Are you a man? Do you own more than one pair of jeans? If so, you’ve probably wondered at some point why some manufacturers use button flies instead of zippers. Here is the answer: these jeans companies hate you and want to make your life harder. For men, the fly on a pair of jeans…

Final Stats Total weight lost = 73 Pounds Total inches lost = 52 Greatest reduction in waist = Justin “Koko” Restreppo with 4.5 inches lost Most weight lost = Jim Haff with 25 pounds lost Greatest conditioning change = Suzanne Ellis- Leonard who decreased her resting, working and recovery heart rate and increased all exercises…

Meg Dennison Throughout this whole challenge I have been challenging myself with new forms of exercise as well as forms I have not utilized in some time. I have probably never done so many squats or lunges in such a short amount of time! I will certainly continue to be active. Chandler Burgess I am…

  By Kyle Finneron The theme of this edition of the Body Transformation Challenge was “Gain your Independence.” While the core training and programing remained consistent, the thought of freeing themselves from the extra weight they carried around, I believe helped these participants excel. To see the group come together as a whole was really…

By Beth Roberts I always feel a mix of emotions at the final meeting of a Body Transformation Challenge. The best part is the anticipation of their results and the hardest part is accepting that it is the final week we will work formally as a group. The completion of the final measurements and tests…

  By Declan McCabe Biologists sometimes field questions about a “huge scary bug” that appeared in someone’s home or worse yet, on their person. Most turn out to be benign organisms that ended up in the wrong place. For me, the most common questions come in July, when male dobsonflies emerge from the Winooski River…

As I grow older I realize that things I thought were about as exciting as watching paint dry have now worked their way into my life. It’s gardening season and I seem to have inherited both my father’s love of a vegetable garden and my mother’s passion for flowers. Since the majority of houses on…

I am not going to fool myself into thinking that you are all waiting with baited breath to hear what happened at the big trail run in Canada.  But, also, I am not going to fool myself into thinking that I won’t tell you all anyway. My last missive was a sad little tale about…

“Lip Sync Battle”—the half-hour viral sensation that pits celebrities against one another in fake karaoke contests—is about to enter its “second season” (only a month and a half after the conclusion of its first) on Spike TV, which seems as good a time as any to ask: why does this show exist? Like Ellen DeGeneres’s…

By Dom Cioffi Back in the early 1980s, during my junior high school years, I was a fan of the burgeoning New Wave movement happening in music. A friend of mine had a brother who was well versed in obtaining imported records from the UK so besides listening to this new and exciting music, we…

By Cal Garrison, a.k.a. Mother of the Skye This week's Horoscopes are coming out under the light of a late Pisces Moon that turned Void of Course for a few hours, on July 7, right before it entered the sign of the Ram, at around half-past noon on the east coast. There are some interesting…

By Dom Cioffi The other day I had half an hour to kill so I grabbed my iPad, flopped down on the couch and fired up my Netflix app. After perusing for a bit, I came across one of my all-time favorite movies, “High Fidelity,” starring John Cusack as the love-mangled record store owner, Rob…

  By Kyle Finneron What do you think is the most important variable when you are training? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not your pre-workout drink, or the food you have had for that day. People tend to forget that the most important ingredient to your training success is oxygen. If you don’t believe…

By Beth Roberts, Killington Bootcamp As we end our six weeks of training the public accountability lessens and the apprehension of continuing on their own sets in on the challenge group. Moving into this last week, I would like to offer some advice to all the particpants to help keep their momentum going. The power…

By Beth Roberts, Killington Bootcamp Cauliflower pizza crust is a great low carb option and delicious healthy alternative to heavy pizza dough. Ingredients: • Nonstick spray • 2 1/2 cups cauliflower, grated • 1 large egg, lightly beaten • 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese • 2 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese • Sea salt and…