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My name is Douglas Robb, and for a long time now, I have helped others bring health and fitness into their lives. I live in Toronto, Canada. I am married to a fantastic woman. I love to push the limits of my physical fitness and I own and operate an in-home personal training service.

Health habits is about: bringing the best information and advice about health & fitness to you. To that end, I will go beyond nutrition and exercise to include motivation, mental health, emotional health, structural balance, athletic performance, health in society, scientific breakthroughs, family health,etc.

More than that, Health habits is about using all of this great information to enact a change in your daily habits to bring order to your mind and body.
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http://healthhabits.wordpress.com

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How to Build a Ninja Warrior



For those of you unfamiliar with the G4 tv show Ninja Warrior, check out the following video:



video here



and this one…



So, do you think you could do that?



My fellow blogger John at Total Transformation thinks he… Continue

Posted on August 15, 2008 at 8:55am

DR

Transformation Inspiration

Bear with me for a minute, because what I am going to say next will seem, at first, to have nothing to do with supermodel, Super Mom and Olympian, Dara Torres.



A friend of mine called me up on the weekend and asked me if I would help him get ‘back into shape’.

Surprised?



You bet. This guy never asks for advice. He is (or at least was) the guy that everyone in the gym went to for help with their strength, speed, body-fat,… Continue

Posted on August 8, 2008 at 9:34am — 1 Comment

DR

Analysis of the Obesity Drug Markets in the US and EU: Obesity Research Update #5

Q:



* Which business sector saw it’s sales triple in 2007, and

* Expects sales to increase at an even greater rate, and

* Has a target market that is literally getting bigger day by day, and

* Whose customers keeps buying their product even when they have be proven ineffective???



A:



* The Obesity Drug Business



According to this research paper:



- An estimated 17% (85m… Continue

Posted on August 3, 2008 at 5:30pm

DR

Health and Fitness in a Bottle: Big Pharma Discovers their Holy Grail

Scientists from the Salk Institute’s Gene Expression Laboratory may have discovered Big Pharma’s Holy Grail of Pharmaceuticals.



A pill that would allow you to reap all of the benefits of vigorous exercise while sitting on the couch watching re-runs of Seinfeld.



How about that!



Scientists from the Salk Institute’s Gene Expression Laboratory have reported (in the July 31 advance edition of the journal Cell) that they have… Continue

Posted on August 1, 2008 at 9:06am — 5 Comments

DR

Super Carbs!!! - Obesity Research Update #5



Researchers at the National Institute for Agricultural Botany in the U.K. have produced a genetically modified form of SUPER wheat.



This wheat has the SUPER ability to release fewer calories into the body compared to other varieties of wheat created by God or man.



Yay, scientists!!!



So, how does it work?



According to this article, “The new wheat has been engineered to produce a form of starch,… Continue

Posted on July 31, 2008 at 8:51am

Comment Wall (9 comments)

At 10:34pm on July 24, 2008, Lisa NewtonLisa Newton said…
Great blog...................:) I'm really looking forward to your perspective on blogs and forum discussions.

Welcome to Iowa Avenue.
At 5:28am on July 25, 2008, DRDR said…
Thanks Lisa,

You can't tell in my picture, but you've got me blushing
At 7:21am on July 25, 2008, DRDR said…
Thanks Diana,

Is that you in your avatar?

p.s. the welcome mat is a nice touch.
At 9:34am on July 25, 2008, DavidDavid said…
Hi DR, welcome to Iowa Avenue.
At 11:12am on July 25, 2008, DRDR said…
Thanks Dave,

This is a seriously friendly place.

Doug
At 10:20am on August 1, 2008, JJJJ said…
Kind of late but hello, welcome to Iowa Avenue. Salutes!

Regards,

JJ
At 10:02pm on November 11, 2008, AshleeAshlee said…
Hi there, nice to meet you. Great to see a lot of interesting blog posts here!
At 10:06pm on November 11, 2008, Cash SunshineCash Sunshine said…
Hello
At 8:24pm on November 12, 2008, AshleeAshlee said…
It will be great if you can social bookmarking it and tell more people about my blog. Thanks :]

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