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If you read CFB, you likely strength train and if you strength train, you likely have some very definitive opinions about sources of lean protein.

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It’s pretty much useless to try and be thin if you don’t have the (much coveted, soon to be cloned at a store near you) “thin gene.” Based on a study of over 3,000 pairs of female twins — the gold standard for both researchers and teenage boys — scientists have concluded that over 50% of womens’ variances in weight can be predicted just by looking at their genes. The remaining percentage can be predicted by looking at their jeans. (Sorry, that one just wrote itself. It’s a gift and a curse.)

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Picture from bathing suit spread in Glamour Magazine

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I spent Labor Day weekend with my family and enjoyed a little bonding time with my 10 year old niece.

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As these last days of summer sneak right on by, be sure to catch some of it before it’s all gone! Summer provides a ton of opportunities to get out, run, play, be more active and really get in some fun fitness festivities!I really hate to see it go. I had a pretty good summer, but it’s not over yet! I plan to be outside running and playing until the snow comes. You should, too! Grab your

Today I celebrated the American Labor Day holiday by getting myself and my family our annual flu shots. I’m so festive, I know. The kids, being able to get the nasal mist version, are totally fine – ironic considering that it is their little disease-carrying bodies that account for 90% of my illnesses – but me and my pregnant self are left with an arm that has been getting progressively more sore as the day goes on. It’s the equivalent of doing Arnold presses supersetted with lateral raises for 20 minutes. Except only on one arm. My delt hates me. And yes, I’m a pain wuss.

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You can’t swing a cat in a barn these days without hitting some new report out on the beleaguered dairy industry. Not that I’m endorsing cat swinging. Or swinging objects in barns. In fact, I can’t even endorse dairy because – have you heard? – 60% of adults can’t digest milk. And the bad news keeps rolling in: all of that stuff we’ve been told about low-fat dairy aiding in weight loss and strengthening bones and giving us a healthy smile? Aside from getting Heidi Klum to dress up as the world’s hottest milkmaid, all those claims are just not true, so says the new research which contradicts the old research – the old research that was all funded by the dairy industry.

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The 1,000,000 EC FREE Traffic ContestI am sponsoring 2 2000 ec prizes this week, September 2 9th. Comment on one or more of the following Fitness Diva posts and you will be entered into this weeks contest. One entry per comment. Only quality comments are acceptable. Commenting "great post", "nice blog" or "this is comment #2(etc)" will not count. After commenting, return to Cornyman’s

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I wanted a nice catchy title for this posting to go along with the image of the new subway billboards appearing all over New York this week:

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