Editor’s Note: Adapted from text the Department of Health and Human Services blocked us from submitting to its public comments section. Diabetes is skyrocketing in kids. A recent analysis of insurance company claims found, “Claims for Type 2 diabetes — formerly known as ‘adult-onset’ diabetes — among young people aged 0 to 22 years old more than doubled between 2011 and 2015.” Cases of prediabetes, high blood pressure and sleep apnea are all rapidly increasing as well. Chronic disease will […]

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It seems like whenever a CrossFit.com workout appears with more than 50 repetitions of a single movement, the Facebook physiologists show up. They’re the ones commenting “Too much volume,” “Excessive,” etc. For example, CrossFit.com recently programmed “Annie” and posted a video of Dave Castro performing it with GHD sit-ups as the WOD demo. On Facebook, Dominic Munnelly expressed concerns about “that volume of GHD sit ups.” To be sure, performing 150 GHD sit-ups might be excessive volume for some people. […]

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