A shocking 7 out of 10 potential Army Reserve candidates are unfit to serve their country due to obesity, prescription drug addictions and other reasons. As reported in The Washington Times, “According to Army Recruiting Command statistics compiled last year, 71 percent of young people wanting to join the military would fail to pass service […]
Category: Fitness
Chris Christie Orders National Guard Leader to Slim Down
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has given the head of the National Guard 90 days to slim down to meet military fitness obligations. The order comes after it was revealed Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff was reprimanded by the Pentagon last year for his excessive weight and for missing physical fitness tests. In […]
Candidates Hitting the Gym Before the Campaign Trail
As potential candidates are weighing presidential bids, they are also weighing in. With more pressure than ever to look good on the campaign trail and have the stamina to survive it, candidates are hitting the gym and skipping dessert to trim down or bulk up before they make their bids official. When former Florida Gov. […]
Chris Christie Should Let Americans In On His Weight Loss Journey
If two out of three adults are considered to be overweight in America, it is no surprise that losing weight tops New Year’s resolutions every year. Regardless of age, race, or gender, the battle of the bulge unites many of us. Heck, I even hired a personal trainer since I can’t get it together on […]
Feds Spent $300,000 Studying How to Ride Bikes
The National Science Foundation (NSF) spent $300,000 studying how “humans interact with bicycles,” the latest example of what a House committee chairman calls waste in the agency. The premise for the project, which was conducted between October 2009 and June 2013, was that bicycle dynamics are “poorly understood,” and researchers set out to come up […]
Fox News Psychiatrist Defends ‘Drop a Few’ Jab at Michelle Obama
Fox News psychiatrist Keith Ablow is defending controversial comments he made about Michelle Obama’s weight, arguing the first lady is not an appropriate role model for fitness. “I do dislike hypocrisy and I really do believe that people speaking about diet should be role models themselves, and I’m not sure if the first lady is […]
Fox Co-hosts Fight Over Michelle Obama’s ‘Booty’
The debate over first lady Michelle Obama’s war on fat and campaign for healthy kiddy diets has reached, well, a new low. “How well can she be eating? She needs to drop a few,” said Fox News contributor and psychiatrist Keith Ablow. As some members on the cable network’s show “Outnumbered” Tuesday gasped and Lisa […]
Homeland Security Spends $450,000 on ‘State of the Art’ Gym Memberships
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is spending more than $450,000 on gym memberships for TSA agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employees who work desk jobs at a procurement office in Washington, D.C. Last month, DHS bought gym memberships for ICE workers in its Office of Acquisition to boost their morale and “improve […]
Some Schools Zapping Child Fatness With Fitness Centers
As the Obama administration fights childhood obesity with burdensome school nutrition rules and regulations, some states are taking a different approach. Republican Gov. Susana Martinez on Thursday announced that three New Mexico schools will get new fitness centers through a partnership between the state of New Mexico and the National Foundation for Governors’ Fitness Councils […]
Obama Administration Suing Pa. State Police Over Physical Fitness Tests
Saying that the physical fitness tests that the Pennsylvania state police uses to identify entry-level candidates are not job-related, the Department of Justice is suing the agency for sex discrimination since more men pass the tests than women. “Through the use of these physical fitness tests, Defendants have engaged in a pattern or practice of […]
Washington Post: L’Oréal Should Hire Michelle Obama as ‘Pitchwoman After She Leaves’
Even for a celebrity first lady who consistently out-polls her husband and everybody else in Washington, Saturday’s Washington Post review of her much-publicized “guns” hit a new level of coverage for her fit, model looks. “It’s true what they say about Michelle Obama. She has amazing arms,” wrote restaurant reviewer Tom Sietsema, who was seated […]
Pentagon: Young Adults Too Fat, Tattooed, Uneducated for Military
The American military is facing a serious personnel issue: More than two-thirds of today’s youth are too uneducated, have behavior issues, and are not physically fit enough for service. “We’re trying to make decision makers see this is a national-security matter — and they need to prioritize it,” retired Maj. Gen. Allen Youngman told The […]
