Huffines Director's Blog - exercise

Director's Blog: Dietary Documentary Left Out Facts

Tim Lightfoot — Fri, 18 May 2012 01:29:00 GMT

...hat really ticked me off was that the filmmakers made the film too one-sided. Making a point is fine, but really, put in full disclosure!

Director's Blog: Students or Athletes?

Tim Lightfoot — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:38:00 GMT

What really caught my ear though was his constant reminder that college athletes are supposed to be students first. We often forget that....

Director's Blog: Scientific misconduct: It happens but is punished severely

Tim Lightfoot — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:54:00 GMT

“Is scientific misconduct that prevalent?” This blog explores that question in light of recent high profile scientific misconduct cases.

Director's Blog: From the Overreaction files: "Sleeping Can Kill!"

Tim Lightfoot — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:57:00 GMT

“Hey…pssstt….Did you know that about 25% of people die in their sleep? Frankly this concerns me so much, I may not go to sleep again.” Faced with that statement, most of us would scoff and continue with our life. So, why do we get so excited about people that die after they exercise?

Director's Blog: Speed - Faster Than You Think

Tim Lightfoot — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:25:00 GMT

If you didn’t see it, the U.S. Marathon Olympic Trials were held this past Saturday morning in Houston.... have you ever thought about how fast these people run over 26.2 miles? What it really means to try and compete in the marathon at the world level?

Director's Blog: Losing our minds over sport

Tim Lightfoot — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:25:00 GMT

I normally consider myself a fairly rational and logical person – that’s part of my job description as a scientist – but when it comes to sports, it seems that my rational and logical side gets kicked to the curb.

Director's Blog: Talking to the masses

Tim Lightfoot — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:10:00 GMT

At the Huffines Institute, we are thrilled because our local newspaper - The Eagle - has agreed to start porting the content from our website to their website to a new....

Director's Blog: Walking the track is just the start

Tim Lightfoot — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:11:00 GMT

I’ve written a couple of previous blogs regarding the need for Americans to be active – but I’ve never put it this strongly before: inactivity is killing us all both health-wise and represents a danger to our country’s financial health. According to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, physical inactivity...

Director's Blog: Run and Eat What You Want

Tim Lightfoot — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:25:00 GMT

Runners that ate more servings of meat – a behavior that in most populations is linked with increases in weight – did not gain weight. In fact, in several of the analyses, Dr. Williams reported that if exercise was interrupted for a period of time, nutrition again...

Director's Blog: "Healing" Parkinson's with Exercise?

Tim Lightfoot — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 22:07:00 GMT

There is hope from the exercise-front for a non-invasive treatment of Parkinson’s tremors that both protects and returns lost movement functions. A recent review by Alberts and colleagues....