Saturday, September 13, 2008

The Truth about Fitness - Why I am Writing This

Quite Simply, I am writing this blog to speak to everyone out there who really wants to know the truth about fitness. Truth is, it seems to me that our country, from our kids to our seniors, seem to be getting more unhealthy, more diabetic, more obese and are dealing with the complications of disease and illness more than ever before. If it seems that way to you, doesn't it seem strange that we have more information than ever about health and yet, we are faced with such serious epidemics that are now affecting our children as well as adults?

Truth is, we need to take action and the only thing we are in control of is our lifestyle and the choices we make each and every day. We are not in control of our genetics, our family histories and in some cases our environmental factors (although we are in control of this more than we used to be). We can certainly influence some things, but at the end of the day, we need to start to really focus on the things that we CAN CONTROL and do the best we can to turn things in our favor to give us the best chance at a longer and healthier life.

In this blog and the various posts to follow, I will try to educate, motivate and share the over 18 years of fitness experience I have as well as my lifetime experience of being an active athlete for as long as I can remember.

I am in the fitness business and truly feel that if we can just get our country moving a little bit more and eating a little bit less (and a little smarter), we can make some incredible changes in our health and in our lives.

I hope that as you read this and the posts to follow that you are able to take something away that will help you in the pursuit of your own health and fitness. I also hope that if you enjoy reading this and do take something away that helps you, that you will share it with your family, friends and loved ones.

While this is very important subject matter, we will be having lots of fun while discussing it!

Yours in Good Health,

Mike Epstein
Co-Owner Gold's Gym Paramus, NJ

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