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I once read this quote from Forbes: "for each generation to make progress, it must view the one before it as barbaric." These days, exercise is all about muscle and strength. But in the ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Strength Training Ain't the Way

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I once read this quote from Forbes: "for each generation to make progress, it must view the one before it as barbaric." These days, exercise is all about muscle and strength. But in the ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Strength Training Ain't the Way

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I once read this quote from Forbes: "for each generation to make progress, it must view the one before it as barbaric." These days, exercise is all about muscle and strength. But in the ...

Strength Training Ain't the Way

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This is not a subliminal message. I write these words to plant the seed inside your head. Think fasting. If you've never tried a fast, that is, never intentionally denied yourself food for ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Think Fasting

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This is not a subliminal message. I write these words to plant the seed inside your head. Think fasting. If you've never tried a fast, that is, never intentionally denied yourself food for ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Think Fasting

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This is not a subliminal message. I write these words to plant the seed inside your head. Think fasting. If you've never tried a fast, that is, never intentionally denied yourself food for ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Think Fasting

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This is not a subliminal message. I write these words to plant the seed inside your head. Think fasting. If you've never tried a fast, that is, never intentionally denied yourself food for ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Think Fasting

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This is not a subliminal message. I write these words to plant the seed inside your head. Think fasting. If you've never tried a fast, that is, never intentionally denied yourself food for ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Think Fasting

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This is not a subliminal message. I write these words to plant the seed inside your head. Think fasting. If you've never tried a fast, that is, never intentionally denied yourself food for ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Think Fasting

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This is not a subliminal message. I write these words to plant the seed inside your head. Think fasting. If you've never tried a fast, that is, never intentionally denied yourself food for ...

Think Fasting

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Without medical doctors, we would sure be lost. They know all kinds of stuff about organs and bones and brains. But when I read about some doctor suggesting seniors should lift weights, I throw up ...

Why Old People Should Not Lift Weights

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I took a real interest in massage when I was about 12 years old. My mom and I would trade giving massages every evening. It was a good deal that continued through high school. When I graduated, my ...

Massage: Pleasure, Pain

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Back in the days when I was a body- builder, I thought about nutrition as if my body were a race car or something like that. My muscles were like the engine, and they needed high-quality fuel to ...

Chinese Herbs: Nutrition From Outer Space

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Around 1997, my mom came to visit me in Denver. We both hated needles to the Nth degree, but were curious about acupuncture as "alternative medicine." My first argument for both of us was that ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Acupuncture: Quit Crying and Try It...Twice

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Around 1997, my mom came to visit me in Denver. We both hated needles to the Nth degree, but were curious about acupuncture as "alternative medicine." My first argument for both of us was that ...

Acupuncture: Quit Crying and Try It...Twice

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Of the four branches of Chinese medicine, I begin with the Chi Kung (Qi Gong) branch because it is my specialty. In 2003, I began learning under Grandmaster Victor Sheng Long Fu. In that time, I ...

Tai Chi: Panacea Means "Cure-all"

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Today I'd like to guide you through the four pillars of Chinese medicine. Then, throughout this week, I'll go into more detail regarding each one, offering my perspective in language I hope you ...

You're Missing Good Medicine

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A couple years ago, I noticed my mom suddenly fanning herself, pumping open the collar of her shirt, and then needing to leave the room. I knew about hot flashes, but didn't realize my mom got ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Hot Flashes: How to Cope

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A couple years ago, I noticed my mom suddenly fanning herself, pumping open the collar of her shirt, and then needing to leave the room. I knew about hot flashes, but didn't realize my mom got ...

Hot Flashes: How to Cope

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Fat people live longer. That's what a "brand spanking new" study published in The Journal of The American Geriatrics Society says. The 9,000 person study showed that overweight (BMI 25-29) ...

Being Happy With Being Overweight

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Fat people live longer. That's what a brand-spankin' new study published in The Journal of The American Geriatrics Society says. The 9,000 person study showed that overweight (BMI ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Fat and Happy

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Fat people live longer. That's what a brand-spankin' new study published in The Journal of The American Geriatrics Society says. The 9,000 person study showed that overweight (BMI ...

Fat and Happy

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This is important stuff, so I hope you'll read it carefully. Most agree on the concept of posture as a WHOLE; but there are many regimes that rely solely in their own beliefs on how proper ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Posture--The Controversy Around This Topic

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This is important stuff, so I hope you'll read it carefully. Most agree on the concept of posture as a WHOLE; but there are many regimes that rely solely in their own beliefs on how proper ...

Posture--The Controversy Around This Topic

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There is no question, we are a sitting generation. In fact, research shows that most Americans spend half their day sitting at their desk or in their cars. For many, the only parts of their ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Joanne Sgro-Killworth's post America,The Land of the Sitting: A Personal View

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For almost five years, I have believed that sitting is the worst thing we do to ourselves. I've been telling friends and family how we sit most of our lucid lives-- at breakfast, in the car, ...

Sitting Duck, Sitting Bull, Sitting Bad--Why Too Much Sitting is Literally Bad for our Health

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2010 may be your year to lose weight, stop smoking, or staying more organized, but did you add "have sex every day" to your list? That's exactly what Sadie Nardini and her husband committed to ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Nina Jacinto's post 30 Days of Sex - Would You Do It?

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People are fascinated with chi. We know we have energy inside us, and that when we die, we don't have it anymore. What is this life energy ? How do we get more ? What can you do with more ...

De-Mystifying Chi-- well, sort of...

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2010 may be your year to lose weight, stop smoking, or staying more organized, but did you add "have sex every day" to your list? That's exactly what Sadie Nardini and her husband committed to ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Nina Jacinto's post 30 Days of Sex - Would You Do It?

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Two days ago, I skied a big powder day at Snowbird. The Wasatch Mountains had seen almost 50 inches of new snow this week. The powder was thigh-deep and I was raring to go! Ski Utah! Skiing ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Sore Muscles? Here's the Magic Bullet

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Two days ago, I skied a big powder day at Snowbird. The Wasatch Mountains had seen almost 50 inches of new snow this week. The powder was thigh-deep and I was raring to go! Ski Utah! Skiing ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Sore Muscles? Here's the Magic Bullet

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Two days ago, I skied a big powder day at Snowbird. The Wasatch Mountains had seen almost 50 inches of new snow this week. The powder was thigh-deep and I was raring to go! Ski Utah! Skiing ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post Sore Muscles? Here's the Magic Bullet

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Two days ago, I skied a big powder day at Snowbird. The Wasatch Mountains had seen almost 50 inches of new snow this week. The powder was thigh-deep and I was raring to go! Ski Utah! Skiing ...

Sore Muscles? Here's the Magic Bullet

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Do you remember those old Saturday Night Live episodes when Billy Crystal played Fernando Lamas ? He exaggerated like crazy, and spouted the famous line, "It's better to look good than to feel ...

Tommy Kirchhoff commented on Tommy Kirchhoff's post In Those Heels, You Look Mahvelous !

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Do you remember those old Saturday Night Live episodes when Billy Crystal played Fernando Lamas ? He exaggerated like crazy, and spouted the famous line, "It's better to look good than to feel ...

In Those Heels, You Look Mahvelous !

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The Taoists of China are the oldest culture on the planet. They have had some 7000 years to observe nature, theorize, test, and document what they learned. Think about acupuncture. How in ...

Ejaculation: Throwing His Life Away

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Imagine for a moment that a woman now has the choice to menstruate or not. Many women would choose to continue to menstruate because they already have. They feel it's normal, and natural and ...

Menstruation: Not Mandatory