Goal-setting Helped Eliminate Cigarette Smoking As a behavior scientist, sometimes you never know what targets you will work on or with whom. Enter a former client. I worked with Melissa (name changed) for well over a year, until she needed to take a break in services. See, she went through a stressful life event, and […]
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In time for the New Year, the podcast hosts of The Behavioral View by Central Reach had me on to talk about Health and Fitness through a Behavioral Lens. Enjoy this episode!
Guest Interview on Central Reach Podcast – The Behavioral View Read More »
What we do and what intensity produces daily caloric expenditure. Walking slowly, lifting weights fast, and sprinting up a hill produce varied caloric burn in the same amount of time. We hear the adage, “Do what you enjoy” and even, “Just keep moving”, to develop and sustain a life of physical activity and wellness. However,
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Your flavor of vigorous physical activity may vary (e.g., weightlifting, running), but the dosage is what matters most. Physical activity recommendations commonly prescribe either: By definition, higher heart rates yield VPA and not MVPA. In this unique study, Ahmadi et al. (2022) found an interesting relationship between the dosage (i.e., how many minutes) and risk
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Do you need an (updated) reason to get moving and stay moving? The World Health Organization just released their updated report on the topic. Global Status Report on Physical Activity 2022 Among the key findings are: Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity,
Physical Inactivity Costs $27 Billion Per Year – WHO Update 2022 Read More »
What are you afraid of more? Lifting heavy things, or an early death? Yes, it’s a crude preference assessment, but strength should be viewed as a variable that enhances your performance! In the words of Mark Bell, “Strength is never a weakness.” Fantastic new research indicates that no matter much you exercise (moderate-vigorous physical activity
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When calories burned is an important indicator for you, separate the activities by day. Then, you can visually see how many calories you burn by a given activity. We want the most bang for our buck – less wasted time. By analyzing each different activity, we have new information that can allows us to either:
Which Activities Burn The Most Calories? It depends! Read More »
Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes. Burn by Herman Pontzer. What’s unique about these two books and authors? The association for behavior analysis international (ABAI) invited both authors to speak at their annual convention and they offered conflicting messages. Gary in 2014. Herman in 2022. I attended both. I made sure I arrived 5
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My brain wants to think I’m drinking a beer, but I’m not
Beer or Water? How Liquid Death Played A Behavioral Trick on Me Read More »
Physical activity and public health researchers are now publishing literature concerning a dose/response relationship for steps counts. That is, what is the best “dosage” of steps that yields that best “response” or health outcomes?
Is 10,000 steps per day the best? Can I get by with only 5,000 per day?
Revisiting The 10,000 Steps Per Day Recommendation Read More »
