exercise

Welcome to 2012 and all it has to offer, including the garbage. What garbage is that? Well, the stuff that promises to help you be healthy, lose weight, get fit, etc. — but doesn’t deliver.

Last week my column for the Los Angeles Times was kind of a big deal. I got to interview Neil Peart, the drummer for the band Rush, about his fitness regime and how he stays at the top of “best drummer” lists, even at 58 years old, by getting a lot of intense exercise.

We admit it: working out can sometimes be a drag. There are days when we would much rather relax and watch TV than hop on a treadmill.

A new study, from St Luke’s - Roosevelt Hospital Center and Columbia University in New York, shows that tired brains are more likely to crave junk food.You’ve likely seen a lot of articles about how sleep is critical to weight loss. This is another.

Over the past several years, there have been multiple studies that appeared to point in a positive direction: that having a little bit of meat on your frame — not obesity, which has been repeatedly linked to an early death, but just the extra pounds that signify a commitment to eating dessert — made an individual a better candidate for increased longevity than their rake-thin peers.