RHWellsFitness

Hello there.  As I was contemplating a topic for this post, I thought about what I could write about to help you in the realm of health and fitness.  Here are some tools that you can use on your own, with your trainer, or your doctor: I hear a lot of people ask about heart rate.  Do you know what your Resting Heart Rate is?  What about Max Heart Rate?  This tool from the American Heart Association teaches you how to find your heart rate.  It then shows you where you should be training for your age. Heart Rate Tool This one is mainly for competitive lifters.  However, this is also good for everyone just to see where your at at different stages of life.  This isn't to hard when you have a crew that your working out with.  I usually don't, so it wouldn't be sound for me to attempt on my own.  This tool allows you to do what you are comfortable with and use that to determine what your 1 Rep Max is.  1 Rep Max is t...

Hello, I recently read an article regarding weightloss, especially for women over 40.  The author is a trainer from California named Jill Brown.  I don't know her.  Since I am still learning some of the intricacies of weight loss, and I don't quite fell like the expert I want to be, I figured I'd just share this article.  A lot of what the author writes makes sense.  Thank you Jill for sharing your knowledge.  Enjoy. http://www.jillbrownfitness.com/site/2017/04/how-women-can-lose-weight-after-40-especially-around-the-middle/

Hello there, I am doing a survey to get an idea how to start my business.  Please fill this out.  It only takes about 3 minutes.  Also, if you could, please ask friends to fill it out.  I'd like to get as many people to fill this out as possible. https://surveyhero.com/c/8511c8b Thank you.

I read last night that  back in April, legislation was introduced in both the Senate and Congress.  This legislation is called The Treat and Reduce Obesity Act of 2017.  The purpose of this legislation is to provide healthcare professionals with more funding and better options for treating obesity. What this means if it passes is that there would be better counseling, better interventions, and better drug treatments for the patients.  According to Representative Ron Kind from Wisconsin, "Obesity accounts for nearly 10% of all annual medical spending here in the U.S."  He continued, "Unless we doe something to address the obesity epidemic, the costs and harm to public health will only continue to rise.  This legislation is a step toward controlling out of control healthcare spending and to improve health outcomes of the patients".

When I come across something that I learn from and/or find interesting, I want to share that with you.  I recently came across a podcast with the main topic being failure.  Although it is primarily for entrepreneurs, these talks are good for anyone, in any industry. The podcast can be found at FailOn.com.  I was listening to episode 16 on the subject of Overcoming Fear.  I enjoyed it.  I learned a bit from it this morning.  I then looked at the previous 15 episodes.  I definately will listen and learn.  I always tell my kids that experience is a tough teacher and they can't experience everything.  I continue by telling them to learn from others experiences as well so they don't have to go through the same hard lessons.  By learning from others, you can shorten your learning cycle. On the subject of fear, one thing that I was reminded of is that everyone doesn't start being good and polished.  The people you see as suc...

On May 24th, an article was released in the Journal of Personalized Medicine in which a group of scientits from Stanford University wanted to answer this exact question.  They tested seven different wearable bands that monitor both heart rate and energy expenditure (calories burned). The seven pieces of equipment were the Apple Watch, Basis Peak, Fitbit Surge, Microsoft Band, Mio Alpha 2, PulseOn and the Samsung Gear S2.  To verify accuracy for heart rate, they compared them with a medical-grade electrocardiograph. The calories used was estimated with an instrument for measuring the oxygen and carbon dioxide in breath -- a good proxy for metabolism and energy expenditure. Results:  For heart rate, all the devices were withing a 5% margin.  This is good since heart rate is measured directley and uses a simple formula for everyone.  If you wear one of these devices for this purpose, you can share this information with your doctor with co...

As we approach the end of May and move into June, I am beginning to look at setting some goals for my business for the next few months.  This gave me the idea to share with you the process that I am using to help you too.  This is for any type of goals you may be chasing. The steps to challenge yourself to achieve your goals are: SMART. Specific Measurable Attainable Relevant Timely Specific means to be as specific as you can in your end goal.  For example,  instead of saying "I want to loose weight" (too vague and general), say "I want to loose 10 lbs of fat".  Be as specific as can be.  Instead of "I want to start a business", say "I want to start a computer repair business". Measurable means breaking your final goal into smaller steps that can be measured.  A good example is breaking down the 10 lb fat loss goal down to 1.5 - 2 lb loss per week.  They are small, yet you can see your progress towards your final goal. Attainable...