if a hair salon isn’t part of your plan, then 900 to 1,200 square feet is sufficient. A complete spa typically includes five hair chairs and six to eight treatment rooms. Read the rest of this entry »

Fake urine is also called synthetic urine and it has existed for a while now. Wo Hler was the first to introduce it in 1828. It has had various purposes through the years; Read the rest of this entry »

Among the members of a family with hereditary Parkinson’s disease, those who were treated with the drug levodopa (L-dopa) survived longer and had slower disease progression, according to a letter in the May 29th issue of the journal The Lancet. Read the rest of this entry »

Q.I have a history of stomach and duodenal ulcers. My gastroenterologist recommended that I not eat fruits or vegetables. He said that both my bowel and stomach are holding too much gas. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re lucky, you or your doctor will notice blood in your urine (called hematuria), sometimes during routine health check-ups. The blood may not be visible to the naked eye and may show up only when the doctor runs routine tests on it. Read the rest of this entry »

Q.My doctor found several small polyps in my colon while performing a test. He wants me to see him in two years for a more extensive test. Is it safe to wait that long? Read the rest of this entry »

Q.I have recently read that doing exercises that firm your stomach can also reduce some mild back pain. Is this true? If so, what type of exercises would be best? Read the rest of this entry »

Most likely you have heard of two prescription drugs called Propecia and Proscar, as they have been discussed in various media over the last few years. What are their names? What is their effect?

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