1. Does the gym staff have some academic and life-experience education regarding weight training? If they don't have a sports medicine or exercise science degree, they should at least have some sort of certification from a recognized organization such as the National Strength and Conditioning Association.

2. Is the gym clean and is the equipment well maintained? Check the seats on benches...

The best workout, according to top trainers and fitness experts, is one that includes the mind and spirit as well as the body. Consider some alternatives to your regular weight and cardio training. For a change of pace, try yoga, Pilates or tai chi, all of which engage your mind, body and spirit. Include these alternative mind/body disciplines on a regular basis. Add them to your workout regime and feel the difference.

Here are two studies that blow traditional theories of how to treat and recover from cancer out of the water.
Rather than rest, aerobic exercise and strength training have emerged as the keys to reducing the pain and fatigue that accompany the treatment of cancer.
A six-week study of 32 patients rehabilitating from high-dose chemotherapy concluded that those who walked on a treadmill exhibited both higher hemoglobin concentration and maximum physical performance.
And none...

Yoga fans are quick to tout the flexibility and stress-relieving benefits of this ancient practice, but a new study suggests it may be an effective pain-management tool as well.
Researchers at Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., found that just four weeks of regular yoga sessions significantly reduced the frequency and severity of chronic pain.
Eighteen men and women with persistent chronic pain attended 90-minute Iyengar yoga sessions, three times per week for one month....

Hand washing is essential and it is even better if our hands aresanitized regularly. Killing germs during hand washing is effectiveonly if you scrub thoroughly with soap and water for at least 30 to60 seconds and if you pay close attention to cleansing the thumbs,fingertips, and fingernails.
For those of us in the workplace, in hospitals, schools, orattending to every day demands, this advice makes hand washingnecessary several times each day. Indeed, it can't always bedone and that is why...